28/12/2012 | Argentina

Echegaray designated for another term at AFIP

The national government renewed Ricardo Echegaray’s post as head of the AFIP tax agency, for a period of four more years.

06/01/2013 | Argentina

Crossfire between Rural Society, Nat'l Gov't continues

The spat between the National Government and the Rural Society continues as the head of the organization accused the Government House of launching a “direct attack on institutions.”

31/01/2013 | Argentina

BA Stock Exchange closed due to holiday

Buenos Aires Stock Exchange will not operate today due to the national holiday. Therefore, all currency exchange agencies and banks will be closed today nationwide.

18/11/2012 | Argentina

City gov't warns waste collection affected by strike

The Buenos Aires City government warned that the general strike summoned for Tuesday by the CGT and CTA union groupings “will affect the waste collection service during 48 hours,” and called on residents to refrain from taking out the rubbish tomorrow and on Tuesday.

21/11/2012 | Argentina

Governors label strike 'extortionate,' 'highly political'

Kirchnerite governors from across the country spoke out on the strike organized yesterday by the dissident branch of the CGT labour confederation and the CTA workers union.

25/12/2012 | Argentina

Weather alert for BA lifted

30/10/2012 | Argentina

Gov't rejects CGT elections, Moyano prepares national strike

Hugo Moyano revealed he received an official notification from the Labour Ministry reporting that it annulled the CGT elections which reelected him a secretary general of the labour confederation. He is preparing a national strike for November to protest against the measure.

02/11/2012 | Argentina

Senator underlines 'validity' of teen vote

National senator Aníbal Fernández highlighted the validity of the teen vote, a motion that was written into law yesterday after receiving the nod by lawmakers in the Lower House of Congress on Wednesday night, and said that “at that age the kids have a lot of responsibilities.”

06/11/2012 | Argentina

Leonardo Favio's memorial continues at National Congress

The memorial and wake being held for Argentine filmmaker Leonardo Favio, who died yesterday at the age of 74 of a chronic illness, continued today inside the Salon de los Pasos Perdidos at the National Congress.

06/09/2012 | Argentina

Gov't formalises decision on state intervention in mobile phone sector

The national government signed a decree today formalising their decision for the state to begin to control a part of the mobile phone sector, a measure announced yesterday by Planning Minister Julio De Vido.

28/09/2012 | Argentina

City Gov't refuses talks while sit-ins continue in 30 schools

Buenos Aires City Minister of Education Esteban Bullrich made clear today that his department was not prepared to engage in dialogue with students carrying out sit-ins in more than 30 public schools across the city.

30/10/2012 | Argentina

'Neighborhoods like Belgrano will always flood without proper works,' City Minister

Buenos Aires City Cabinet Chief Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, admitted today that in case of a same magnitude storm, the neighborhood of Belgrano will “flood again”, and urged the national government for help.

08/08/2012 | Argentina

'Gov't cannot intervene in subway conflict,' Interior Minister

Interior and Transportation Minister Florencio Randazzo assured that the National Government cannot intervene in the subway conflict “because it is interjurisdictional,” as he renewed his criticism towards City Mayor Mauricio Macri for his refusal to take responsibility for the problem.

13/08/2012 | Argentina

Macri charges against National Gov't once more over subway conflict

City Government Mauricio Macri said in a radio interview that the City government cannot apply sanctions on the Metrovías company for not resuming the subway service because “it is a concessionary that bears no relationship to it since “it is the National Government who is granting its concession.”

05/09/2012 | Argentina

Congress passes bill declaring 9/24 a one-time national holiday

The Upper House voted in favour of passing a bill declaring next Monday September 24th a one-time national holiday in order to commemorate the bicentennial of the Battle of Tucumán.

17/07/2012 | Argentina

'Nat'l gov't thinks it hurts Scioli, but it's the people who suffer,' Moyano

CGT Labour Confederation head Hugo Moyano ratified this morning that the umbrella union would start his own agency to measure national statistics, and bashed the national government for “trying to hurt Scioli, but not realizing that it is just hurting the people.”

19/07/2012 | Argentina

Nat'l Gov't sends AR$1.5 B in financial aid to Scioli for payment of bonuses, providers

Economy Minister Hernán Lorenzino confirmed today that the National Government will give $AR 600 million pesos in further financial aid to Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli in order to complete the payment of the midyear bonus to provincial state workers and also allowed him to issue bonds worth 900 million pesos to pay state providers and maintain basic utilities.

07/08/2012 | Argentina

Randazzo says Macri 'not being truthful,' denies receiving any proposal for subway

Despite assurances by City Mayor Mauricio Macri that he had presented the National Government with a plan to finalize the delayed transfer of the subway management, Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo assured that "he hadn't received anything" and that "he was not being truthful."

26/04/2012 | Argentina

Vidal calls Tomada 'a bully' after warning on City officials over subway

Deputy Mayor María Eugenia Vidal said Labour Minister Carlos Tomada’s warning on the possibility of “using the public force” to make City officials engage in negotiations with subway employees over their collective bargaining makes him sound like a “bully.”

10/05/2012 | Argentina

Eddie Soloway: ‘I feel at home in the wild places of the south of Argentina’

On his visit to Argentina, famed National Geographic photographer Eddie Soloway tells the BuenosAiresHerald.com about his new projects, his interest in abstract representations of nature and his love for Patagonia.

25/06/2012 | Argentina

'National strike still on,' Moyano

CGT Labour Confederation boss Hugo Moyano came on stage to ratify this Wednesday’s national strike, by emphasizing that “those who say the strike will be called off are talking pure rubbish.”

15/02/2012 | Argentina

Dairy farmers call for national protest in March

Dairy farmers from the Argentine Agrarian Federation (FAA) have called for a national protest on March 14th in which they will be picketing in front of dairy factories and giving milk away for free in front of supermarkets. They are asking for a 20 percent hike in the price of dairy raw material.

23/02/2012 | Argentina

National teachers’ wage talks fail

National Education Minister Alberto Sileoni announced that the teachers’ union “did not accept the offer made,” during a press conference. Meanwhile, members of the unions announced that they “don’t rule out going on strike.”

28/03/2012 | Argentina

Lower House passes subway transfer bill

The Lower house passed the bill that transfers the subway service to the City Government, following an eight hour long debate. Thus, the subway service and 33 metropolitan bus routes will officially be transferred from the National to the City Government.

18/11/2011 | Argentina

Gov't extends current Budget to $38.5 bl

The national government extended the budget resources to more than 38.508 billion pesos by a DNU emergency decree and a DA Administrative Decision.

21/11/2011 | Argentina

Negotiations between City, National gov'ts over Subway management fail

Secretary of Transportation Juan Pablo Schiavi confirmed that the National and City governments had failed to reach and agreement over the transfer of the subway services management and accused the Macri administration of “stalling something that is his responsibility.”

06/12/2011 | Argentina

National Gov't warns City to accept transfer of subway management

The Secretary of Transportation Juan Pablo Schiavi assured that the City Government “has to accept the transfer of the management of the subway services and warned that “they should be taking over by January 2nd.”

16/09/2011 | Argentina

'The world today looks upon us with curiosity and respect,' says CFK

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner once again defended the economic model implemented since 2003 and proposed once more that all social and political sectors defend the “rights and conquests” met throughout her governance and that of her husband, the late Néstor Kirchner.

17/11/2011 | Argentina

'There are no internal conflicts within Aerolíneas,' Recalde says

The president of Aerolíneas Argentinas Mariano Recalde, today assured that “there are no conflicts” within the company and sustained that the existence of a national airline controlled by the State “works in Argentina’s favour”.

18/11/2011 | Argentina

Economy grows 7.7% in September

Indec national statistics bureau reported that the economy grew 7.7 percent in September year on year. Earlier President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner stated that the nation’s economy had increased by 9 percent in the first nine months of the year.

10/07/2011 | Argentina

‘Our support is broader on a national level,’ Boudou assures

Economy Minister and vice-presidential candidate Amado Boudou stressed that the Filmus-Tomada ticket had “increased the amount of votes in favour of the Victory Front” in the City, a boost that he assures will help President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in the upcoming presidential elections in October.

01/09/2011 | Argentina

UIA head praises National Government's 'productive plan'

The head of the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) José Ignacio de Mendiguren, praised the government’s “productive plan” and highlighted that the Argentine industry had doubled its capacity, tripled its exports and created over 500,000 new jobs. 

02/09/2011 | Argentina

‘City has a smaller resource transfer than the National Government,’ PRO party lobbyist

PRO party lobbyist Emilio Monzó explained the party’s need to raise the City’s property tax, assuring that the Buenos Aires has a “smaller resource transfer” than the National Government.

17/12/2010 | Argentina

2010 National Census reveals population of 40,091,359

The 2010 National Census revealed the Argentine population to be of 40,091,359, showing a 10.6 percent increase compared to results of the 2001 census, Indec director Norberto Itzcovich explained.

19/04/2011 | Argentina

Electoral Chamber summons party authorities, seeks transparency in voting

The National Electoral Chamber summoned all political parties expected to take part in the open, mandatory and simultaneous primaries to present their suggestions, complaints and observations in order to improve and guarantee during transparency during the electoral process.

05/05/2011 | Argentina

Larreta says 'PRO will keep on working for a national alternative'

City Cabinet Chief Horacio Rodríguez Larreta confirmed that the centre-right ruling PRO party will “integrate a national alternative,” whether the final decision of Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri is to re-run for the city, or whether he decides to run for President.

23/05/2011 | World

UK, US launch joint national security body

Britain and the United States are to create a new joint forum to assess long-term threats to their national security, a British government source said.

29/12/2012 | World

Body of India rape victim arrives home in New Delhi

The body of a woman whose gang rape provoked protests and rare national debate about violence against women in India arrived back in New Delhi in the early hours of Sunday morning.

29/07/2012 | Sports

Basketball: 'Golden Generation' outshines Lithuania

01/05/2012 | Sports

Argentine gymnast Pereyra hopes to break new ground at London 2012

No one would have dared to bet a few years ago that Argentine gymnast Valeria Pereyra would be competing at the 2012 Olympic Games but the late starter puts her place in London down to five years of sacrifice.

02/06/2012 | Sports

Argentina triumph over Ecuador, win match 4-0

05/06/2012 | Sports

'I'd like to assist Messi once again,' Riquelme

Boca Juniors’ Juan Román Riquelme admitted he wishes to “assist Lionel Messi once again”, and considered the Barcelona FC's striker as “the best of the world”, showing that the playmaker is willing to wear Argentina’s national football team’s shirt again.