19/12/2012 | Argentina

'If Legislature doesn’t approve subway transfer, it’ll fall into limbo again'

Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri said today that if the city legislature “doesn’t approve” the subway transfer to the city government, the service “will fall into limbo again.”

11/01/2013 | Argentina

Subte A's 100-year-old carriages bid farewell

31/01/2013 | Argentina

Met Service issues Orange alert as high temperaturas persist

The National Met Service (SMN) has upgraded the weather warning issued for extreme heat, from yellow to orange. Temperatures are expected to range between 25 and 36 degrees throughout today.

08/10/2012 | Argentina

Two die after falling from train on way to River flag ceremony

Two people were killed today and one person injured after falling from a train travelling between the capital and Vicente López neighbourhood on the Belgrano Norte line, police said.

06/11/2012 | Argentina

Sarmiento rail strike lifted

Railway workers lifted the strike they were carrying out which had caused a complete suspension of the Sarmiento train service between Once and Moreno stations.

24/11/2012 | Argentina

Vidal: 'We are receiving a bankrupt subway and no funds whatsoever'

Buenos Aires City deputy mayor María Eugenia Vidal assured today that the hikes on tolls, petrol and high-end cars in the capital “will be lifted as soon as national government hands over the corresponding funds” for the subway service.

14/08/2012 | Argentina

Vidal calls for 'dialogue' to resolve subway handover

Upon the resumption of the subway service after a ten-day hiatus, Deputy Mayor for Buenos Aires City María Eugenia Vidal said that “the reasonable thing to do now is to resolve the handover” of the subway lines “through talks” while suggesting possible solutions to the rift.

17/09/2012 | Argentina

Mitre train line reduces night services

The Mitre train line will reduce its night services in its three electric trams in order to carry out a series of works. Starting from Monday 11pm, the service will only run between the Belgrano C and Tigre stations, and Belgrano R and José León Suárez.

19/09/2012 | Argentina

South-easterly storm persists, alert for strong winds lifted

Weather forecasters and the Naval Hydrography Service lifted the alert for gale-force winds today, however the storms and rainy weather is expected to continue throughout the day.

24/07/2012 | Argentina

Gov't announces AR$800 mln investment plan for Sarmiento trainline

Interior and Transport Minister Florencio Randazzo said today that the Government is to “invest $800 million pesos within the next year” in order to renew the Sarmiento trainline.

08/08/2012 | Argentina

Mitre train service from Retiro-Tigre operating with delays

The Mitre train service on the line that runs from Retiro to Tigre was operating today with delays, the management unit for the operation of the Mitre-Sarmiento lines said (UGOMS). The delays are due to a train derailment that occurred along the line yesterday.

14/08/2012 | Argentina

After ten-day strike, subway service resumes

All six lines of the subway and the Premetro overground tram service were resumed today following a ten-day union strike that had paralyzed transport across Buenos Aires City.

16/05/2012 | Argentina

Gov't blasts Macri, Metrovías over subway conflict

The Government once again accused the Mayor Mauricio Macri’s administration of not “owning up to its responsibilities,” regarding the subway service and urged them “to start to work and find a solution” to the wage talks of subway workers, who are holding a 36 hour strike.

08/06/2012 | Argentina

San Martín line train derails at Retiro station

Two carriages were said to have been affected, however no passengers were on board and no injuries were reported.

16/07/2012 | Argentina

Subway C, D lines service interrupted

The Subway D and C lines service were interrupted this morning due to technical failures causing long delays of commuters. Long lines of passengers were witnessed at the bus stops along Santa Fe Avenue, which goes across the BA City neighbourhoods of Palermo and Recoleta.

05/04/2012 | Argentina

Edenor, Edesur could be fined if the 'electricity service is not resumed'

Planning Ministry's Administration's Coordination and Control under-secretary, Roberto Baratta claimed the energy companies Edenor and Edesur to resume the electricity service in the areas that were strongly affected by last night’s storm.

08/05/2012 | Argentina

Gov't fines Movistar over 24-hour service failure

Planning Minister Julio De Vido announced today the government will fine mobile phone company Movistar for the 24-hour service failure which affected eighteen million people on April 2.

10/05/2012 | Argentina

Gov't may sanction Claro over service interruption

The Government warned that it would sanction mobile phone network Claro in response to a service interruption that “many users” in the City and surrounding areas experience for several hours on Wednesday.

16/02/2012 | Argentina

Gov't cuts subsidies on premium bus services

The Transport Secretariat, conducted by Juan Pablo Schiavi, has taken away all subsidies on premium bus services working in both Buenos Aires City and Greater Buenos Aires areas, as it was published today in the country's Official Gazette.

03/03/2012 | Argentina

Metrovías discredits problems detected in City Subway report

Metrovías, the company that runs the subway system, discredited today a report issued by the city’s Entity for Regulation of Public Services which detected 11,000 faults in the Subway service, stating that the document “refers to issues that have little to do with the safe operation of the service.”

03/04/2012 | Argentina

Gov't blames Movistar for service disruption, warns of 'maximum sanction'

The ombudsman in the Communications National Committee, Ceferino Namuncurá, said that the Government would sanction the Movistar mobile phone service provider with “the biggest fine possible” after a service disruption left over sixteen million people in the country without service on Monday.

27/08/2011 | Argentina

Rainy Saturday outlook for BA and surrounding areas

After a largely sunny week, the weather outlook for today is bleak, with heavy cloud coverage and high probability of dispersed showers. Temperatures are predicted to move between 9 and 13 degrees. The conditions are predicted to improve by tomorrow, the National Meteorological Service (SMN) reported.

29/08/2011 | Argentina

CFK, Mujica reactivate train service connecting Argentina, Uruguay

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her Uruguayan counterpart José “Pepe” Mujica met in the neighbouring country in order to reactivate a train line uniting both countries that had been out of service for the last 30 years.

16/12/2011 | Argentina

New luxury BA-Mar del Plata trains unveiled

A new train service between the capital and the coastline was inaugurated, set to run a daily service from Buenos Aires' Constitución station to Mar del Plata, the government announced. The modern trains provide a brand new service right in time for the holiday season.

02/07/2011 | Argentina

Flights return to normal at Aeroparque, Ezeiza airports

Lan Argentina and Aerolineas Argentinas informed its customers on Saturday that flight schedules were running as normal, to and from Aeroparque and Ezeiza international airport, after having cancelled services on Friday due to the lingering presence of ash coming from the Chilean Puyehue volcano, which had blown its way back into Buenos Aires.

26/07/2011 | Argentina

Aeroparque flights cancelled until Wednesday due to volcanic ash cloud

Domestic and most international flights have been cancelled until Wednesday due to the ash cloud spewed by Chilean volcano Puyehué. Only three Aerolíneas Argentinas flights are due to depart fro Ezeiza airport headed to Miami, Madrid and Mexico.

27/07/2011 | Argentina

Metropolitan airport resumes normal activity

Activity in the Metropolitan airport is slowly resuming its normal pace as Aerolíneas Argentinas, Austral and Lan airlines announced they resumed their operations, after cancelling them due to volcanic ash cloud.

23/06/2011 | Argentina

Airlines begin to suspend services to south, ash cloud moves toward BA

A number of flights to Patagonia were cancelled this morning, due to the shift in the movement of the lingering ash cloud produced by the Chilean Puyehue volcano, which is predicted to reach Buenos Aires Province over the course of the next few hours.

25/06/2011 | Argentina

Airports resume activities, flights heading to South still cancelled

Both Ezeiza and Aeroparque airports began to gradually reschedule flights that were previously cancelled due to the return of the ash cloud produced by the Chilean Puyehue volcano, airlines informed. Those flights heading towards the Southern area of the country are still cancelled.

01/07/2011 | Argentina

Flights cancelled due to ash cloud, to be resumed at 10am

According to an official from the National Administration of Civic Aviation (ANAC), the ash cloud being produced by the Chilean Puyehue volcano has returned to Buenos Aires and caused flight delays and cancellations at both Aeroparque and Ezeiza airports.

21/04/2011 | Argentina

Easter weekend traffic, flights normalise

The lingering presence of heavy fog and mist this morning considerably slowed down the movement of air and road tourist traffic across the country. Flights were delayed in some provincial airports, and road traffic was slow due to the poor weather conditions.

10/06/2011 | Argentina

Aeroparque, Ezeiza resume activities, to be normalized on Monday

Airlines resumed their flights running from 6PM following the Crisis Committee meeting, although those flights heading to the Southern area of the country are still limited. Sources said the situation will be normalized by Monday.

15/06/2011 | Argentina

Ezeiza, Aeroparque airports now operating normally

The dramatic situation created by the grounding of all flights in the region due to the volcanic ash cloud spewed by the Puyehue is gradually going back to normal in the City, with several airlines resuming their services in the Ezeiza and Aeroparque airports.

15/04/2012 | World

Scandal mars Obama's wooing of Latin America

A prostitution scandal involving US security personnel in Colombia and an unprecedented regional push to end the isolation of Cuba threatened to eclipse President Barack Obama's charm offensive to Latin America.

10/12/2012 | World

Google's GMail service suffers disruption

Google Inc's popular email product, GMail, appeared to go dark for users across America and Europe today.

29/01/2012 | Entertainment

Blues singer Etta James remembered in Los Angeles

Hundreds of mourners gathered at a Los Angeles-area church on Saturday to remember rhythm-and-blues singer Etta James, saying she overcame great personal and professional hurdles to sing "the times that she lived."

26/07/2012 | Entertainment

Russell Brand to do community service over iPhone toss

British comedian and actor Russell Brand was ordered by a judge to do 20 hours of community service and pay a fine of $500 in New Orleans over a charge related to throwing a photographer's iPhone through a window.