08/02/2011 | Argentina

Wage increase percentage 'cannot yet be established,' Tomada

Minister of Labour Carlos Tomada stated that a wage increase percentage “cannot yet be established” for this year, and promised that negotiations between companies and their workers would be “rational.”

08/02/2011 | Argentina

Education Ministry, teacher's unions end second round of wage talks

Education Ministry officials and representatives from the five teacher’s unions met for the second time this afternoon in order to discuss wage talks and the new nationwide salary floor.

02/06/2011 | Argentina

CFK attends celebratory dinner hosted by President Napolitano

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner attended an exclusive concert and celebratory dinner hosted by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at the Quirinale Palace in Rome. The Argentine head of State also met with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera for bilateral talks earlier in the day.

29/06/2011 | Argentina

Santa Cruz teachers request re-opening of wage talks with Peralta

Teachers in Santa Cruz put forward a plea to Daniel Peralta’s provincial government to resume talks over reaching a wage deal amidst the heavy conflicts over salaries in the teaching sector.

07/08/2011 | Argentina

Alfonsín dismisses any talks with Macri ahead of primaries

Presidential candidate Ricardo Alfonsín said that the votes of City’s residents “don't belong to any specific candidate” and dismissed the possibility of any deal talks with reelected Mayor Mauricio Macri ahead of next Sunday’s primary elections.

27/04/2011 | Argentina

CFK announces project to cap land ownership for foreigners

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner delivered a televised speech at the Government House this afternoon, announcing several new reforms, including the proposal of a law which will cap land ownership for foreigners at 20%. She also commemorated her husband Néstor Kirchner, 6 months after his death.

10/02/2012 | Argentina

Teacher unions to continue collective bargaining talks next week

The five main trade unions that represent school teachers across the country met again today with the Government, in the second round of collective bargaining talks and did not reach an agreement, and thus decided to keep on negotiating next week. Education authorities offered a minimum wage of 2700 pesos, which did not satisfy unionists, who aim to obtain a 3000 pesos salary.

16/02/2012 | Argentina

Teachers' wage talks in BA province go on recess

Buenos Aires province government and unions of the Teachers Union Front agreed to go on a recess in the collective bargaining talks that will define the wage hike for the sector until it is defined nationwide.

18/03/2012 | Argentina

Teachers urge Gov't to resume collective bargaining talks

SUTEBA secretary general, Roberto Baradel, stressed that the Government “should aim at figuring out a way to restart the dialogue with the teachers’ unions, and warned that the tent set up by teachers in front of City Hall will remain in place at least until the end of the month.

19/05/2012 | Argentina

'Forcing Macri to take over the subway is like forcing him to solve Greek inflation'

PRO lawmaker Federico Pinedo assured today he is willing to mediate in the subway conflict to avoid next week’s three day strike, but insisted that the solution of the dispute between Metrovías and unions lies on the national Government.

26/05/2012 | Argentina

Subte: City Gov't renews demands for meeting with CFK

City Economy Minister, Néstor Grindentti confirmed that “there would not be any kind of agreement” regarding the handing over of Buenos Aires underground train system until Mayor Mauricio Macri is granted a meeting with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

15/06/2012 | Argentina

Malvinas islanders 'disappointed' after Argentina refuses to accept letter

The Malvinas islanders today stated that they were “incredibly disappointed” after the Argentine Government rejected yesterday a letter sent by the Malvinas Islands Government to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner which asked to arrange talks over the disputed islands.

22/11/2012 | Argentina

Subway unionists, Metrovías to continue wage talks on Tuesday

The Buenos Aires Labour under secretariat called for the AGTSyP breakaway Subte workers union to keep on with the talks with concessionary company Metrovías and urged not to implement measures while both parties continue negotiations.

29/11/2012 | Argentina

Subway workers to continue strike

Subway workers held a three-hour strike in each line today, after wage talks between Metrovías concessionary company and AGTSyP breakaway union failed yesterday and will continue the strike tomorrow.

25/09/2012 | Argentina

CFK: 'We want the UK to sit and talk, not to simply tell us we are right'

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner once again claimed Argentina’s sovereignty over the Malvinas islands and urged the United Kingdom to accept talks and abide by the United Nations’s resolutions on the matter.

04/10/2012 | Argentina

Border, Coast guard protests continue, await new contact with Security Ministry

Whilst they wait for the Security Ministry's answer over the signed petition presented earlier on Thursday, Border and Coast Guard officers decided to continue with the protest, and said they might deepen measures if they do not reach an agreement before Tuesday.

10/01/2013 | Argentina

BA City teachers attend wage talks at Education Ministry

The Education Workers Union (UTE-CTERA) attended today the first meeting for talks on collective bargaining at the Buenos Aires City education ministry. No percenages were discussed, but both parties agreed on the "wage structure."

17/01/2013 | Argentina

CFK thanks Indonesia for backing Malvinas claims

After a private meeting today with Indonesian president Susilo Yudhoyono, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner publicly thanked Indonesia for its support “regarding the Malvinas,” renewing that Argentina “only asks that the UK respect the UN resolution.”

17/01/2013 | World

No deal seen clinched in UN nuclear talks with Iran

The UN nuclear watchdog and Iran appear to have failed again in talks this week to finalise a deal to unblock an investigation into suspected atom bomb research in the Islamic state, a diplomatic source said.

04/01/2013 | World

Iran says talks with big powers to be held in January, but no details decided yet

Iran has agreed to hold talks with six major powers about its atomic program in January but the date and venue has yet to be decided, the country's top nuclear negotiator said today, while the European Union assured no date has been fixed for further talks on Iran's nuclear programme.

07/02/2013 | World

Iran's Khamenei rejects offer of direct talks with US

Iran's highest authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, today rejected an offer of direct talks made by US Vice President Joe Biden this week, saying they would not solve the problems between them, Iranian media reported.

16/01/2013 | World

Iran, world powers to meet on January 28 and 29 for nuclear talks

Iran and world powers will meet on Jan. 28 and 29 for further negotiations over Iran's disputed nuclear programme, the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported today.

19/11/2012 | World

Ban Ki-moon to meet Netanyahu and Abbas after Egypt talks

07/12/2012 | World

Climate talks risk failure over aid row, lack of carbon cuts

Wrangling over aid to the developing world and the failure of rich countries to set tougher goals for fighting global warming threatened to derail UN talks among 200 nations on the final day today.

03/09/2012 | World

UK urges Ecuador to resume Assange talks quickly

Britain and Ecuador should resume talks over the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, as early as possible, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said.

23/05/2012 | World

Powers, Iran discuss detail of possible nuclear deal

World powers and Iran held unusually detailed talks today about how it could show its nuclear work is not a disguised quest for atom bombs, in a Baghdad meeting aimed at halting a slide toward a new Middle East war.

24/05/2012 | World

Iran, powers agree nuke talks Moscow June 18-19

Iran and world powers will meet in Moscow on June 18-19 to hold further talks to try solve a long-standing dispute about an Iranian nuclear energy program, European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said today.

26/05/2012 | World

Four EU leaders set June 22 crisis talks

The leaders of France, Germany, Spain and Italy will meet on June 22 to discuss the euro zone crisis, said a spokeswoman for the Spanish prime minister's office.

14/04/2012 | World

EU says initial nuclear talks with Iran 'constructive'

World powers and Iran held talks on Tehran's nuclear programme in Istanbul today in a "constructive atmosphere", a European Union spokesman said after the first session.

15/04/2012 | World

Obama says more Iran sanctions coming if talks drag

US President Barack Obama said there would be more sanctions imposed on Iran if there is no breakthrough in nuclear talks with global powers in the coming months, responding to Israeli accusations that Tehran has been given a "freebie."

30/04/2012 | World

Iran hopes for 'successful' nuclear talks with UN

An Iranian envoy voiced hope that talks with the UN nuclear watchdog in mid-May would help resolve "outstanding issues", but he again ruled out any halt to the Islamic state's controversial uranium enrichment program.

15/05/2012 | World

Greece will hold new vote after failure to form government

After a third day of failed talks with political leaders, a spokesman for President Karolos Papoulias said the process of seeking a compromise had been declared a failure and a new vote must be held.

22/02/2012 | World

Iran defiant as UN nuclear talks fail

The UN nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran's suspected secret atomic weapons research failed, a setback likely to increase the risk of confrontation with the West.

19/05/2011 | World

Abbas welcomes Obama call to renew peace talks

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed US President Barak Obama's efforts to renew talks with Israel that collapsed last year, a senior Palestinian official said.

15/08/2011 | World

Iran's 'nuclear partner' Russia seeks to revive global talks

Russia will look to revive nuclear talks between Iran and the world's biggest economic and military powers this week, hoping its special relationship with Tehran can help jolt back to life negotiations that some analysts consider "dead in the water."

02/12/2011 | World

Cameron meets Sarkozy, questions need for treaty change

Britain is not convinced that the EU treaty needs changing to tackle the euro zone debt crisis, Prime Minister David Cameron said, after discussing plans for tougher governance in the bloc with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

12/12/2011 | World

Greece opens debt swap, bailout talks

Greece began a round of talks with the EU, the IMF and bankers on Monday, with negotiators facing a tight timetable to decide key aspects of a new bailout plan to pull the country out of its economic crisis.

15/01/2012 | World

UK's Cameron offers talks on Scottish independence vote

British Prime Minister David Cameron offered on Sunday to hold talks with Scottish leader Alex Salmond to thrash out their differences over arrangements for a referendum on Scottish independence that could lead to a breakup of the United Kingdom.

11/07/2011 | World

Two Koreas agree more talks on seized resort

Reclusive North Korea has agreed to hold a second round of talks with South Korea this week to try to resolve a row over Pyongyang's decision to seize a South Korean company's assets at a jointly run resort, an official said.

25/07/2011 | World

US sees no 'fast track' for North Korea nuclear talks

The United States is in no rush to resume nuclear talks with North Korea even though Washington has invited a senior diplomat to New York this week, US officials said.

09/02/2011 | World

North Korea says South refusing real dialogue

North Korea said the South did not wish for an improvement of relations and that it no longer felt the need to engage with its neighbour after inter-Korean military talks collapsed, state media reported.

13/12/2010 | World

Netanyahu says welcomes shift in US peace effort

"I welcome this American decision. It is good for Israel. It is good for peace," Netanyahu, who resisted US, Palestinian and international calls for a construction moratorium, told an economic forum hours before the arrival of a US peace envoy.

21/01/2011 | World

Breakthrough after US warns China on North Korea

The United States warned China that it would redeploy forces in Asia if it failed to rein in its ally North Korea, the New York Times reported, as Pyongyang bowed to Seoul's demands for crisis talks.

06/02/2011 | World

Egypt opposition says talks to end crisis not enough

05/09/2012 | Latin America

Colombia names team for peace talks with FARC rebels

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos unveiled a six-man team to negotiate with FARC rebels in the hope of ending almost 50 years of war.

27/08/2012 | Latin America

Colombia, rebels to begin peace talks soon, sources say

Colombia's government will soon begin talks that could lead to formal negotiations for peace with the country's biggest guerrilla group, known as the FARC, according to a Colombian intelligence source.

16/01/2013 | Latin America

Colombian president opens door to popular vote on FARC peace deal

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos opened the door to a popular vote on any peace accord negotiated and signed with FARC rebels, but rejected a guerrilla demand to change the constitution if a deal is clinched.

31/01/2013 | Latin America

Colombia, rebels resume talks amid new tensions

Colombia and the Marxist FARC rebels resumed peace talks today to end their half century-long conflict amid new tensions after the guerrilla group resumed kidnappings and attacks that sparked an angry government reaction.

03/01/2013 | Sports

Juventus to start talks with Bilbao's Llorente

Italian champions Juventus have informed Athletic Bilbao that they will start talks with the La Liga club's Spain striker Fernando Llorente with a view to signing him, Bilbao said.