News of switzerland

Piano great Argerich scraps more concerts over illness

14-08-2023 12:20 Piano virtuoso Martha Argerich has cancelled further concerts in Austria and Germany in August due to illness.

MUSIC & ART

Piano great Martha Argerich axes German, Swiss shows over illness

09-08-2023 12:41 Celebrated Buenos Aires-born pianist Martha Argerich cancels concerts in Germany and Switzerland due to illness.

MUSIC

Argentine urban music conquers the world – Duki, Nicki Nicole, Bizarrap lead way

21-07-2023 15:31 Wave of Argentine musicians including Bizarrap, Duki, Emilia Mernes, Nicki Nicole and Wos are selling out shows and shining in the northern hemisphere.

ENVIRONMENT

Celeste Saulo elected first female chief of World Meteorological Organization

01-06-2023 08:42 Celeste Saulo, who has headed Argentina's weather agency since 2014, elected as the first female leader of UN climate agency.

ENVIRONMENT

Argentine in running to be UN weather agency's next chief

31-05-2023 10:13 The World Meteorological Organization, which plays a critical global role in tracking climate change, chooses a new leader this week to turbocharge that work over the next four years. UBA professor and the WMO's first vice-president Celeste Saulo is among the frontunners.

NAZI ACCOUNTS PROBE

Credit Suisse accused of hindering probe into Nazi accounts

19-04-2023 10:13 Credit Suisse accused of impeding an investigation into its historical assistance to Nazis that had revealed a number of previously undisclosed accounts, including 99 allegedly linked to German officials or Nazi-affiliated groups in Argentina.

CRIME & THE COURTS

Argentine charged with laundering in US$1.2-billion Venezuelan fraud case

13-07-2022 14:15 Swiss and Argentine citizens charged in Miami for allegedly helping launder part of US$1.2 billion taken from Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA in a long-running corruption and bribery investigation.

PRICES SURGE IN REGION

Inflation a severe risk to Latin America's stability, warn analysts at Davos

24-05-2022 09:25 Inflation threatens the immediate future and political stability of Latin America, experts warn at event in Davos.

'Suisse Secrets' investigation

Venezuelans accused of looting PDVSA held accounts at Credit Suisse

21-02-2022 15:31 More than 20 Venezuelans linked to corruption involving state energy firm PDVSA had "assets of more than US$273 million in 25 Credit Suisse accounts," a new investigation reveals.

'Suisse Secrets' investigation

Investigation claims Credit Suisse bank handled dirty money

21-02-2022 15:01 Switzerland's second-largest bank Credit Suisse held billions of dollars of dirty money for decades, a new cross-border media investigation has claimed, based on a massive data leak from an anonymous source.

FOOD & WINE

2021 was record year for Argentine wine exports, says Foreign Ministry

23-01-2022 08:39 Argentina's bottled wine exports hit a historic high in 2021 worth US$817 million, according to Foreign Ministry.

BLOOMBERG

Cannabis price drop creates opportunity for Paraguay

03-01-2022 12:36 As cannabis starts to behave more like an agricultural commodity, there’s a race to find the best growing climate at the lowest cost. In South America, a new candidate is emerging: Paraguay.

News of switzerland

Piano great Argerich scraps more concerts over illness

Piano great Martha Argerich axes German, Swiss shows over illness

Argentine urban music conquers the world – Duki, Nicki Nicole, Bizarrap lead way

Celeste Saulo elected first female chief of World Meteorological Organization

Argentine in running to be UN weather agency's next chief

Credit Suisse accused of hindering probe into Nazi accounts

Argentine charged with laundering in US$1.2-billion Venezuelan fraud case

Inflation a severe risk to Latin America's stability, warn analysts at Davos

Venezuelans accused of looting PDVSA held accounts at Credit Suisse

Investigation claims Credit Suisse bank handled dirty money

2021 was record year for Argentine wine exports, says Foreign Ministry

Cannabis price drop creates opportunity for Paraguay

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Victoria Villarruel hold ‘historic’ transition meeting

Karina Milei: How the most important member of Argentina’s next government thinks

Attack on fans overshadows Argentina historic win over Brazil

Who will be in Javier Milei’s Cabinet? The ministers and secretaries confirmed so far

Victoria Villarruel, the first vice-president to play down dictatorship’s crimes

El destino del PAMI en la era Milei, en manos del PRO

Gabinete de Javier Milei: ya se confirmaron los nombres de seis ministros y seis secretarios

Aguinaldo: ¿Javier Milei puede decidir que no se pague?

Habló David Nalbandian tras ser acusado por acoso sexual y hostigamiento a su ex pareja

Malena Galmarini salió a responderle a Javier Milei por la privatización de AySA