Conservative opposition wins Argentine presidential election
Conservative opposition candidate Mauricio Macri won Argentina’s presidential election on Sunday after promising business-friendly reforms to spur investment in the struggling economy.
View ArticleSmall change: New €20 note adds anti-fraud features
The new €20 note goes into circulation from today. The new bill has added security features, and like the newer €5 and €10 notes, is printed on cotton paper. Also today, we look at what the ratings...
View ArticleArgentina's outgoing president blasts incoming leaders in final speech
Tens of thousands of supporters jammed Argentina’s most famous square Wednesday night to say goodbye to President Cristina Fernandez, who lauded her government’s achievements while blasting the...
View ArticleArgentine President Mauricio Macri sworn in
Argentine President Mauricio Macri was sworn in Thursday, inheriting myriad economic problems from the outgoing Fernandez, who skipped the inauguration in a sign of confrontation that underscored deep...
View ArticleFrance's favourite granny joins Twitter
She became a beacon of hope, tolerance and open-mindedness in the sombre days that followed the Paris attacks. Danielle Mérian, a 77-year-old retired lawyer, was interviwed by BFMTV after laying...
View ArticleHow ‘America’s most hated man’ got his hands on Wu-Tang Clan's secret album
INTERNATIONAL PAPERS - Fri. 11.12.15: In a polarised Argentina, newly elected President Mauricio Macri takes command after a soap-opera style succession. Outgoing leader Cristina Kirchner boycotted his...
View ArticleLatin America: The end of the 'pink tide'? (part 1)
It was a handover marred in bitterness and a reminder of how politically divided Argentina is. Mauricio Macri on Thursday became the country's first non-Peronist president in 16 years, but only after...
View ArticleLatin America: The end of the 'pink tide'? (part 2)
As Mauricio Macri takes over in Argentina we take a look at where this will leave the Latin American "pink tide", the shift to the left for many countries that followed Hugo Chavez's victory in 1999....
View ArticleScores of police killed after bus drives off bridge in Argentina
At least 43 police officers died Monday and several more were injured when their bus plunged off a bridge and into a dry riverbed in northern Argentina, authorities said.
View ArticleMacri's measures: Argentina's new President drops currency controls
In this edition of 'People & Profit', Argentina's new president Mauricio Macri unleashes a wave of reforms to kick-start the economy. Will they work for Argentinians? Also, Blue Christmas in...
View ArticleArgentina’s president 'hopes for new chapter in the world'
FRANCE 24 spoke with the new Argentinean President Mauricio Macri in Buenos Aires, during François Hollande’s state visit to the country.
View ArticleMacri brings big changes to Argentina in his first three months
A deal to end a 14-year legal battle with some of Argentina's creditors was approved by the lower house of parliament on Wednesday - a symbol of the change that's come to the country since President...
View ArticleMessi, Platini, Macri, Putin and Iceland PM embroiled in Panama Papers...
Live from the newsroom, France 24's Oliver Farry provides an overview of stories making international newspaper headlines.
View ArticleCameron, Argentine president caught up in Panama Papers scandal
The storm unleashed by the so-called Panama Papers continued to swirl Thursday as British Prime Minister David Cameron admitted benefiting from his father's offshore trust and prosecutors opened an...
View ArticleArgentina makes triumphant return to bond markets
Argentina has returned to the international borrowing markets with a bang, receiving more than $65 billion in offers for bonds worth $15 billion. The country had been locked out of the markets since...
View ArticlePresident Mauricio Macri’s clean break with Argentina’s ‘Kirchnerite’ past
Since Mauricio Macri took office last December, a lot has changed in Argentina. In just a few months, the new president has made a clean break with the country's Kirchnerite past and populist left-wing...
View ArticleRising floodwaters in France mean serious economic consequences
The floods sweeping across the Paris region have displaced thousands of people, and forced businesses and museums to close their doors. We look at the economic consequences of the rising waters. Also,...
View ArticleMacri tells investors 'it's time to get Argentina back on track'
The President of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, says it's time for the country to "get back on track". He was speaking at the government's business and investment forum, aimed at attracting foreign capital...
View ArticleUK government approves Hinkley Point nuclear plant
The UK government has given the green light to the new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point. The €21 billion project is to be built by French utility EDF, with funding from China's state-owned nuclear...
View ArticleArgentina: President Macri's pro-business policies spark protests
Since he took office in December, Argentina's centre-right President Mauricio Macri has introduced a series of free-market pro-business policies. Macri has removed foreign exchange controls, reduced...
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