Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands
Saturday, February 4th 2012 - 05:37 UTC

PM Cameron meets Obama in March ahead of the Falklands conflict anniversary

Cameron and Obama will highlight the UK/US “special relationship”

British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama will meet in Washington next month, three weeks before the 30 anniversary of the beginning of the Falklands conflict.

Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 16:18 UTC

Deployment of Prince William in Falklands is a routine mission, says MoD

Defence Minister Hammond: The Prince is on a humanitarian mission training focused on the search and rescue.”

UK’s Defence Minister Philip Hammond reiterated Friday that the deployment of Prince Williams to the Falkland Islands is a routine mission planned long ago, and rejected suggestions the decision to send the heir to the throne to the region represented an escalation of the UK's position.

Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 06:16 UTC

UK warns Argentina on cutting off the air link of Falklands with South America

Foreign Office minister Lord Howell informed the House on the latest events

Britain warned Argentina against cutting off an air link to the Falklands as part of an economic blockade of the Islands, reports the Evening Standard. Buenos Aires is threatening to stop a weekly flight from Punta Arenas in Chile to Port Stanley by refusing permission for it to use Argentine airspace.

Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 06:08 UTC

Malvinas dispute helps ‘to distract UK public opinion’ from serious domestic problems

Argentine Vice-president Boudou points to UK unemployment and Scotland’s referendum

The UK is taking advantage of the diplomatic conflict escalade with Argentina over the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute to distract public opinion from serious domestic problems such as unemployment, said Argentine Vice-president Amado Boudou.

Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 04:56 UTC

Flight Lieutenant William Wales is “in the Falklands to do a job”

Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands Brigadier Bill Aldridge: “no change to the alert state”

“There are certain people that we would just like to allow to get on with their job if that’s possible, and give them the opportunity to see as much of the Falklands as they possibly can” Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands Brigadier Bill Aldridge said this week when asked about the deployment of Prince William to the Falkland Islands as an RAF search-and-rescue pilot.

Thursday, February 2nd 2012 - 23:08 UTC

Iron Lady, basically a mediocre film, according to the Argentine reviews

Praise for Meryl Streep’s efforts but a poor script with not much new revelations

Meryl Streep may have been nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady” but Argentine critics reviewed the film as ‘mediocre’ during its premiere in Buenos Aires on Thursday.

Thursday, February 2nd 2012 - 22:47 UTC

Prince William in the Falklands; begins briefings period and familiarization flight

William will be crewing one of two search-and-rescue helicopters on call 24 hours a day at MPA

UK’s Prince William arrived on Thursday to the Falkland Islands amid simmering tensions between Britain and Argentina over the disputed South Atlantic Islands and in the year of the 30th anniversary of the Falklands conflict.

Thursday, February 2nd 2012 - 22:29 UTC

HMS Montrose on the last leg of its South Atlantic deployment

Commander Lett pleased with the challenges and rewards

The Royal Navy HMS Montrose has entered icy waters on the latest leg of its deployment in the South Atlantic. This latest stage of Montrose’s six-month trip has taken it to the edge of the ice fields to the extreme south of the Earth, reports Montrose Review.

Thursday, February 2nd 2012 - 19:48 UTC

Falklands/Malvinas: One can only hope for a new realistic perspective

With “The Penguins”, the hands of the clock began to turn again......backwards.

This is the seventh of a series of extended political articles written exclusively for the Penguin News web site by Deputy Editor John Fowler. John is a former Superintendent of Education and a former Manager of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board.

Thursday, February 2nd 2012 - 05:40 UTC

UK convinced Argentina plotting to blockade the Falklands: LAN airlink next target

The weekly LAN Airbus at MPA in the Falklands

British diplomats have accused Argentina of plotting an economic blockade of the Falkland Islands amid fears Buenos Aires is attempting to block all flights from Chile to the Islands, reports the guardian.co.uk in a piece by Rory Carroll, Jonathan Franklin and Uki Goñi.

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