Falkland Islands
Falkland IslandsFalklands hero attacks “absurd” compensation claims.
The former Welsh Guardsman, Simon Weston, severely burned when Argentine aircraft set ablaze the troop transport ship Sir Galahad in the Falklands War, has launched a strong attack on police officers and others “pre-occupied in our claim and blame society with asserting their ?right' to compensation for every grievance real or imaginary”.
“A normal working relation with Argentina”, said Prime Minister.
Tony Blair, the first serving British Prime Minister to visit Argentina expressed full support for the Argentine government and President Fernando De la Rúa “zero-deficit” austerity package, and insisted it's important that “Britain today has a normal working relation with Argentina”.
Blair pushes for a CAP review in Brazil.
In an unexpectedly strong speech, British Primer Minister Tony Blair said in Brazil that “the future of trade negotiations between Europe and Mercosur” depends on a review of the European Common Agricultural Policy, CAP
Farewell to Arms for Prince Andrew.
Nineteen years after he fought as a helicopter pilot in the Falklands War, the Duke of York, has bade farewell to the Royal Navy in which he served for 22 years
“Frail, pathetic Galtieri”.British Profile of former Argentine President
Coinciding with the historic visit of Tony Blair, the first British Prime Minister to set foot on Argentine soil at Iguazu Falls, former Argentine President, General Leopoldo Galtieri, has been profiled in a London newspaper.
Tony Blair meets De la Rua today.
Tony Blair in Brazil .
British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived this Monday in Brasilia beginning a historic visit to Latinamerica's three most influential countries amid growing concerns that financial turbulence in the area could spill to the rest of the world.
1982 Falklands paratrooper's High Court action. Judge rules on newspaper publishing war allegations
Echoes of allegations that British troops shot Argentine prisoners of war after they had surrendered in the 1982 Falklands Conflict have been heard in the British High Court, which has rejected a defamation action against a Spanish newspaper group, Unidad Editorial SA.
