Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, November 1st 2011 - 04:56 UTC

  Falkland's latest set of stamps features penguins, predators and preys

  

  A set of stamps created by Falkland Islands artist Tony Chater entitled Penguins, Predators and Prey will be released on November 16.

• Monday, October 31st 2011 - 02:51 UTC

  Unasur condemns presence of HMS Montrose in the Falklands

  

  The Unions of South of American Nations, Unasur, rejected British military presence in the Falklands/Malvinas Islands and again reiterated their full support for Argentina’s ‘legitimate claims’ in her dispute with the UK over the sovereignty of the South Atlantic islands.

• Saturday, October 29th 2011 - 05:08 UTC

  Argentina had no chance in the Malvinas war: it was fighting the ‘Holy Alliance’

  

  “Malvinas is a sacred cause for the Argentines used by the military with a spurious purpose: to remain in power” according to Juan Bautista ‘Tata’ Yoffre author of the recently launched book “1982” on the Falklands/Malvinas conflict.

• Saturday, October 29th 2011 - 03:51 UTC

  Falkland/Malvinas continues as “a colonial dagger in America” Timerman tells his peers

  

  Malvinas continues as “a colonial dagger in America” said Argentine Foreign Affaire minister Hector Timerman during an Ibero-Latin American ministerial meeting in Paraguay ahead of the full summit on Saturday.

• Saturday, October 29th 2011 - 03:42 UTC

  Falklands’ Desire Petroleum shows report confirming prospectivity of its licences

  

  Falkland Islands oil explorer Desire petroleum unveiled Friday a new competent person's report (CPR), which it hailed as confirmation of the “prospectivity” of its licences.

• Friday, October 28th 2011 - 16:54 UTC

  Argentine groups take Falklands/Malvinas dispute to Internet domains

  

  The Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty dispute has reached Internet domains with Argentina’s president of internet users appealing to ICANN to cancel ‘fk’ for those pages related to the Islas Malvinas alleging they are not a state or territory.
  ICANN stands for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.

• Friday, October 28th 2011 - 05:07 UTC

  UK “defies South America” when it denies Argentina Malvinas sovereignty

  

  The Argentine representative before United Nations, Jorge Argüello claimed that the UK “defies the whole of South America” when it impedes Argentina from patrolling its own waters and exercising sovereignty over its own spaces.

• Thursday, October 27th 2011 - 06:14 UTC

  South Chile Hudson volcano erupts: fears it could repeat events of 1991

  

  Chile said on Wednesday it was evacuating residents from around the Hudson volcano in the country far south after it spewed a jet of steam a kilometre into the air and seismic activity triggered an avalanche.

• Wednesday, October 26th 2011 - 13:58 UTC

  Can the Falkland Islands achieve economic diversification borne from adversity?

  

  The launch this month by the Falkland Islands Development Corporation (FIDC) of the Import Substitution Programme under the slogan, “Use Spades, Not Ships” bears striking parallels to the Grow More Food campaign established in war-time Britain during the Second World War. A campaign known better by its slogan – “Dig for Victory”.

• Wednesday, October 26th 2011 - 13:40 UTC

  HMS Montrose expected to arrive in the Falklands mid November

  

  Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose has set sail for a six-and-a-half month deployment to the Falkland Islands and other South Atlantic Islands to maintain a continuous presence protecting British interests.