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Falkland Islands

  • Wednesday, April 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Falklands Governor defends Police over flag incident.

    The Falkland Islands Governor Mr. Alan Huckle has defended the policy adopted by the local Police Force after a group of Argentine 1982 war veterans raised an Argentine flag in the Cemetery at Darwin on Monday 2nd April, the 25th anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the islands. Many islanders questioned why the Police did not forcibly prevent the veterans from displaying the flag on British sovereign territory.

  • Wednesday, April 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Falklands Conflict: this was not a war of Nuñez versus Clement.

    War veterans Mario Nuñez and Gary Clement exchanging their berets

    Today, Wednesday 4th April, Mario Oscar Nuñez, late of the 12th Argentine Infantry Regiment and Gary Clement, late of 45 Commando, Royal Marines, set off from Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands, known to the Argentineans as Las Islas Malvinas, on a journey, which would take them approximately one hundred kilometres and twenty-five years back in time.

  • Tuesday, April 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Flying Falklands visit by Shadow Foreign Secretary

    Mr. W. Hague MP during his brief visit to the Falklands

    Former leader of the British Conservative Party, now Shadow Foreign Secretary, William Hague paid what was literally a flying visit to the Falkland Islands on Tuesday.

  • Sunday, April 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Falklands' forgotten soldiers, remembered at last

    Former FIDF members with Governor Mr. Alan Huckle

    In case anyone, anywhere in the world is still in doubt, given the constant stream of journalists arriving and leaving the Falkland Islands during the last few weeks, April 2nd marks for Falkland Islanders the twenty-fifth anniversary of the invasion of their country by Argentina.

  • Sunday, April 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Falklands: UK's “continuing regret” over loss of life on both sides

    Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett

    On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, April 2, the United Kingdom expressed “continuing regret” over the loss of life on both sides of the South Atlantic conflict.

  • Friday, March 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Weekly Penguin News Update

    Headlines:
    Oil move 'no surprise'; Commemorate and celebrate'; Forum coming soon.

  • Wednesday, March 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Malvinas war next of kin to visit Darwin cemetery

    Darwin cemetery ready to receive argentine next of kin

    Argentine Malvinas war next of kin of Argentines combatants who died in the 1982 conflict will be visiting the Argentine Cemetery in Falklands Islands later this year it was officially announced Wednesday by the Falklands' elected government.

  • Wednesday, March 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentina's decision “in no way helps” with its Falklands claims

    Argentina's decision to void a 1995 South Atlantic hydrocarbons cooperation joint declaration “in no way will it help” with Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands, it's a decision that the United Kingdom “regrets”.

  • Friday, March 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Falklands war was right - Blair

    Tony Blair agreed the Falklands conflict had been a “scary gamble”

    Tony Blair has said going to war over the Falklands took “political courage” and was “the right thing to do”.
    Interviewed for the Downing Street website the prime minister said there had been a “principle at stake”.

  • Thursday, March 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Falkland Islands Fisheries Director revokes Jih Da Gan licence

    “The Falkland Islands Government views any abuse or maltreatment of fishing vessel crews very seriously and, in addition to considering issues of criminal liability, where appropriate, will take any action available to it as necessary to ensure that the responsibilities for the efficient management of the fishery on behalf of the Falkland Islands are properly discharged.”