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Tag: Falkland Islands

  • Wednesday, February 4th 2015 - 08:28 UTC

    Falkland Islands picture from 400 kilometers above the Earth

    The picture was taken by Russian cosmonaut Oleg Guermanovich Artemiev from the ISS

    Russian cosmonaut Oleg Guermanovich Artemiev, member of the International Space Station Expedition 40 posted this week a high definition picture of the Falkland Islands taken while orbiting from 400 kilometers above the Earth.

  • Tuesday, February 3rd 2015 - 00:10 UTC

    Falklands' oil drilling program confirmed; rig from Western Africa on its way

    The Eirik Raude exploration rig is leaving from Africa and should be drilling in Falklands waters in the first week of March

    Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd has confirmed that the Eirik Raude rig has commenced mobilization from West Africa to the Falkland Islands for the 2015 drilling program, which will be operated by Premier Oil and Noble Energy.

  • Sunday, February 1st 2015 - 23:51 UTC

    Falklands' community enjoys 250th anniversary celebrations

    Children and adults enjoyed a full day of games and music on Saturday

    Saturday 31st January saw the culmination of a week of celebrations in the Falkland Islands commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Union Flag being raised on Saunders Island. Commodore John Byron placed the flag in 1765 signifying the start of British rule in the Falkland Islands.

  • Friday, January 30th 2015 - 06:46 UTC

    Falklands' anti-Argentine flag petition collects 494 names and a lively debate

    Tim Miller said that when an Argentine flag is displayed in the Islands it was of a country that was claiming the Falklands “in the same way it did 33 years ago.”

    A lively debate, at times impassioned took place earlier this week in the Falkland Islands during a public meeting at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss bad behavior from Argentine visitors which was described as 'disturbing and distressing” for many Islanders.

  • Thursday, January 29th 2015 - 19:53 UTC

    Falklands “Time Capsule” to celebrate 250th anniversary of flying the Union Flag in the Islands

    Taff Davies with the Time Capsule

    As part of the celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the Union Flag being raised by English Commodore John Byron in the Falkland Islands, on 21 January 1765, more precisely on Saunders Island, a ceremonial sod of turf was raised on the site for a “Time Capsule” to be buried.

  • Saturday, January 24th 2015 - 06:06 UTC

    Death of British and Falklands patriot

    Hayward was a generous donor to the campaign to build the Falklands Memorial Chapel at Pangbourne College in Southern England.

    Famed British patriot and generous Falkland Islands benefactor Sir Jack Hayward has died, aged 91 in Florida in the United States. Known as “Union Jack” for his love of all things British, he was knighted in 1986 for his charitable actions and donations to totaling many millions of pounds, much of it for Falklands-related causes.

  • Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 05:24 UTC

    Falklands' invasion in 1982, prevented an 'irreversible' solution for Gibraltar

    Ambassador Cuenca recalls that on 3 April the Sintra statement on Gibraltar was to be signed with UK, but on 2 April Argentina invaded the Falklands

    Had it not been for the 1982 Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, and the war that followed, Spain would have achieved through negotiations an 'irreversible solution' to the Gibraltar dispute with Great Britain, revealed Spanish diplomat, scholar and academic Jose Cuenca in his recently launched book, “From Adolfo Suarez to Gorbachev; an ambassador's testimonies and shared secrets”.

  • Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 20:51 UTC

    The Falkland Islands - 250 Years British

    Perfect weather for this very special occasion, the Rover Rally at Victory Green

    The 250th anniversary of the Union Flag (Union Jack) being raised by Commodore John Byron on 21st January 1765 was today celebrated by the people of the Falklands. Signifying British rule and inclusion as a part of the commonwealth, the first British population was settled making the foundations of the community resident today.

  • Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 10:46 UTC

    Falkland Science Symposium celebrate Penguin Awareness Day

    Pan-American delegates to the Falklands Science Symposium enjoying the penguins at Volunteer Point (Pic SAERI)

    The world’s northernmost colony of king penguins has something to celebrate this week, as Tuesday marks Penguin Awareness Day and these well dressed seabirds play host to an international group of scientists gathered to discuss the Falkland Islands’ rich potential for new research.

  • Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 08:16 UTC

    Falklands governor hosts reception for visiting scientists of the Americas

    Scientists are taking part in the Falklands Science Symposium, investigating opportunities for collaboration with SAERI and other groups in the region. (Pic SAERI)

    Visiting scientists from “all corners of the Americas” have received a warm welcome to the Falkland Islands. The delegates from the US, Canada, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico and Chile are experts in a range of fields including marine ecology, oceanography and geology and are on a week-long visit at the invitation of the Falkland Islands government and the South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute, SAERI.