Stories for February 2013

Thursday, February 7th 2013 - 18:12 UTC
Four Royal Navy Type 22 decommissioned frigates for sale in Southampton

The Disposal Services Authority (DSA) of the British Ministry of Defence has invited offers for the sale of four decommissioned Royal Navy Type 22 frigates. The frigates HMS Chatham, HMS Campbeltown, HMS Cumberland and HMS Cornwall all went up for the bidding process on January 23, with viewings available this month and next.
Thursday, February 7th 2013 - 09:12 UTC
Audacity and tolerance: Who can imagine Hague publicly lobbying the Falklands’ case in Buenos Aires?

An Argentine columnist has found two great virtues: audacity and tolerance in Foreign Minister Hector Timerman current incursion in London to lobby and argue in favour of the most intransigent of Argentina’s position on the Falklands’ dispute.
Thursday, February 7th 2013 - 09:04 UTC
“There is no such thing as Falkland Islanders: they are British citizens in disputed islands”

There is no such thing as Falkland Islanders, the Argentine Foreign minister Hector Timerman insisted during a press conference in London on Wednesday, claiming they are British citizens living in disputed islands. He claimed the United Nations only acknowledges two parties in the territorial dispute: UK and Argentina.
Thursday, February 7th 2013 - 09:02 UTC
Europe Pro-dialogue groups side with Argentina; call for Falklands’ sovereignty discussions

European personalities from politics, culture and academia meeting in London for a two-day event expressed their support for Argentina’s claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands and signed a declaration calling on the UK to resume discussions for a peaceful and definitive solution to the ongoing dispute.
Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 22:03 UTC
Under-20 Bolivia-Argentina match under investigation by European police

European police investigation into a huge football match-fixing and betting ring has reopened questions about an under-20 friendly between Argentina and Bolivia two years ago. The game, played in Córdoba in December 2010, was mentioned in the European investigators' inquiry.
Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 21:53 UTC
Uruguay promotes a free trade agreement of Mercosur with Canada

Foreign minister Luis Almagro announced that Uruguay will work for a free trade agreement between Mercosur and Canada during the first half of the year when Uruguay holds the chair of the South American group that also includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Venezuela.
Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 19:50 UTC
Falklands willing to meet Timerman ‘any time’ for rational conversation as ‘one human being to another’

The Argentine government refusal to speak to the Falkland Islands representatives is ‘unacceptable” in this day and age of modern democracies. Nevertheless the two Falklands lawmakers currently in London have said they would be very happy to meet with Foreign Minister Hector Timerman at any time this week to have “a rational conversation as one human being to another”.
Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 18:50 UTC
Timerman comments on the Falkland Islanders and Jewish settlers ‘offend’ MPs

British Member of Parliament Alun Cairns, and a member of the All Party Group on Argentina, said he was offended by some the comments made by Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman during their meeting to discuss the Falklands issue on Tuesday in the House of Commons.
Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 18:38 UTC
Falklands’ lawmakers and Hague meet and regret Timerman’s ‘empty chair’

Falkland Islands lawmakers met on Wednesday morning with Foreign Secretary William Hague and regretted the absence of Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman but also understand Argentina’s deep concern with “our (March) referendum, which is why they spend so much time dismissing it”.
Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 06:00 UTC
“Timerman can go to bed and dream of owning the Falklands”, but reality is different

Foreign Minister Timerman can go to bed tonight and dream of owning the Falklands in twenty years if he wishes, but there’s not much reality to it, pointed out a Falklands’ lawmaker reacting to the Argentine minister’s statements on Tuesday to the UK media.