Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 08:12 UTC

  The central ceremony of the Malvinas war 36th anniversary is held in Ushuaia

  

  On the 36th anniversary of the beginning of the 1982 South Atlantic conflict Argentine Interior minister Rogelio Frigerio called “for intelligent ways to advance in our legitimate claim of the Malvinas Islands' sovereignty”. Frigerio was the main speaker at the central event of the 36th anniversary held this Monday in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego province, next to the Beagle channel.

• Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 08:08 UTC

  Moscow and Falklands' war: “ironically the Soviet Union came on the side of anti communist Argentina”

  

  Sputnik, the official Russian news agency has recalled the 1982 South Atlantic conflict on the 36th anniversary, and offers an interesting interpretation of events previous to the war, the fighting itself and prospects for the future, making emphasis on the overall world scenario at the time.

• Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 05:19 UTC

  Malvinas Veteran and Fallen Day remembered in Argentina with two central ceremonies

  

  The 36th anniversary of the Falklands conflict in 1982 will be recalled in Argentina with two main events: Malvinas relatives will be received on Monday afternoon by president Mauricio Macri at his official residence in Olivos while Interior Minister Rogelio Fregerio will head the ceremony in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, next to the Beagle Channel.

• Friday, March 30th 2018 - 22:16 UTC

  A humanitarian triumph in the aftermath of war

  

  By Nicholas Tozer -Buenos Aires.
  THE visit by over two hundred of Argentine next-of-kin to the Argentine Military Cemetery in Darwin in East Falkland earlier this week undoubtedly marks a new milestone in the so-often troubled relations between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands dispute.

• Friday, March 30th 2018 - 04:07 UTC

  Falklands: Argentine families visit graves of previously unidentified soldiers

  

  As readers of Penguin News will be aware, the project leading to the identification of 90 of the 121 previously unidentified soldiers whose graves are found in the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin faced many difficulties.

• Thursday, March 29th 2018 - 14:19 UTC

  Falklands: Argentine professor visits Stanley and offers proposal to “end the dispute”

  

  Argentine Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva, Marcelo Kohen, has studied disputes and resolutions in different parts of the world. Last Monday Kohen was in the Falkland Islands and at a public meeting in Stanley, he presented a proposal to put “an end to the dispute”.

• Saturday, March 24th 2018 - 07:17 UTC

  Argentina pays homage to UK military officer for helping identify soldiers fallen in 1982

  

  Families of Argentine soldiers killed in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict with Britain have paid homage to a former British army officer who helped recover and rebury with dignity and precision their loved ones in a Falkland Islands cemetery, which would become the Argentine military cemetery or memorial.

• Friday, March 23rd 2018 - 09:03 UTC

  Falklands promotes sports challenge with “Road to Gold Coast 2018”

  

  With the Commonwealth Games around the corner, what better way for the Falklands community to get involved than, “a sporting challenge of our own,” asks Infant/Junior School teacher Daniel Harrison.

• Friday, March 23rd 2018 - 08:43 UTC

  “Malouines to Malvinas” exhibition in Ushuaia Museum

  

  Next Thursday the Ushuaia museum in Tierra del Fuego will open an exhibition titled “From Malouines to Malvinas”, depicting history since the French occupation of the Falklands in the XVIIIth century to the first Argentine governor of the Islands.

• Friday, March 23rd 2018 - 07:07 UTC

  Falklands second flight: Minister Faurie confirms the interest of seven airlines

  

  Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie this week revealed to the Senate foreign affairs committee that seven airlines have stated their interest in servicing a second commercial flight between the Falkland Islands and the continent: two from Uruguay, two from Chile and three from Brazil.