Falkland Islands

• Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 06:56 UTC

  Falklands/Uruguay strengthening of links is of interest to visiting diplomats

  

  Two British diplomats based in Latin America were visiting the Falklands this week, arriving on Sunday on the delayed LATAM flight after enjoying an unexpected one-night stopover in Punta Arenas. Making his second visit to the Falklands was His Excellency Ian Duddy, British Ambassador to Uruguay. He was accompanied by Richard Jones, Second Secretary at the British Embassy in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, February 22nd 2018 - 07:45 UTC

  Falklands' new patrol vessel starts her long journey to the South Atlantic

  

  The first of the Royal Navy's next-generation patrol ships set sail from Glasgow on Wednesday for her home port of Portsmouth. HMS Forth is the first of a class of five state-of-the-art Royal Navy vessels, designed for counter-piracy, anti-smuggling, fishery protection, border patrol, counter terrorism and other maritime defense duties.

• Wednesday, February 21st 2018 - 10:15 UTC

  Falklands' second scheduled flight proposal presented to Paraguay foreign ministry

  

  The United Kingdom and Argentina presented on Monday to the Paraguayan foreign ministry a joint letter requesting assistance in contacting airlines in the country that could be interested in establishing a new scheduled air service to and from the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, February 21st 2018 - 07:04 UTC

  Malvinas fallen relatives will be flying to Falklands at the end of March, says Argentine media

  

  The next of kin of 103 Argentine combatants fallen during the 1982 Falklands conflict will be travelling to the Islands next 26 March with the purpose of honoring the 88 unknown conscripts, buried at the Darwin cemetery, that were finally identified in a joint effort from the Argentine and British governments, the International Red Cross and consent from Falklands elected authorities.

• Tuesday, February 20th 2018 - 07:14 UTC

  Falklands' second commercial air link invitation delivered to Uruguay

  

  Representatives from Argentina and the United Kingdom formally delivered on Monday, to the Uruguayan foreign minister a letter jointly issued by the two governments requesting assistance in contacting local airlines and inviting them to communicate their interest in establishing a new weekly scheduled air service to and from the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, February 19th 2018 - 09:33 UTC

  Falklands conflict: Sir Henry Greald Elliot, an involuntary trigger

  

  Sir Gerald Henry Elliot, businessman and philanthropist died, 28 January 2018 in Edinburgh. Gerald Elliot was managing director, and later chairman, of the Edinburgh shipping company Christian Salvesen when it signed a deal with an Argentine scrap merchant, Constantino Davidoff, to have machinery removed from some disused whaling stations it had on the island of South Georgia.

• Saturday, February 17th 2018 - 02:06 UTC

  Falklands' second weekly commercial air link talks take off, and should crystallize by next October

  

  The United Kingdom and Argentina, following on the September 2016 joint communiqué to establish additional air links with the Falkland Islands, jointly announced on Friday that third country airlines interested in such operations will be contacted. It is expected that by the end of February the commercial process will be initiated, led by the Falkland Islands, and sometime next October the new weekly air link, with a monthly call in Argentina, will become operational.

• Friday, February 16th 2018 - 09:35 UTC

  Falklands angry with National Geographic; demands apology to the Islands and its people

  

  Anger has been expressed in the Falkland Islands this week over a letter which was sent to the Argentine Governor of Tierra del Fuego, Rosana Bertone, by a representative of the National Geographic Foundation. The letter, dated February 8, contains an apology for the appearance of the label ‘Falkland Islands’ instead of ‘Malvinas Islands’ on photos published on Instagram, which were taken here.

• Friday, February 16th 2018 - 07:26 UTC

  Falklands' visit by 8 MPs; next week UK ambassador in Uruguay and FCO team are scheduled

  

  Busy summer for the Falkland Islands elected lawmakers: eight Members of the British Parliament are visiting the Islands, next week British ambassador in Uruguay plus Foreign Office members are scheduled for talks with local authorities, Premier Oil briefed MLAs on the Sea Lion development, and government and MLAs will be holding an “away day” at Darwin to address the Islands Plan draft.

• Friday, February 16th 2018 - 02:25 UTC

  Spain anticipates a new South Atlantic scientific commission sometime this year

  

  Spain's Fisheries authorities believe that in the near future there will be an understanding between Argentina and the Falkland Islands regarding the South Atlantic fisheries since it makes sense to share conservation responsibilities.