Falkland Islands

• Thursday, May 19th 2016 - 07:12 UTC

  “Humanitarian approach”, the new Falklands' policy of the Macri administration

  

  “Humanitarian approach” is how Argentine diplomacy plans to implement policy towards the Falkland Islands including greater air and sea contacts, which could lead to open trade, convincing Mercosur members to lift the ban, plus offers of specialized medicine and higher education opportunities for Falkland Islanders.

• Thursday, May 19th 2016 - 06:33 UTC

  Falklands' Rockhopper announces double contingent oil reserves: over 300m barrels

  

  Falkland Islands oil and gas producer Rockhopper Exploration Plc has announced that its net contingent oil reserves have doubled to more than 300 million barrels, and independent experts are now eyeing this as nearly billion-barrel basin.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2016 - 06:23 UTC

  Falklands hopeful of improved relations with Argentina, Gilbert House tells BIMR conference

  

  Falkland Islands remains hopeful of improved relations with the new administration of Argentina and cooperation in the many areas of mutual interest such as fisheries and connectivity, but sovereignty of the Falklands is not for negotiation, reads the Gilbert House report to the 46th British Isles and Mediterranean Region Conference, which opened on Sunday in Jersey.

• Monday, May 16th 2016 - 21:42 UTC

  Falkland Islands' biosecurity officers thwart Argentine ant army invasion

  

  By Ross James, Biosecurity Officer for Penguin News - An Argentine army, thousands strong invaded the Falklands recently, and their arrival went unnoticed for several weeks before the alarm was raised. The Argentine Ants arrived aboard a yacht which had sailed non-stop around the world from Australia, non-stop that is until huge waves swept the singlehanded 78 year-old sailor overboard and capsized his yacht as he rounded Cape Horn. In a stroke of luck a subsequent wave righted the vessel and at the same time the sailor was able to pull himself back aboard.

• Monday, May 16th 2016 - 18:56 UTC

  The Falklands would be safer after Brexit

  

  By Julian Thompson for The Telegraph (*)
  
  As the EU referendum campaign enters its final stages, the Remain camp is resorting to ever more desperate fear tactics to win the argument. The latest – and most ludicrous – proposition is that the future of UK dependent territories will be under threat if we leave. Without EU support, we are told, Argentina would perceive Britain as “weakened” and might invade the Falklands.

• Monday, May 16th 2016 - 06:57 UTC

  Chile set clocks back sixty minutes on Sunday to winter time

  

  As of midnight Sunday, May 15, Chile implemented winter time to save energy, which means clocks had to be put back a full sixty minutes. The measure is adopted every year following on a resolution from the Ministry of Energy and will be effective until 13 August.

• Friday, May 13th 2016 - 07:39 UTC

  Argentina and UK agree on the need to identify areas of cooperation in the South Atlantic

  

  Argentina and UK agreed to disagree on the Falklands/Malvinas question, but coincided that the issue should not be an obstacle for the development of a wider positive agenda. Furthermore the two countries agreed on the need to identify possible areas of cooperation in the South Atlantic, such as exploitation of natural resources, and connectivity between the continent and the Islands.

• Friday, May 13th 2016 - 05:42 UTC

  Falklands' government prepared to explore potential cooperation with Argentina

  

  Britain reiterated interest in strengthening relations with Argentina in areas of mutual interest, but also underlined London's position regarding the Falkland Islands remains unchanged, while from Stanley, the Falklands' elected government expressed its willingness to explore a potential cooperation with the Argentine government.

• Thursday, May 12th 2016 - 04:06 UTC

  Malcorra/Hammond meet in London: Falklands and confidence building mechanisms in a long agenda

  

  Argentina's foreign minister Susana Malcorra will be in London this Thursday to attend a global summit on combating corruption, and is expected to meet with her peer Philip Hammond, and probably address the Falklands issue, according to Argentine official sources. Malcorra is accompanied by Fulvio Pompeo, Secretary for Strategic Affairs from Argentina's presidency, and a very close advisor to president Mauricio Macri.

• Wednesday, May 11th 2016 - 14:27 UTC

  UK and Gibraltar recognized the vital importance of the EU referendum and the Remain vote

  

  Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo underlined on Wednesday the importance of remaining in a reformed European Union, stronger, safer and better off, both for the UK and Gibraltar. The joint statement comes ahead of the June 26 Brexit vote, which for Overseas Territories a 'Leave' victory could be 'catastrophic', according to statements from Gibraltar and Falklands' representatives