Falkland Islands

• Friday, December 16th 2016 - 10:17 UTC

  Falklands Association new chair of the Subcommittee in the Islands

  

  Mark Pollard has stepped into the role of Chair of the Falklands Islands Association Sub-Committee in the Falklands, replacing Gerald Cheek who is standing down from the Post.

• Monday, December 12th 2016 - 15:57 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: Next steps to identify Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin Cemetery agreed

  

  The Falkland Islands government has issued a release relative to the meeting held last Friday, in Geneva, chaired by the Red Cross to address the identification of Argentine soldiers buried at the Falkland' Darwin cemetery. Falklands' lawmaker, MLA Mike Summers was in attendance for these talks as part of the UK delegation.

• Sunday, December 11th 2016 - 18:46 UTC

  A Positive Report on The Falklands

  

  An update on the progress of the Falkland Islands’ economy has been given to the Falkland Islands Association at their annual general meeting in London. Member of the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Mike Summers indicated that all aspect of the Islands development were doing well.

• Saturday, December 10th 2016 - 12:43 UTC

  Falklands: Two Argentine forensic experts will work with the Red Cross team at Darwin cemetery

  

  Two Argentine forensic experts will be part of the group under the Red Cross that will collect DNA samples from the remains of the Argentine unidentified combatants buried at the Falkland Islands' Darwin cemetery with the purpose of fulfilling the task of identifying the graves which read “Argentine solider, only known unto God”.

• Saturday, December 10th 2016 - 04:20 UTC

  Identification of Argentine soldiers buried in Falklands/Malvinas: Argentina/UK entrust Red Cross

  

  Delegations from Argentina and the United Kingdom on Friday agreed, in principle, on the mandate that they will jointly entrust to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to carry out the identification of Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin cemetery on the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.

• Friday, December 9th 2016 - 04:41 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: Red Cross hosting talks on identifying Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin

  

  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in an official release announced that on Friday, (9 December), in Geneva, it will be hosting talks with delegations from Argentina and the United Kingdom to discuss next steps relating to the identification of the unidentified Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin cemetery in the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.

• Thursday, December 8th 2016 - 17:18 UTC

  Falklands War carrier HMS Illustrious headed for scrapping in Turkey

  

  Replacements are years away and still Britain’s last aircraft carrier, ‘HMS Illustrious,’ has set sail to be scrapped in Turkey. The vessel, known as 'Lusty,' came into service in 1982 and was rushed into service to catch the lattermost stages of the Falklands War. She also served in the Gulf Wars and Sierra Leone conflict. It was one of three Invincible-class ships commissioned in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

• Thursday, December 8th 2016 - 08:40 UTC

  Identification of soldiers buried in Falklands: talks on protocol procedure being in Geneva

  

  The governments of Argentina and the Falkland Islands reported almost simultaneously this week that respective delegates had left for Geneva, Switzerland to hold talks on Thursday and Friday with the International Red Cross (CICR) on the process to follow for the identification of 'unknown' Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery in the Falklands.

• Thursday, December 8th 2016 - 08:19 UTC

  Falklands: Chilean students to specialize in English living and working in the Islands

  

  Students from Chile are seeking work in both the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) and the private sector, including in Camp. Falklands' lawmaker MLA Barry Elsby said the students will have a good level of English when they arrive and will not need any formal English tuition.

• Monday, December 5th 2016 - 08:30 UTC

  Falklands: Argentine diplomats in Geneva for talks on identifying remains of soldiers at Darwin cemetery

  

  Diplomats from the Malvinas Desk of the Argentine Foreign ministry have travelled to Geneva for crucial meetings later this week with their British, Falklands counterparts and Red Cross members to reach a definitive agreement on the DNA tests for the identification of the remains of Argentine combatants buried in the Darwin cemetery, following the 1982 conflict, reports Clarin.