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Falkland Islands

  • Tuesday, January 27th 2015 - 18:45 UTC

    Eighteen cruise ships with 2.000 passengers call at South Georgia

    The period between Christmas and New Year was especially busy with 10 vessels visiting. (Pic J. Fowler)

    There were 24 harbor visits to Grytviken during December, the majority, eighteen, from cruise ships and charter yachts which between them brought nearly 2000 passengers to visit South Georgia, according to the SG Newsletter.

  • Monday, January 26th 2015 - 07:34 UTC

    Full support for Argentina's Malvinas claim pledges new Uruguay government

    “We will always be next to our Argentine brothers to ensure that someday they can achieve the diplomatic and political circumstances so that justice is made”

    Uruguay's next ambassador to Argentina Hector Lescano said that bilateral relations have always been 'cordial', even in difficult times, and there is no doubt that when president-elect Tabare Vazquez takes office, Uruguay's full support to Argentina's claims over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands will be maintained.

  • Saturday, January 24th 2015 - 06:06 UTC

    Death of British and Falklands patriot

    Hayward was a generous donor to the campaign to build the Falklands Memorial Chapel at Pangbourne College in Southern England.

    Famed British patriot and generous Falkland Islands benefactor Sir Jack Hayward has died, aged 91 in Florida in the United States. Known as “Union Jack” for his love of all things British, he was knighted in 1986 for his charitable actions and donations to totaling many millions of pounds, much of it for Falklands-related causes.

  • Friday, January 23rd 2015 - 06:34 UTC

    Falklands departing flight delayed: bullets confiscated from Rio Gallegos pax

    The scheduled Saturday LAN flight once a month calls in Rio Gallegos, Argentina

    The scheduled Saturday LAN flight, LA992 departing from Mount Pleasant Airport in the Falkland Islands to Chile with a call in Argentina, was delayed for an hour and a half after a total of fourteen live rounds and 95 empty casings were found in the hold and hand luggage of several passengers.

  • Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 05:24 UTC

    Falklands' invasion in 1982, prevented an 'irreversible' solution for Gibraltar

    Ambassador Cuenca recalls that on 3 April the Sintra statement on Gibraltar was to be signed with UK, but on 2 April Argentina invaded the Falklands

    Had it not been for the 1982 Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, and the war that followed, Spain would have achieved through negotiations an 'irreversible solution' to the Gibraltar dispute with Great Britain, revealed Spanish diplomat, scholar and academic Jose Cuenca in his recently launched book, “From Adolfo Suarez to Gorbachev; an ambassador's testimonies and shared secrets”.

  • Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 20:51 UTC

    The Falkland Islands - 250 Years British

    Perfect weather for this very special occasion, the Rover Rally at Victory Green

    The 250th anniversary of the Union Flag (Union Jack) being raised by Commodore John Byron on 21st January 1765 was today celebrated by the people of the Falklands. Signifying British rule and inclusion as a part of the commonwealth, the first British population was settled making the foundations of the community resident today.

  • Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 10:46 UTC

    Falkland Science Symposium celebrate Penguin Awareness Day

    Pan-American delegates to the Falklands Science Symposium enjoying the penguins at Volunteer Point (Pic SAERI)

    The world’s northernmost colony of king penguins has something to celebrate this week, as Tuesday marks Penguin Awareness Day and these well dressed seabirds play host to an international group of scientists gathered to discuss the Falkland Islands’ rich potential for new research.

  • Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 08:16 UTC

    Falklands governor hosts reception for visiting scientists of the Americas

    Scientists are taking part in the Falklands Science Symposium, investigating opportunities for collaboration with SAERI and other groups in the region. (Pic SAERI)

    Visiting scientists from “all corners of the Americas” have received a warm welcome to the Falkland Islands. The delegates from the US, Canada, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico and Chile are experts in a range of fields including marine ecology, oceanography and geology and are on a week-long visit at the invitation of the Falkland Islands government and the South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute, SAERI.

  • Tuesday, January 20th 2015 - 19:52 UTC

    Falklands names Islander, civil engineer, as next head of Public Works

    The next Director of PW has a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Exeter

    The Falkland Islands Government announced the appointment of Islander Colin Summers as the Director of Public Works, who will succeed Manfred Keenleyside when he retires later this year.

  • Tuesday, January 20th 2015 - 07:08 UTC

    Falklands 'holds a place in my heart', says UK presenter Sue Cook

    The former Crime-watch presenter singled out the Falklands as one of her favorite experiences, ”I certainly recommend a trip like this.”

    British TV presenter and author Sue Cook has been on what she described as an incredible three-week journey to Antarctica which relived Sir Ernest Shackleton’s unique voyage 100 years ago, but admits to have fallen in love with the amazing Falklands, according to a report from the Banbury Guardian.