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Montevideo, January 18th 2025 - 05:58 UTC

Falkland Islands

  • Thursday, March 27th 2014 - 07:55 UTC

    Malvinas affairs official meets with Pope Francis and talks about Falklands' dialogue

    Pope Francis and Filmus at the Vatican

    Pope Francis showed an interest on the Falklands/Malvinas question negotiations during a meeting on Wednesday at the Vatican with Daniel Filmus chairman of Issues relative to the Malvinas Islands secretariat, according to Argentine sources which gave the event a great coverage. The meeting was in the framework of Wednesdays open audience at St Peter's square, when an estimated 50.000 people attend the ceremony.

  • Wednesday, March 26th 2014 - 22:31 UTC

    Falklands' TriStars have flown their last operational mission with the RAF

    Squadron personnel with a 'Timmy' TriStar aircraft at RAF Brize Norton

    The Lockheed TriStar, closely linked to the recent history of the Falkland Islands has flown its last operational mission with the Royal Air Force. On 24 March, two TriStars of 216 Squadron based at Royal Air Force Brize Norton flew an air-to-air refueling mission over the North Sea before one of them conducted fly-pasts at airfields associated with its history.

  • Wednesday, March 26th 2014 - 07:49 UTC

    Putin rings Cristina Fernandez to praise her Falklands/Crimea double-standard argument

    Putin and Cristina Fernandez during the G20 summit in St Petersburg

    Russia’s Vladimir Putin called President Cristina Fernández and praised Argentina’s position against the “double standard” of world powers in the resolution of international conflicts. The Argentine leader appealed to the examples of Crimea and the Falkland Islands' referendum in her statements last week in France.

  • Tuesday, March 25th 2014 - 23:54 UTC

    Falklands yomp recreated by royal marines from HMS Protector

    Recreation of the raising of the British standard outside Government House

    A team of five Royal Marines from ice patrol ship HMS Protector yomped in full kit in the Falkland Islands from San Carlos to the Islands’ capital Stanley, following the exact route of 45 Commando in 1982, thirty two years ago.

  • Sunday, March 23rd 2014 - 08:54 UTC

    Falklands included in Norwegian and Windstar cruises, announces Sulivan

    Sammy Marsh attended the major cruise industry event in Miami

    The Norwegian Cruise Line operating in South America will be returning to the Falkland Islands for the 2015/16 season after a four year absence, announced Sulivan Shipping Service Ltd. Coordinator Sammy Marsh, who together with the Falklands Tourist Board Manager Tony Mason attended the latest edition of the Cruise Shipping Miami conference.

  • Saturday, March 22nd 2014 - 12:42 UTC

    Falklands' operational campaign to be informed by US oil industry leader

    Susan Cunningham flies to the Falklands on Monday

    The highest paid woman on a list of 500 Houston oil executives (2009) will be in the Falkland Islands next week with Noble Energy. She is scheduled to hold meetings with the local business community and members of the public for an operational update on Noble's Falklands' campaign.

  • Saturday, March 22nd 2014 - 08:01 UTC

    The Falklands/Malvinas: Brazil’s next regional headache?

    When Foreign Secretary William Hague recently visited Brazil, the Falklands/Malvinas issue was not on the agenda, according to Stuenkel

    By Oliver Stuenkel (*) - Brazil, foreign policy observers often point out, is blessed. Contrary to many other emerging powers such as China or India, it is located in a region that rarely experiences interstate tension or war. Not only can Brazil live on a relatively small defense budget, while India is the world's largest arms importer. Brazil can also dedicate considerable time and energy towards extending its global diplomatic reach without constantly being forced to deal with trouble in its neighborhood.

  • Saturday, March 22nd 2014 - 07:50 UTC

    Malvinas Families wish to have a chapel at Darwin cemetery and requested the “Pope's mediation”

    The Memorial at Darwin is visited by many Malvinas war veterans

    The Malvinas war next of kin are trying to have a chapel or a sanctuary built at the Darwin cemetery, in the Falkland Islands where the remains of 237 Argentine combatants are buried. The idea is to convert “this space in dispute in a peregrination place”, according to a report from the Argentine official news agency Telam.

  • Saturday, March 22nd 2014 - 07:11 UTC

    Falklands' prosperity and economic boom surprises visiting Brazilian delegation

    Stuenkel admitted he was unaware of the economic blockade imposed by Argentina

    Visiting Brazilian political advisor and environmentalist Eduardo Viola emphatically expressed support for the Falkland Islands’ right of self-determination during a press conference in Stanley with other visiting Brazilian colleagues, reports this week's edition of Penguin News.

  • Friday, March 21st 2014 - 09:35 UTC

    Falklands' veteran Simon Weston featured at the National Portrait Gallery

    The People’s Portrait, a unique collaboration between the National Portrait Gallery and the BBC

    The National Portrait Gallery in London and the BBC unveiled their first joint painted portrait commission – of Falklands War veteran Simon Weston by artist Nicky Philipps. Weston was voted last September by viewers of BBC One’s The One Show as the public figure who most deserved to have his picture displayed at the National Portrait Gallery.