Falkland Islands

• Monday, March 11th 2013 - 04:30 UTC

  “Fantastic” Falklands’ vehicles rally in support of the referendum and UK

  

  Described as ‘fantastic’ despite the bad weather over 300 vehicles plus motorbikes, quads, old tractors and horse riders flying Falklands flags and Union Jacks turned out on Sunday in Stanley for a march along the sea front and the Liberation Monument in support of the two-day referendum on the Islands future.

• Monday, March 11th 2013 - 04:25 UTC

  Falkland Islanders vote with an eye on the US position on the dispute

  

  By Corina Goss (*) - Britain is hoping this weekend's referendum on the political status of the Falkland Islands will push the United States and other neutral governments off the fence in its territorial dispute with Argentina over the remote South Atlantic archipelago.

• Sunday, March 10th 2013 - 01:56 UTC

  Argentine lawmakers to call special session to reject Falklands’ referendum

  

  The Argentine ruling coalition and opposition lawmakers have coordinated efforts to convene an extraordinary session of the Senate to draw up a unanimous rejection of the referendum taking place Sunday and Monday in the Falkland Islands

• Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 22:58 UTC

  Only 15% of Argentines believe Falklands should decide their future but in UK, 88%

  

  Only 15% of Argentines think Falkland Islanders should have a say in their own future, and a quarter still believe that the islands will one day be governed from Buenos Aires, but in the UK, 88% of British people said the Islanders should have a say on who ruled them.

• Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 05:35 UTC

  Falklands’ rights and sovereignty

  

  By Sir Peter Westmacott (*) - Where in the world can you celebrate Margaret Thatcher Day with five kinds of wild penguins? Nowhere but in the Falkland Islands, a windswept archipelago in the South Atlantic that’s about the same area as Connecticut but has a population of only 3.100. This weekend, these small islands with a big personality face a momentous choice: a referendum to decide their political future.

• Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 05:10 UTC

  A woman is commander of RAF Search and Rescue Force over UK and Falklands

  

  In recognition of International Women's Day on 8 March the British Armed Forces profiled Group Captain Sara Mackmin who is the new commander of the RAF Search and Rescue Force with responsibility over the UK and the Falkland Islands.

• Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 05:03 UTC

  Falklands’ referendum: the view from the Islands, “as many as 98% of voters will say Yes”

  

  “We hope, by voting overwhelmingly in favour of remaining British, the rest of the world will understand and support our right to self-determination”. The message is clear in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, in all of Argentina that is calling for sovereignty negotiations with the United Kingdom.

• Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 04:55 UTC

  Falklands’ referendum: Argentina admits impotence and claims UK acting with ‘ill-faith’

  

  Argentina blasted the UK over the coming Falkland Islands referendum claiming it is acting with ‘ill faith’ trying to introduce elements of distortion by changing the definition of the dispute under international law, despite all the pronouncements of the world community.

• Friday, March 8th 2013 - 22:14 UTC

  Demand for US to recognize the Falklands and support the referendum

  

  By Harold Briley, London
  A demand that President Obama should stop siding with Argentina in the Falkland Islands dispute and instead fully back Britain and the Islanders has been made by a team of eminent US academics. In a sustained attack, they condemn United States policies as hypocritical and dangerous by claiming a posture of neutrality while supporting Argentina, which is conducting a campaign of “bullying intimidation, aggression, coercion and confrontation”.

• Friday, March 8th 2013 - 08:41 UTC

  Falklands’ referendum observation mission has representatives from seven countries

  

  An impartial group of independent international observers, Referendum International Observation Mission (RIOM) will monitor the referendum on the political future of the Falkland Islands on Sunday and Monday, according to a release.