Falkland Islands

• Monday, June 11th 2012 - 04:25 UTC

  Falklands’ 82 exhibition opens in Stanley and will run until April

  

  “Telling some of the personal stories behind the events we know so well,” was how Museum Curator Leona Roberts described a fascinating and comprehensive exhibition of Falkland Islands war memorabilia and stories currently on display at St Mary’s Parish Hall in Stanley.

• Monday, June 11th 2012 - 03:28 UTC

  Argentina claims Falklands and slams UK for ‘illegal exploitation of natural resources’

  

  Ahead of a week of intense diplomatic exchanges and on the Day of the Affirmation of the Argentine Rights Over the Malvinas, Islands and Antarctic Sector, the Argentine Government once again ratified its claim over the Islands’ sovereignty and questioned the UK over the “illegal exploitation of their natural resources” and the “increased militarization of the South Atlantic region.”

• Monday, June 11th 2012 - 03:09 UTC

  Scottish Veterans minister arrives in Falklands for commemoration

  

  Scottish Veterans Minister Keith Brown is travelling to the Falkland Islands to take part in events to mark the 30th anniversary of their liberation.

• Friday, June 8th 2012 - 20:59 UTC

  Guernsey Bailiff, guest of the Falklands during Liberation commemoration

  

  The Island of Guernsey's Bailiff is to visit the Falkland Islands to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the end of the conflict and the Islands' liberation.

• Friday, June 8th 2012 - 19:42 UTC

  Browne turns down Timerman invitation to discuss Falklands next week in Buenos Aires

  

  UK Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne turned down on Friday an invitation sent by Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman to visit Argentina. Timerman had hoped to meet with the UK government official in Buenos Aires when Browne makes his trip to the Falkland Islands next week.

• Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 22:27 UTC

  Fiji anticipates support for the C24 resolution on Falklands/Malvinas

  

  Fiji will continue to be part of the consensus in support of the UN Decolonization Committee resolution regarding the Falklands/Malvinas dispute, anticipated the Pacific islands Foreign Affairs minister following a meeting with the non-resident Argentine Ambassador to Fiji, H.E. Pedro Villagra Delgado.

• Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 22:21 UTC

  New Zealanders “misinformed” about Malvinas war says Argentine ambassador

  

  New Zealanders have been misinformed about the battle for the Falkland Islands between Great Britain and Argentina in 1982, the South American country's ambassador to New Zealand has told an audience in Palmerston North.

• Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 21:26 UTC

  Duke of Cambridge Falklands’ experience earns him his SAR captain wings

  

  After sharpening his flying skills in the disputed Falkland Islands, the Duke of Cambridge has qualified as a helicopter search and rescue captain.

• Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 21:20 UTC

  UK blasts Argentina’s “domineering position” and attempt to impose a blockade on the Falklands

  

  Argentina is trying to impose an “economic blockade” on the Falkland Islands, said Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne who made plain clear that the people of the Falklands are free to determine their own political arrangements and were not to be part of ”some sort of trade-off” over their heads.

• Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 06:29 UTC

  Argentine president attendance at C24 to discuss Falklands’ case, “misfortunate” and “most unusual”

  

  The UK regretted as ‘misfortunate” and “strange” the announced attendance of Argentine president Cristina Fernandez next week to the UN Decolonisation Committee to claim sovereignty over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.