Falkland Islands

• Monday, November 14th 2011 - 06:32 UTC

  Prince Andrew reveals Falklands’ conflict experiences and anxieties

  

  Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, who served with the Royal Navy as a Sea King helicopter co-pilot in the Falkland Islands conflict, said that in spite of confidence in recovering “British territory” there was anxiety on the air carrier whether “we were doing the right thing”.

• Monday, November 14th 2011 - 06:16 UTC

  Falklands’ deployment of Prince William not intended to be a “provocative act”

  

  Britain's chief of armed forces David Richards denied that the recent announcement of the deployment of Prince William to the Falklands Islands was a “provocative act” towards Argentina.

• Saturday, November 12th 2011 - 09:48 UTC

  Argentina describes Prince Williams Falklands’ deployment as “a provocative act”

  

  Argentina complained Friday that Prince William's six-week mission as a rescue pilot in the Falkland Islands, the object of a 1982 British-Argentine war, is “a provocative act.”

• Friday, November 11th 2011 - 07:35 UTC

  Prince William to be posted to the Falklands on tour of duty with the RAF

  

  Prince William will be posted on a tour of duty to the Falkland Islands next year, the Royal Air Force said Thursday in a statement. The South Atlantic Islands are disputed by Argentina.

• Thursday, November 10th 2011 - 08:06 UTC

  Arguello named as the next Argentina ambassador in Washington

  

  Jorge Argüello was appointed as the new Argentine Ambassador to the United States by President Cristina Fernández, according to a release from the Foreign Affairs ministry. Government sources in Buenos Aires said Argüello, who currently represents Argentina before the United Nations, will replace Alfredo Chiaradia in Washington DC.

• Thursday, November 10th 2011 - 06:44 UTC

  The Falkland Islands in search for a voice

  

  By John Fowler - In the first of a planned series of extended articles written exclusively for the Penguin News web site, Deputy Editor John Fowler examines the causes of the frustration felt by many Falkland Islanders in the face of the recent plethora of statements issuing from the Argentine propaganda machine

• Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 22:02 UTC

  More oil found in Falklands’ waters: drilling of two additional wells announced

  

  Rockhopper Exploration declared a second oil and gas discovery in Falkland Islands waters and announced the drilling of an additional two wells. The announcement comes exactly two years to the day since the Falklands’ shore based yard began its work in support of oil development in the Islands.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 07:24 UTC

  MPs visiting Falklands commit support to help with Argentine “blockade” situation

  

  British members of parliament visiting Falklands say UK will keep diplomatic channels with Argentine open, but will pursue other options for communications and trade

• Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 07:21 UTC

  Falklands's MLAs in St Kitts to discuss self-determination and economic issues

  

  Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly members Mike Summers and Roger Edwards are visiting St. Kitts and Nevis in then Caribbean this week to attend Commonwealth Games Federation meetings and hold talks with government ministers.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 06:29 UTC

  Falklands’ conflict facsimiles of Argentine “instruments of surrender” go under the hammer

  

  Four rare artifacts from the Falklands War are to go under the hammer next November 17, including surrender documents which would normally be housed in government archives, reports the Daily Mail.