Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 23:45 UTC

  Argentina’s policy of isolating and intimidating the Falklands reaches the EU

  

  The Falkland Islands urged the EU Commission to ensure that the rights of citizens of Overseas Counties and Territories are not compromised in relations with countries and regional bodies.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 07:39 UTC

  Falklands announces 2012 first collector coin: Life cycle of the butterfly

  

  The Treasury of the Falkland Islands Government announced the launch of their first collector coin for 2012, which features the Life Cycle of the Butterfly.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2012 - 03:54 UTC

  Argentine lawmakers after Socialist International support in Falklands’ dispute

  

  Members of Argentina’s opposition expect the Socialist International meeting in Costa Rica to express solidarity with Argentina’s Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty claim and also call on the UK to begin negotiations.

• Monday, January 23rd 2012 - 18:27 UTC

  Caribbean Community recognizes Falklands’ right to self determination

  

  Ministers attending the Seventh Ministerial United Kingdom-Caribbean Forum have agreed an Action Plan, which recognises the right of self determination for the Falkland Islanders.

• Monday, January 23rd 2012 - 17:19 UTC

  US oil company makes 1.6bn dollars offer for Falklands’ Rockhopper: shares soar

  

  Rockhopper Exploration Plc shares surged in London trading following a report that Texas based Anadarko Petroleum Corp. is in talks with the only company to have made a commercial oil discovery off the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, January 23rd 2012 - 16:51 UTC

  Falklands: The years that count and those that don't

  

  By John Fowler - This is the sixth of a series of extended political articles written exclusively for the Penguin News web site by Deputy Editor John Fowler. John is a former Superintendent of Education and a former Manager of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board.

• Sunday, January 22nd 2012 - 23:41 UTC

  “Hard to understand why a country of 45 million threatens the Falklands with 3.000 inhabitants”

  

  A member from the Falkland Islands’ elected Legislative Assembly said it’s hard to understand why a country of 45 million people like Argentina insists in threatening a country of 3.000, and underlined there’s not a single Islander who wants to be an Argentine.

• Sunday, January 22nd 2012 - 23:36 UTC

  A “psychological war” to persuade UK to negotiate Falklands’ sovereignty

  

  So far it’s a psychological war to try and persuade the British to begin Falkland Islands a sovereignty discussion with Argentina but there is nothing to discuss about since the Islanders don’t want to belong to Argentina and that’s it, said UK retired Major General Julian Thompson.

• Sunday, January 22nd 2012 - 20:45 UTC

  “Argentina not looking to organize a blockade of the Malvinas”, says Timerman

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman said that Argentina “is not looking to organize a blockade of the Malvinas” but only wants “to counter British interests” based on the Unasur and Mercosur decisions to bar Falklands’ flagged vessels from having access to regional ports.

• Sunday, January 22nd 2012 - 05:44 UTC

  Falklands confirms second oil rig has reached the Islands; spudding planned for Monday

  

  Falklands oil industry sources confirmed that the semi-submersible Leiv Eiriksson oil exploration rig has reached Falklands’ waters and should be spudding its first well next Monday.