Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, September 7th 2011 - 04:42 UTC

  Falklands’ team ready for Commonwealth Youth Games opening ceremony

  

  The Falkland Islands team will be arriving in the Isle of Man over the next couple of days to participate in the Commonwealth Youth Games which brings together more than 1,000 athletes from all over the world.

• Sunday, September 4th 2011 - 23:31 UTC

  Blockaded by Argentina, Falkland’ plans to grow its own vegetables and eggs

  

  A quarter of million pounds (approximately 400.000 dollars) is to be used to produce more fruit, vegetables, salad and hen eggs within the Falkland Islands. The Executive Council (ExCo) agreed the funding which is to be administered by the Development Corporation (FIDC) in a bid to reduce the amount of imports into the Islands.

• Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 20:30 UTC

  Air Titan Boeing 767 takes over Falklands-Brize Norton airbridge contract

  

  Air Titan is to take up the airbridge flight as from this weekend as Air Seychelles makes its last journey from Brize Norton to the Falkland Islands under the current contract with the Ministry of Defence.

• Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 03:26 UTC

  England and Argentina – More than just a game?

  

  As New Zealand prepares to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup, we look at a game which will cause much interest in Latin America and the South Atlantic.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 03:40 UTC

  Falklands’ veteran HMS York under command of possibly her last captain

  

  The man who may be Royal Navy’s Falklands’ veteran HMS York’s last naval captain has taken the helm of the Type 42 destroyer. Commander Rex Cox took over from Commander Simon Staley as the warship undergoes maintenance at Portsmouth, reports The Press from York.

• Monday, August 29th 2011 - 08:26 UTC

  MPs criticize “offensive” comedy on Lady Thatcher and ‘Falklands’ obsession’

  

  A new “grossly offensive” comedy on Channel 4 portraying Lady Thatcher as a sex-starved Falklands War obsessive, and mocking her frail mental health, has been criticised by MP's.

• Monday, August 29th 2011 - 03:27 UTC

  Five Falklands’ athletes to compete at Commonwealth Youth Games

  

  The Falkland Islands will be represented with five athletes and four officials in the 4th Commonwealth Youth Games begin to be held in the Isle of Man September 8th to 12th 2011. The delegation will be headed by Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association, (FIOGA) chair Mike Summers.

• Friday, August 26th 2011 - 04:13 UTC

  Argentine Claims on the South Atlantic Remote Islands

  

  Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands is well documented, but lesser known is her continued claim to South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

• Friday, August 26th 2011 - 03:43 UTC

  Ten Malvinas war Rio Gallegos veterans plan to visit Falklands next October

  

  Ten Malvinas war veterans from Rio Gallegos are scheduled to visit the Falkland Islands next October 8, according to a report from “Tiempo Digital Sur” a digital newspaper from the capital of the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz.

• Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 06:33 UTC

  HMS Edinburgh visits South Georgia to test land and sea forces

  

  HMS Edinburgh visited this month South Georgia as part of her six-month South Atlantic and Falkland Islands duties which included training soldiers in a cold weather environment and give sailors the chance under such challenging conditions.