Falkland Islands

• Monday, March 7th 2011 - 07:31 UTC

  Falklands’ encouraged by ICC will dispute cricket tournament in Costa Rica

  

  Last month Wendell Coppin, the International Cricket Council Regional Development Officer for the Americas, visited the Falklands on a week long trip to help aid the growth of cricket in the Islands.

• Monday, March 7th 2011 - 01:35 UTC

  Falkland Islands: other points of view

  

  Since mid January when Dr Graham Pascoe and Peter Pepper first published an article under the heading of “Falklands’ Facts”, Argentina’s former Ambassador and Deputy Foreign Affairs minister during the Menem administration Andrés Cisneros has systematically replied with his own point of view, establishing an illuminating debate on an issue that is controversial but also passionate.
  Now Anglo-argentine Henry Whitney who has the benefit of understanding both cultures and idiosyncrasies has joined the debate.

• Friday, March 4th 2011 - 23:04 UTC

  Argentina waging a ‘vicious war’ against the Falkland Islands

  

  Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly member Bill Luxton aimed a fierce broadside against Argentine government propaganda and pressure on the Falklands. He was supported by several colleagues from the Legislative Assembly.

• Wednesday, March 2nd 2011 - 07:14 UTC

  Argentine president promises to keep pushing ‘permanently’ for Malvinas

  

  Argentina’s claim of the Malvinas Islands only had a brief specific mention in President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Tuesday address to Congress where she outlined the achievements of her administration and plans for the remaining nine months of her four year mandate.

• Wednesday, March 2nd 2011 - 06:30 UTC

  HMS Liverpool, veteran of the Falklands conflict to be decommissioned 2012

  

  HMS Liverpool set sail out of the Mersey city for the last time as her four-day ceremonial visit drew to a close. The Type 42 Destroyer, built by Cammell Laird, was heading north for operational sea training before going on an active deployment in the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf later in the year.

• Wednesday, March 2nd 2011 - 01:38 UTC

  Falklands present at Westminster seminar on Parliamentary practice

  

  Member of the Legislative Assembly Emma Edwards will be representing the Falkland Islands at the 60th Westminster Seminar on Parliamentary Practice and Procedure (March 6/12) hosted by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK Branch.

• Saturday, February 26th 2011 - 10:37 UTC

  Falklands Facts

  

  In his reply of 19 February to my letter of the 12th, Mr. Cisneros says “the worst thing we can do is quibble and distract ourselves from the main problem”. But it is not a “quibble” to state simple facts, as I did in my letter. So I suggest we get a few facts straight – not unilateral facts, but straightforward historical facts.

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 21:46 UTC

  HMS Gloucester rounds up Falklands patrol with visit to South Georgia

  

  Royal Navy Portsmouth-based Type 42 destroyer HMS Gloucester, which is nearing the end of a seven-month deployment to the South Atlantic, has rounded off her Falkland Islands’ patrol with a visit to South Georgia.

• Thursday, February 24th 2011 - 18:31 UTC

  Falklands welcomes Chilean port fees decision

  

  THE decision by Chile to reduce the costs of port access and docking operations was welcomed by the Falkland Islands Tourist Board today.

• Wednesday, February 23rd 2011 - 19:25 UTC

  Falklands’ government to attend annual EU/OCTs forum in New Caledonia

  

  The Falkland Islands government will be attending the annual European Union and Overseas Countries and Territories Forum in the French Overseas Territory of New Caledonia (Melanesia, Southwest Pacific) from 28th February to 4th March.