Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2010 - 22:08 UTC

  MPs claim UK defense spending on Falklands 50% down in six years

  

  Defense spending on protecting the Falkland Islands has plunged by 50% cent in just six years, it was claimed by a report in London’s Daily Mail.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2010 - 19:56 UTC

  Spain says Falklands’ dispute is bilateral: EU should refrain from involvement

  

  Spain has declared that the European Union should refrain from any type of involvement in the Falkland Islands dispute, according to the official news agency EFE. A spokesman for the Spanish Government, which currently holds the rotating six-month presidency of the EU, is quoted as saying that “this is not a European matter but a British one, a bilateral affair rather than a regional one.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2010 - 19:53 UTC

  Britain rejects US offer to help UK and Argentina resolve Falklands’ dispute

  

  Downing Street has rejected an offer from the United States to help the UK and Argentina resolve their latest dispute over the Falkland Islands. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the offer after renewed tensions were triggered with the beginning of a round of exploratory oil drilling in the Islands’ waters.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2010 - 05:11 UTC

  Falklands: Argentina formally request Hillary Clinton US mediation

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner formally requested visiting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the United States act as intermediate in the Argentine-United Kingdom Falkland Islands dispute.

• Monday, March 1st 2010 - 01:39 UTC

  Argentina warns BHP Billiton about drilling in Falklands’ waters

  

  Argentina's ambassador to Australia says Melbourne based mining group BHP Billiton will face business sanctions if it pushes ahead with oil exploration in Falklands waters. BHP has a licence to explore off the Falkland Islands and is scheduled to start doing so in the next four months, reports Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

• Saturday, February 27th 2010 - 07:31 UTC

  Falklands a “bilateral issue between Argentina and UK”, insists Washington

  

  The Falkland Islands and the political figure of President Barak Obama were among the issues addressed by United States Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela during a Friday mid day press conference in anticipation of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s trip to five countries of the region.

• Friday, February 26th 2010 - 19:28 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Desire chief says it’s boom or bust as drilling begins

  

  FOUR days into a drilling operation that has captured the attention of the world’s media, Desire Petroleum’s Operations Director Bob Lyons conceded: “This is it: we’re a one trick pony. It’ll either be successful or it won’t. It is very simple.”

• Friday, February 26th 2010 - 06:50 UTC

  Falklands’ oil companies could be takeover targets, says financial report

  

  United Kingdom oil and gas companies drilling near the Falklands Islands may become takeover targets this year, Deloitte & Touche LLP said in a report released Thursday in London.

• Friday, February 26th 2010 - 06:39 UTC

  Falklands: UK MOD denies naval incident with Argentine vessel

  

  The British Ministry of Defence strongly denied Thursday any incident in the Falklands territorial waters involving a Royal Navy South Atlantic patrol and an Argentine Navy corvette, as reported in some London sensational media.

• Thursday, February 25th 2010 - 05:09 UTC

  Falklands’ dispute reaches the UN: Ban Ki-Moon’s praises peaceful attitude

  

  Argentina’s Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana as had been anticipated on Wednesday formally asked United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to interfere in the “unilateral decisions” Britain has made regarding the Falklands/Malvinas Islands issue and highlighted that “from now on” everyone has to wait until Ban acts within a “good-solicitor” framework.