Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, April 5th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Nigel Phillips CBE from the Falklands to governor of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

  

  Mr. Nigel Phillips CBE, currently governor of the Falkland Islands has been appointed Governor of St Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha in succession to Dr. Philip Rushbrook. Mr. Phillips will take up his appointment in August 2022.

• Monday, April 4th 2022 - 23:08 UTC

  Falklands’ MLA Roger Spink: ”We identify with Ukraine because in 1982 we were invaded by a dictator that ruled a neighboring country”

  

  Last Saturday, April 2nd, marked the 40th anniversary of the Argentine landing in the Falklands / Malvinas Islands, which led to war with the United Kingdom. In this framework, Buenos Aires newspaper Clarin interviewed Roger Spink, one of the eight members of the Legislative Assembly. Born in Port Stanley / Puerto Argentino, the capital of the archipelago in 1959, this businessman, an accountant by profession, joined local politics with strong opinions in favor of the Islands and Britain, when it comes to the Argentine sovereignty claim.

• Monday, April 4th 2022 - 21:52 UTC

  Falklands newsman would like an apology for 1982

  

  While Argentina's Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero wrote for The Guardian last week that his country posed a threat to no one, Graham Bound, founder of Port Stanley's Penguin News, told the Spanish newswire service EFE that the presence of British troops on the islands did serve a purpose.

• Monday, April 4th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Falklands' people have rights, but Argentina's 'cruel' attitude creates the feeling “war has not gone”

  

  Hugo Alconada Mon is a prestigious Argentine journalist, and lawyer, who has written several books, besides belonging to the international consortium of investigative journalists which among other things was involved in exposing the Panama Papers.

• Sunday, April 3rd 2022 - 11:58 UTC

  Argentine President praises fortitude of 1982 war veterans

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Saturday delivered the main speech during the ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the Puerto Argentino / Port Stanley landing which triggered the South Atlantic armed conflict with the United Kingdom.

• Sunday, April 3rd 2022 - 11:41 UTC

  Malvinas meant the end of the “military party” - Argentine VP stresses

  

  Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) and Lower House Speaker Sergio Massa presided over Congress' ceremony Saturday marking the 40th anniversary of the Falklands / Malvinas war.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2022 - 23:06 UTC

  A photographic exhibition commemorates the Falklands conflict 40 years later

  

  April 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the outbreak of the Falklands War, a 74-day conflict fought over the Falkland Islands. Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust is commemorating this anniversary through a photographic exhibition and gallery display.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  “The saddest page of history between Argentina and Britain”, Ambassador Hayes

  

  Kirsty Hayes, current British ambassador in Argentina wrote a column, published in Buenos Aires main daily, La Nacion pointing out that April 2nd was the beginning of the saddest page of the wide history of relations between Argentines and British. A painful date that brings sad memories to many families and sensitizes us all who some way or another work to build bridges between our nations, Ambassador Hayes begins her column.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Punta Arenas satisfied with 2021/22 cruise season, “we successfully managed to re launch activities”

  

  Next Tuesday a cruise vessel will be calling at Puerto Williams in Chile officially marking the end of the 2021/22 cruise season in that country, which local authorities from Punta Arenas consider very satisfactory, given the activity generated since November 2021, after 18 months of pandemic restrictions.

• Friday, April 1st 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Falklands' war vivid frontline sketches by Linda Kitson who marched alongside the troops

  

  The National Memorial Arboretum, in Staffordshire, has opened a new free exhibition featuring frontline sketches of the Falklands War by Linda Kitson who was appointed as the official war artist by the Imperial War Museum.