Falkland Islands

Friday, November 23rd 2018 - 08:59 UTC
May and Macri will announce the Falklands' second commercial flight with a stopover in Cordoba, insists Ambito

The Argentine financial newspaper Ambito Financiero is insisting with its version of the agreement reached on the second commercial flight of the Falklands to the region, which is anticipates will be formally announced by president Mauricio Macri and UK Prime Minister Theresa May when they meet next 30 November in Buenos Aires in the sidelines of the G20 leaders' summit.
Friday, November 23rd 2018 - 08:24 UTC
Royal Navy retains patrol ships for Fishery Protection in post Brexit scenario

UK Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson has secured the protection of British home waters by announcing he will retain three of the Royal Navy’s patrol ships. The future of the Batch 1 Offshore Patrols Vessels (OPVs), HMS Tyne, HMS Mersey and HMS Severn, which currently support the Fishery Protection Squadron, have been secured ahead of the Brexit negotiations for Britain to withdraw from the European Union.
Friday, November 23rd 2018 - 07:41 UTC
Argentina announces the name of its 104 combatant buried in the Falklands

Argentina announced the full name of the 104th combatant whose remains are buried in the Falkland Islands Argentine military cemetery at Darwin. According to the Human Rights Secretariat, conscript Fabricio Edgar Carrascull, born in Cordoba province was 18 when he died at the Goose Green battle on 28 May 1982.
Friday, November 23rd 2018 - 04:31 UTC
Falklands' Pebble Island turns into death trap for 56 beached pilot whales

Fifty six whales died after beaching at Pebble Island approximately five days before they were spotted on November 10 by a Falkland Islands Government Air Service (FIGAS) pilot.
Friday, November 23rd 2018 - 03:57 UTC
Falklands says a decision on a second flight stopover in Argentina “has yet to be made”

* MLA Elsby anticipates the public will be engaged on the final proposal. A final decision on where in Argentina a second commercial flight from the Falklands to a third country in the region will land “has yet to be made,” assured Member of Legislative Assembly Barry Elsby on Thursday.
Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 10:00 UTC
Falklands second commercial flight agreed: Sao Paulo with a stopover at Cordoba, says Ambito Financiero

The second commercial flight from the Falkland Islands to a third country in the region with a stopover in an Argentine airport has been agreed, according to reports in Ambito Financiero, a Buenos Aires financial daily.
Monday, November 19th 2018 - 07:20 UTC
Argentina/UK/Falklands' South Atlantic fisheries joint scientific cruises closer

London hosted the biannual meeting of the South Atlantic Fisheries Scientific Sub Committee which took place November 14/15 with the participation of officials and scientists from Argentina and the UK, and from the Falkland Islands.
Saturday, November 17th 2018 - 12:56 UTC
Appearance of ARA San Juan: Royal Navy crew paid their respects

A year after the disappearance of the Argentine Navy’s submarine ARA San Juan, the crew of HMS Clyde, one of the British ships that participated in the search operation, yesterday showed their respects in an act of remembrance from the Falkland Islands. The act was given hours before the Ministry of Defense and the Argentine Navy confirmed that the Norwegian ship Seabed Constructor made the discovery.
Saturday, November 17th 2018 - 12:54 UTC
Number of Argentine soldiers buried in the Falklands and fully indentified now totals 103

Argentina has announced the identification of combatant 103 whose remains are buried in the Falkland Islands and after 36 years will have a gravestone with his full name, at the Argentine military cemetery in Darwin, Victor Rodriguez.
Saturday, November 17th 2018 - 08:56 UTC
Premier Oil confident in reducing debt; begins drilling in Mexico

Premier Oil said it expected full-year production to come in at the low end of a previously announced 80,000 to 85,000 barrels per day range. The company, with interests in the Falkland Islands and which has been focusing on cutting debts, also said its debt pile would shrink to US$ 2.4 billion by the year-end.