Falkland Islands

• Friday, January 6th 2017 - 08:10 UTC

  Falklands: Argentine airlines not in the running for a second flight

  

  Only Brazilian or Chilean airlines need apply for a second flight to the Falkland Islands from South America it was indicated in a press briefing given in Stanley at the end of December, after MLAs returned from talks in London.

• Thursday, January 5th 2017 - 07:38 UTC

  London-Santiago direct flights inaugurated on Wednesday

  

  The new direct flight London-Santiago de Chile inaugurated on Wednesday should help increase the number of visitors from Britain and Europe, said Chilean authorities when they received the British Airways flight at the Chilean capital airport.

• Wednesday, January 4th 2017 - 08:54 UTC

  Malvinas question: Macri should surround himself of prudent, skilful advisors, says ex Army chief

  

  A former Argentine Army chief and Malvinas veteran, General Martin Balza said on Tuesday that president Mauricio Macri's government must “strengthen its dissuasion and negotiation capacities” in the Malvinas Islands question, and should surround himself of prudent advisors on the matter.

• Tuesday, January 3rd 2017 - 09:24 UTC

  Argentine government apologize for forgetting the Falklands in a map of Argentina in New Year greetings

  

  The Argentine government apologized on Monday for having omitted the disputed Falkland Islands in a map of Argentina included in a New Year greetings message. “Our apologies for the mistake from the Design Department in our end of the year greetings”, twitted the Development Ministry for having not included the Malvinas Islands.

• Tuesday, January 3rd 2017 - 06:56 UTC

  New Year greetings to Falkland Islanders from Tierra del Fuego governor, “your governor”

  

  Rosana Bertone, governor of Argentina's extreme south province, officially Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands, which obviously includes the Falklands, included in her New Year greetings a message to the Islanders calling for peace and understanding leaving aside fear and mistrust.

• Tuesday, January 3rd 2017 - 06:41 UTC

  Malvinas: Argentina calls on UK for dialogue and sovereignty discussions

  

  Argentina has invited the United Kingdom to advance with the dialogue initiated last year to resume negotiations to enable in the shortest time possible, to find a peaceful and definitive solution to the sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas Islands, abiding the iterative calls from the international community, according to a release from the Argentine foreign ministry.

• Thursday, December 29th 2016 - 19:58 UTC

  Falklands' fisheries and oil issues must be discussed with the Argentine congress, warns lawmaker Carrió

  

  All issues linked to fisheries and hydrocarbons in the Falklands/Malvinas must be discussed and approved by Congress, warned Argentina's chair of the foreign affairs committee adding that if necessary the officials involved, who ignore the legislative will be summoned and sacked with a no confidence vote and political trial.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2016 - 06:54 UTC

  Air link to Falklands requested by an Argentine charter airline from Neuquén

  

  A private charter airline planning to operate as a low cost option, based in Neuquén and San Fernando, Buenos Aires has requested the Argentine government for domestic and regional routes including one to the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2016 - 06:51 UTC

  Argentine congress opens Malvinas Observatory; Malcorra will not be attending

  

  Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra will not be going this Wednesday to the Lower House where she was first summoned, and later invited for the formal constitution and opening of the Malvinas Observatory. Lawmaker Elisa Carrió, a close ally of president Mauricio Macri, and chair of the Lower House Foreign Affairs committee originally summoned the minister.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2016 - 04:32 UTC

  Falklands a century ago, record prices for exports: wool and whale oil

  

  The Penguin News with background information from the Jane Cameron National Archives has published an interesting article about the Falkland Islands, economy and trade, a century ago in the midst of the First Great War. Wool from a flock of almost 700.000, and whale oil were the Islands main exports in 1916, while coal with soaring prices the main import. A century ago there were 61 births and 17 marriages.