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Montevideo, October 11th 2024 - 18:19 UTC

Falkland Islands

  • Tuesday, February 23rd 2016 - 07:52 UTC

    Falklands/Malvinas, an advance to celebrate

    Cisneros was a leading member of former foreign minister Di Tella's diplomatic team

    By Andrés Cisneros (*) - With the reinstatement of the 'impasse' on the issue of the Malvinas Islands, the Argentine government has made a wise decision. Not only because it puts in course again something proven useful in the past, but also because, looking into the future, there is no better path to the solution of the problem. It's not the mere restoration of a policy (good or bad) which already happened.

  • Tuesday, February 23rd 2016 - 07:24 UTC

    Helicopters for Falklands transported by largest cargo aircraft: Antonov AN-124

    The plane is officially the second largest ever built. It's colossal nosecone lifts up, allowing large items - like helicopters - to be loaded on-board. Pic P. Hunkin)

    The pictures show a giant Russian-made transport plane landed at Newquay Airport in Cornwall before it headed out across the Atlantic to the Falkland Islands. The enormous Antonov AN-124 was in Cornwall to pick up two search and rescue helicopters, before heading out on the rest of its journey.

  • Tuesday, February 23rd 2016 - 07:07 UTC

    Falklands with “no big concentrations of Illex” this season, which is “worrying”

    Scientist Arkhipkin said they would need to wait until February 24/25 to see whether the Illex would appear but, and “if it is not there it is a strange situation”.

    Early indications from scientific surveys are showing “no big concentrations of Illex,” in the Falkland Islands waters or on the high seas, “which is worrying,” said Falkland Islands Government Senior Fisheries Scientist Sasha Arkhipkin as reported by the Penguin News.

  • Saturday, February 20th 2016 - 10:08 UTC

    Falklands: Malcorra confident 'there's a horizon of possibility for dialogue'

    Malcorra made the comment when asked about statements from UK Defense minister Michael Fallon during his visit to the Falkland Islands

    Foreign minister Susana Malcorra said that analyzing the different scenarios in the UK regarding the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty dispute, “there is a horizon of possibility for Argentina to have a dialogue” on the issue.

  • Saturday, February 20th 2016 - 07:27 UTC

    Fallon's Falklands visit caused 'concern' and displeasure

    Buenos Aires media reports indicate that the Foreign ministry made a formal presentation on Fallon's visit to the British embassy in Buenos Aires

    The Argentine government expressed its 'concern' to the UK over Defense minister Michael Fallon's visit to the Falkland Islands where he spent time with the military at MPA and met with Falklands elected government authorities and members of the community, according to media reports in Buenos Aires.

  • Saturday, February 20th 2016 - 07:01 UTC

    'A change in policy towards Malvinas', according to La Nacion

    “Despite a deep difference, all issues of common interest, must be included in the bilateral agenda, so that there is nothing that can block the capacity of holding that dialogue”

    Buenos Aires daily La Nacion dedicated its main Friday editorial to the Falklands/Malvinas dispute, (A change in the policy towards Malvinas), underlining the new Argentine government's position promoting bilateral relations on all issues with the UK, but never forgetting the 'deep difference' over the Islands.

  • Friday, February 19th 2016 - 08:04 UTC

    Falklands' sovereignty issue “was settled more than thirty years ago”, says Fallon

    Sovereignty of the Falklands is not up for discussion with Argentina: “the sovereignty issue was settled more than 30 years ago.”

    The Falkland Islands is one of Britain’s biggest military bases and as part of the UK was, “entitled to its cut of the defense budget,” Secretary of State for Defense Michael Fallon MP said on Tuesday as he visited the Falklands for the first time.

  • Thursday, February 18th 2016 - 06:19 UTC

    Falklands' oil industry continues to advance, despite current low prices

    “The development strategy presented for Sea Lion is through use of a FPSO vessel, which adds flexibility and for which leasing costs have halved”.

    Despite current low oil prices, the oil and gas industry in the Falkland Islands is continuing to go from strength to strength as its first project, Premier Oil’s Sea Lion, moves closer to commercialization, according to an analyst with research and consulting firm GlobalData.

  • Thursday, February 18th 2016 - 01:03 UTC

    Malvinas, a dream that can be rescued

    Dante Caputo was foreign minister between 1983 and 1989 under ex president Raúl Alfonsín

    Under this heading Dante Caputo, a former Argentine foreign minister (1983/89) with an impeccable domestic and international academic background addresses the 'Malvinas question' and proposes Argentina sets a 2033 target for a new attempt on the Islands, this time trying to convince the Falkland Islanders, and that in seventeen years time, the country is reliable and sovereignty discussions should then take place.

  • Wednesday, February 17th 2016 - 10:10 UTC

    British Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, visits the Falklands

    Michael Fallon arrvies to Stanley from MPA onboard a SAR Sea King

    Michael Fallon, the British Defence Secretary, has become the first Defence Secretary to visit the Falkland Islands in 14 years. The House of Commons is currently in recess this week and the Defence Secretary’s visit directly follows the visit of four other British MPs to the Falklands.