Falkland Islands

• Friday, October 9th 2015 - 07:39 UTC

  Eirik Raude oil rig operating in Falklands, faces scrapping after contract ends January 2016

  

  Ocean Rig, the Greek offshore drilling contractor has highlighted in its latest fleet update two rigs coming out of employment shortly with no immediate prospects. Both rigs have little or no “further prospects of employment” according to Ocean Rig and will be cold stacked while disposing of or scrapping the rigs is considered.

• Friday, October 9th 2015 - 06:42 UTC

  Falklands' bound Argentine 'militant' yacht rescued abandoned by fisheries protection vessel

  

  An Argentine flagged yacht “La Sanmartiniana” belonging to a political group which responds to Argentine president Cristina Fernandez son, Maximo Kirchner, was detected abandoned in the high seas by the Falklands Islands Fisheries Protection Vessel, FPV Protegat and is being towed to Port Stanley, reports a release from the Falklands government.

• Thursday, October 8th 2015 - 18:46 UTC

  Falkland Islands celebrate 275th Anniversary of “Rule, Britannia!” with new crown coin

  

  The Treasury of the Government of the Falkland Islands has issued (18th September) a new collector coin commemorating the 275th anniversary of the composition of the tune “Rule, Britannia!” The staunchly patriotic British song was set to music by Thomas Arne in 1740, adapted from the poem, “Rule, Britannia,” by James Thomson.

• Thursday, October 8th 2015 - 10:36 UTC

  Falklands' clearance of Argentine mines 33 years later reported in UK

  

  Explosive mines planted by retreating Argentine forces as Royal Marines stormed the Falklands during the 1982 conflict are still being cleared on the Islands, 33 years later, according to a report credited to David Wells from Westernmorningnews.

• Wednesday, October 7th 2015 - 01:37 UTC

  Noble Falklands Ltd oil activities are 'illegal' and 'clandestine' claims Argentina

  

  The Argentine government has declared “illegal” and “clandestine” the hydrocarbons' exploration activities carried out off the Falklands/Malvinas Islands by the Houston based Noble Falklands Limited company, according to a resolution by the country's Energy Office.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2015 - 09:14 UTC

  Falklands' stand visited by Foreign Secretary Hammond and MP Rosindell

  

  Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, MP Andrew Rosindel and Charles Tannock MEP, were among several personalities that visited the Falkland Islands stand at the Conservative Conference which is taking place in Manchester. He was met by Falklands lawmakers Jan Cheek and Roger Edwards, and Sukey Cameron, head of FIGO, Falklands' government office in London.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2015 - 08:39 UTC

  “Malvinas Hall” in Comodoro Rivadavia recalls Air Force strikes command against UK Task Force

  

  The room in Comodoro Rivadavia from where the Argentine Air Force command operated its attacks on the Falkland Islands during the 1982 conflict has been renamed 'Malvinas Hall', and has been declared part of the city's heritage, a place where students and visitors can recall “the ever present Argentine claim over the Malvinas Islands, and the heroism of its pilots”.

• Monday, October 5th 2015 - 19:23 UTC

  Falklands' veteran Simon Weston launches book on “My Life; My Story”

  

  A Falklands' war veteran who survived the bombing of his ship when most of those on board were killed takes to the stage to tell the story of his life. In “My Life; My Story”, which comes to East Grinstead's Chequer Mead on Friday, October 16, Simon Weston OBE, will share truths about the conflict, the day the RFA Sir Galahad was attacked and the impact the event and its consequences have had since.

• Monday, October 5th 2015 - 07:35 UTC

  “Hands off, Tories will never sell out the Falklands”:Hammond's message to Cristina Fernandez

  

  UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has issued a firm hands-off warning to Argentina by insisting the government will “never sell out” the Falkland Islands. The Foreign Secretary insisted the “bullying and harassment” against the Islanders must stop, adding it is counter-productive and “shameful”.

• Monday, October 5th 2015 - 07:24 UTC

  Support for Falklands and self determination remains solid in Labour conference

  

  Support for the Falkland Islands and its right to self-determination remains solid, despite the change of leadership in the Labour party, said Sukey Cameron Falkland Islands Government Office (FIGO) in London who is attending with, Islands' lawmakers the round of party conferences in the UK.