Falkland Islands

• Thursday, December 8th 2016 - 17:18 UTC

  Falklands War carrier HMS Illustrious headed for scrapping in Turkey

  

  Replacements are years away and still Britain’s last aircraft carrier, ‘HMS Illustrious,’ has set sail to be scrapped in Turkey. The vessel, known as 'Lusty,' came into service in 1982 and was rushed into service to catch the lattermost stages of the Falklands War. She also served in the Gulf Wars and Sierra Leone conflict. It was one of three Invincible-class ships commissioned in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

• Thursday, December 8th 2016 - 08:40 UTC

  Identification of soldiers buried in Falklands: talks on protocol procedure being in Geneva

  

  The governments of Argentina and the Falkland Islands reported almost simultaneously this week that respective delegates had left for Geneva, Switzerland to hold talks on Thursday and Friday with the International Red Cross (CICR) on the process to follow for the identification of 'unknown' Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery in the Falklands.

• Thursday, December 8th 2016 - 08:19 UTC

  Falklands: Chilean students to specialize in English living and working in the Islands

  

  Students from Chile are seeking work in both the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) and the private sector, including in Camp. Falklands' lawmaker MLA Barry Elsby said the students will have a good level of English when they arrive and will not need any formal English tuition.

• Monday, December 5th 2016 - 08:30 UTC

  Falklands: Argentine diplomats in Geneva for talks on identifying remains of soldiers at Darwin cemetery

  

  Diplomats from the Malvinas Desk of the Argentine Foreign ministry have travelled to Geneva for crucial meetings later this week with their British, Falklands counterparts and Red Cross members to reach a definitive agreement on the DNA tests for the identification of the remains of Argentine combatants buried in the Darwin cemetery, following the 1982 conflict, reports Clarin.

• Monday, December 5th 2016 - 08:20 UTC

  “La Sanmaritiniana” reaches Puerto Deseado and is greeted by militant from a radical group

  

  The Argentine registered vessel “La Sanmartiniana” is reported to have reached Puerto Deseado, Santa Cruz province on Sunday, following a full week's sailing from Stanley, where it had left on Sunday 27 November. Militants and local authorities lined up at the port to celebrate her arrival.

• Sunday, December 4th 2016 - 11:14 UTC

  Anniversary of the Battle of the Falkland Islands

  

  Falkland Islands elected government has announced the following program for Thursday 8th December 2016 to commemorate the victory of the Naval engagements of 8th December 1914, on which day 6 British sailors lost their lives and a number of others died later from injuries received during the battle. 2,260 German sailors also lost their lives.

• Sunday, December 4th 2016 - 10:45 UTC

  Hudson volcano yellow alert in Patagonia: memories of the 1991 eruption

  

  The Patagonia territories of Chile and Argentina, Aysen region and Santa Cruz province are under yellow alert since Saturday evening given the growing seismic activity of the Hudson volcano. The alert is specifically referred to the towns of Los Antiguos and Perino Moreno, Argentina and the Chilean communes of Aysen, General Carrera, Rio Ibañez and Chile Chico in the Aysen Region.

• Friday, December 2nd 2016 - 07:58 UTC

  Strong interest for Falklands' squid licenses, despite poor catches in 2016

  

  Despite a dismal last season for Illex fishing in the Falkland Islands, with very low catches, interest in licenses for the coming season is holding up and the process is likely to be oversubscribed, confirmed MLA Phyl Rendell last week.

• Thursday, December 1st 2016 - 13:17 UTC

  Falklands' dispute: “I can't see Trump reaching out to Argentina”

  

  Argentina will never be able to reassert its sovereignty claims over the Falkland Islands under the watchful eye of Donald Trump who will back Britain, according to Ian Shields OBE, a leading academic and international relations lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University and former RAF Group Captain

• Wednesday, November 30th 2016 - 09:54 UTC

  “A little piece of the Malvinas” and Falklands' berries for Pope Francis

  

  An Argentine teacher and runner who has competed three times in the annual Falklands marathon met last week Pope Francis, in Rome, and handed him a “little piece of the Falklands” and some of the berries that the Argentine soldiers had to eat during their time in the 1982 conflict.