Falkland Islands

Thursday, November 13th 2014 - 07:19 UTC
South Georgia prepared to help return the trawler 'Viola', an icon of Hull

Steam trawler “Viola” that skirmished with U-boats in the First World War has spent the past 50 years rusting off in South Georgia could finally be making its final voyage home, to Hull, according to a piece from Will Ramsey published in the Hull Daily Mail.
Thursday, November 13th 2014 - 06:39 UTC
UK Overseas Territories celebrates 20tt anniversary at Westminster

A reception was held on the evening of November 4, in the Palace of Westminster to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the founding of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA), as reported by the Gibraltar Chronicle.
Wednesday, November 12th 2014 - 18:16 UTC
Falklanders invited to 'third party' dialogue with Argentine lawmakers

An Argentine congressman has extended an open invitation to two, three 'inhabitants of the Falkland Islands', to participate in a meeting with Argentine lawmakers interested in listening to the 'third party' in the Falklands/Malvinas dispute.
Wednesday, November 12th 2014 - 07:17 UTC
RFA Black Rover back in UK after 17-month deployment in the Atlantic

The second-oldest vessel in the Naval Service, veteran tanker RFA Black Rover, a well known presence in the Falkland Islands, has completed her penultimate deployment, a marathon of 17 months in the Atlantic. No Royal Navy vessel can carry out a patrol in the Southern Hemisphere without the support of a Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker – a duty performed in recent years by a Rover-class vessel.
Wednesday, November 12th 2014 - 03:33 UTC
Falklands' visit of MPs postponed until after UK general election in May

The visit of two Members of the British Parliament to the Falkland Islands, as announced last week has been cancelled. However the invitation to visit the Islands remains open and hopefully it will take place next year.
Wednesday, November 12th 2014 - 03:19 UTC
“Falklands/Malvinas current policy is a losing option and leads nowhere”

Argentina's current policy on the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty is a losing option because it is a 'maximalist' attitude with the purpose of ‘full recovery' of the disputed islands, said Argentine political scientist and writer Carlos Escudé.
Tuesday, November 11th 2014 - 04:00 UTC
Falklands' British 'colonial occupation' condemned by Parlasur

The Mercosur parliament, Parlasur, in a special Monday session held in Montevideo, rejected British 'control' over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands and described the situation as a colonial conflict of 'global' proportion which threatens the region.
Monday, November 10th 2014 - 09:13 UTC
Falklands/Malvinas issue to be debated at the Parlasur Parliament

The Falklands/Malvinas dispute and 'colonialism' will be discussed on Monday during an extraordinary session of the Mercosur Parliament, Parlasur, in Montevideo with the attendance of Argentine and Uruguayan foreign ministers Hector Timerman and Luis Almagro.
Monday, November 10th 2014 - 07:34 UTC
Latam Energy Organization approves statement on “Malvinas sovereignty”

Energy ministers from the Latin American Energy Organization, OLADE, meeting in San Salvador approved last Friday a statement on “Malvinas Islands sovereignty” referred to the “illegal hydrocarbons exploration and exploitation undertaken in the Islands surrounding waters”, points out a release from the Argentine Foreign ministry.
Saturday, November 8th 2014 - 11:13 UTC
Aggressive promotions and solid leadership pays off for the Falkland Islands!

The Falkland Islands Tourist Board has been working hard to produce the highest standard of representation for the islands to date. Following a highly successful campaign over the past two and a half years of developing a higher awareness for the Falkland Islands through targeted and high level marketing, promotions and events, have pulled off the most successful of the years promotions.