Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, September 30th 2014 - 00:44 UTC

  Falkland Islands' Legislative Assembly opens a new website

  

  As of this week the Falkland Islands elected Legislative Assembly will have a new website, located as a micro.site off the developing FIG civil service website.

• Sunday, September 28th 2014 - 11:06 UTC

  Falklands celebrates Chile's National Day with party at Government House

  

  The Chilean community in the Falkland Islands celebrated their country’s independence day on Thursday 18 September with a reception hosted by H E the Governor Colin Roberts at Government House, and a party at the Narrows Bar.

• Saturday, September 27th 2014 - 08:13 UTC

  Guest post: the UN is not the solution for a rogue debtor

  

  By Arturo Porzecanski of American University (*) - Jose Antonio Ocampo, a former United Nations official and co-president with Prof. Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University’s Initiative for Policy Dialogue, which promotes the adoption of heterodox economic policies in developing countries, recently wrote a guest post welcoming a UN General Assembly resolution calling for the launch of negotiations on a multilateral framework for sovereign debt restructuring.

• Friday, September 26th 2014 - 07:37 UTC

  “Falkland Islands” on British Overseas Territory passport front cover

  

  The Falkland Islands British Overseas Territory Citizen passport book is to be changed to include ‘Falkland Islands’ on the front cover, it was agreed a few weeks ago.

• Thursday, September 25th 2014 - 03:17 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: Cristina Fernandez demands dialogue at UN and blasts Security Council

  

  President Cristina Fernández addressing on Wednesday the United Nations General Assembly said Argentina, in the context of a complex world situation, has become a triple leading case, (vulture funds, terrorism) and one referred to 'the use of force and territorial integrity', more specifically the pending dispute with the United Kingdom over the Falklands/Malvinas.

• Wednesday, September 24th 2014 - 06:19 UTC

  Falklands and 'holdouts' in Argentine lawmakers agenda, coming visit to London

  

  A group of Argentine lawmakers will be travelling next month to the UK, on an official visit to meet with British officials and members of Parliament, a trip which has been described as 'historic' because it is a 'first time' since the end of the South Atlantic conflict such an invitation is extended.

• Monday, September 22nd 2014 - 04:30 UTC

  Scottish lessons for the Falklands

  

  By Fernando Petrella - The dispute over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands is unique. But Argentines can still draw lessons from the way Britain averted the prospect of Scottish independence.

• Saturday, September 20th 2014 - 07:40 UTC

  Pescanova divesting in the Falklands, according to the Spanish media

  

  The Spanish seafood group Pescanova is reportedly close to selling Falkland Islands Lafonia Seafood, which has operations valued between €15 and €20 million, reported the Spanish newspaper Cinco Días.

• Saturday, September 20th 2014 - 07:23 UTC

  Falklands' next Director of Central Services delighted with the challenge of a new life

  

  Matt Bassford who has been named by the Falkland Islands the new Director of Central Services, is swapping bustling Cambridge for a new life in the South Atlantic, a British Overseas Territory where there are about 170 sheep for every human being resident, according to Cambridge News.

• Thursday, September 18th 2014 - 05:03 UTC

  Falklands oil company is ready to begin drilling at the end of 2015 first quarter

  

  Falkland Oil and Gas Limited (FOGL) reported this week that it is making progress with its preparations for its next drilling campaign, which is scheduled to start during the first quarter of 2015 off the South Atlantic Falklands Islands.