Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 08:05 UTC

  “Our Malvinas” photo exhibit opened in the Argentine congress

  

  On the eve of a new anniversary of the Argentine military invasion of the Falkland Islands, (2 April 1982) Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman said that when Great Britain finally agrees to sit for negotiations over the disputed Malvinas there will be “no way to deny” the Islands belong to Argentina.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 07:43 UTC

  UK interest in the Malvinas is '100% economic', claims Argentine official

  

  Britain's interest in the Malvinas Islands is “100% economic” and if hydrocarbons exploration in the waters surrounding the archipelago advances “we could be facing a major ecologic disaster”, said Daniel Filmus, head of the Argentine Foreign Ministry Malvinas Affairs Secretariat.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 07:30 UTC

  “We planted between 15.000 and 20.000 antipersonnel and antitank mines” in Malvinas

  

  In a rare interview, the Argentine Colonel who was responsible for placing mines in the occupied Falkland Islands in 1982 as part of the defense strategy against the advancing British forces, admits that between 15.000 and 20.000 of antipersonnel and anti tank explosives were planted, but also claims some stretches of the Islands' coast already had mines which had been placed by the British.

• Tuesday, April 1st 2014 - 01:24 UTC

  Malvinas war veterans plan symbolic repeat of Falklands invasion in Ushuaia

  

  Ushuaia Malvinas war veterans are planning a symbolic repeat of the Falklands military invasion by Argentine forces on the night of April first 1982, although this time the landing will take place along the Beagle Channel coast, according to reports from the capital of Tierra del Fuego in the extreme south of Argentina.

• Monday, March 31st 2014 - 15:27 UTC

  Argentina lobbies for Malvinas sovereignty claim in East Timor

  

  A high level Argentine diplomatic mission visited last week Timor-Leste, in the Asia Pacific area to reaffirm close political, economic and cooperation links between the two countries, and confirm support for Argentina's demand for Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty negotiations with the UK.

• Monday, March 31st 2014 - 12:01 UTC

  Falklands reports record catches of Loligo and Illex squid

  

  Falkland Islands is reporting record catches of Illex and Loligo squid this season. News first arrived last Sunday when it was announced that local jiggers had caught the highest daily catch and highest catch rate of Loligo squid since at least 2000.

• Saturday, March 29th 2014 - 09:22 UTC

  ‘Kelpers’, helping Argentine to understand the Falklands growing nation

  

  The reaction of the Argentine public to Clarin journalist and author Natasha Niebieskikwiat's recently launched book ‘Kelpers’ has been, “less aggressive,” than she expected Natasha told Penguin News.

• Saturday, March 29th 2014 - 06:25 UTC

  Falklands receives US oil company temporary dock facility for exploration operations

  

  Houston based oil company Noble Energy expects to inject 4 million dollars into Falklands businesses with the construction of the temporary dock facility which arrived in the Islands this week, Senior Vice President Susan Cunningham told those attending a presentation in Stanley on Monday evening.

• Friday, March 28th 2014 - 08:39 UTC

  In memory of Malvinas, a passage is officially named “April 2” instead of 'Inglaterra'

  

  Buenos Aires City councilors gave final approval to a bill that officially names “April 2”, a passage in the neighborhood of Agronomia, which was re-baptized with that name by residents during the 1982 Malvinas war conflict, who erased the original name of 'England'.

• Thursday, March 27th 2014 - 07:55 UTC

  Malvinas affairs official meets with Pope Francis and talks about Falklands' dialogue

  

  Pope Francis showed an interest on the Falklands/Malvinas question negotiations during a meeting on Wednesday at the Vatican with Daniel Filmus chairman of Issues relative to the Malvinas Islands secretariat, according to Argentine sources which gave the event a great coverage. The meeting was in the framework of Wednesdays open audience at St Peter's square, when an estimated 50.000 people attend the ceremony.