Falkland Islands

• Thursday, March 7th 2013 - 22:21 UTC

  Falklands’ YES and NO results and possible consequences

  

  Next Sunday and Monday Falkland Islanders will be voting in a referendum and will be asked a very simple and direct question: “Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom?”

• Wednesday, March 6th 2013 - 20:00 UTC

  Scientists solve mystery of the extinct Falkland Islands wolf

  

  It was an animal that puzzled Charles Darwin, who wondered how on Earth a large mammal that looked a bit like a wolf and a bit like a fox had arrived on barren islands nearly 500 kilometres from the mainland. Now, say biologists, the mystery of the now-extinct Falkland Islands wolf may have been resolved.

• Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 21:15 UTC

  “Malvinazo” out-blasted in Ushuaia by ‘Star Princess’ playing “God save the Queen”

  

  A demonstration by pickets in the Argentine Tierra del Fuego port of Ushuaia protesting the docking of the ‘Star Princess’ cruise which arrived from the Falkland Islands was contained by local security forces and the blaring of ‘God save the Queen’.

• Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 19:07 UTC

  Young Falkland Islanders’ voice their views

  

  By Harold Briley - Circuited well in advance of their historic referendum on their future, a booklet voicing the views of the post-invasion generation of Islanders is a vital part of the new Falkland Islands campaign to explain their case internationally. In this contribution to the referendum debate, MercoPress takes a more comprehensive look at their attitudes.

• Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 00:39 UTC

  The Falklanders will speak clearly

  

  The Globe and Mail (*) editorial published Sunday, March - As a country that with some justice prides itself as a global beacon for democracy, the United States should abandon its equivocation over the status of the Falkland Islands and agree to throw its considerable weight behind the winner of the referendum asking Islanders whether they wish to remain a UK overseas territory.

• Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 00:15 UTC

  Sixty international media representatives will report on the Falklands’ referendum

  

  The Falklands March 10/11 referendum on the political future of the Islands has attracted a surprising amount of interest from the world press with sixty television, newspaper and radio journalists arriving primarily on next Saturday’s LAN weekly flight to the Islands.

• Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 00:09 UTC

  Argentina dismisses referendum; warns Falklands’ oil industry “unfeasible” without regional ties

  

  The referendum on the fate of the Falkland Islands is a publicity stunt with no legal status, Argentina's ambassador to Britain said on Monday, warning that oil exploitation around the territory was impossible without better regional ties.

• Monday, March 4th 2013 - 07:02 UTC

  Falklands’ lawmakers underline significance of casting the ballot on March10/11

  

  Falkland Islands members of the Legislative Assembly have stressed the absolute need for a big turn out next March 10/11 when the Islanders will de deciding on their political status and future.

• Monday, March 4th 2013 - 06:53 UTC

  Falklands’ ballot paper will not have any serial number or identifying marks

  

  The referendum about whether or not Falkland Islanders wish the Falkland Islands to maintain their current status as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom is less than a week away and the Registrar General has made some announcements on the March 10/11 world event.

• Monday, March 4th 2013 - 06:32 UTC

  Falklands’ governor tells The Sun “Argentina keeps making stuff up”

  

  Falkland Islands Governor Nigel Haywood accused Argentina of “making stuff up” in its relentless verbal assault on the UK and the Islands. With a referendum on whether the Islanders want to remain British less than a week away, Haywood vowed to keep “pushing back” against the “extraordinary” sabre-rattling, UK’s sensationalist tabloid The Sun published.