Falkland Islands

• Monday, June 13th 2011 - 11:33 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon in Argentina; Falklands/Malvinas question on the table

  

  UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon is in Buenos Aires for a two-day official visit and will be meeting President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Monday morning. Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman is expected to bring up the “question of Falklands/Malvinas”.

• Friday, June 10th 2011 - 16:33 UTC

  Falklands rations seats on the UK airbridge forced by the volcanic ash

  

  The impact of the volcanic ash is straining the Falkland Islands air links with the United Kingdom forcing the rationing of seats for northbound passengers because of the repeated cancelling of the airbridge with Brize Norton.

• Friday, June 10th 2011 - 05:55 UTC

  The South Cone and Falklands remain under the volcanic ash cloud

  

  Uruguay, most of Argentina, the south of Chile and even the Falkland Islands is the South Atlantic are suffering the consequences of the volcanic ash cloud that remains hovering over the region forcing airlines to cancel flights until further notice.

• Friday, June 10th 2011 - 00:25 UTC

  Falklands tells OAS sovereignty is “non negotiable”, but seek “neighbourly relations” with Argentina

  

  The Falkland Islands elected government responded to an Argentine inspired declaration from the Organization of American States, OAS, saying that the Falklands have “a right to self determination” and fully supports the UK government’s resolute position that “the issue of sovereignty is non negotiable”.

• Thursday, June 9th 2011 - 08:36 UTC

  Oil company confirms Falklands drilling and farm-out accord in coming months

  

  Falkland Oil & Gas confirmed on Wednesday drilling operations will begin in the first quarter of 2012 and revealed it is in early talks with firms interested in taking part in its exploration program south of the Falkland Islands. The company however anticipated it did not expect to conclude any farm-out agreement until later this year.

• Thursday, June 9th 2011 - 02:04 UTC

  UK press reacts to Obama’s support for Argentina in the Malvinas Islands issue

  

  The UK press reacted to the US President Obama administration support of an Argentine inspired Organization of American States, OAS, unanimous declaration on the Falklands/Malvinas question that calls for sovereignty negotiations.

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 18:13 UTC

  Falklands approves £ 45.5million 2011/2012 budget with a surplus

  

  The Falkland Islands ended the approval process for the 2011/2012 budget, following the positive report from Financial Secretary Keith Padgett to the Legislative Assembly budget session.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 18:24 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government on Twitter

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has moved into the world of micro-blogging. The global phenomenon of Twitter has been rapidly changing the way that we communicate and is widely used by international journalists as an important source of information.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 08:09 UTC

  Falklands’ legislators will be meeting US and Canadian officials in Washington and Canada

  

  Falkland Islands Members of the Legislative Assembly Roger Edwards and Dick Sawle will be in New York June 21 to attend the United Nations Committee of 24 sessions and later will meet US and Canada officials in Washington and Ottawa.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 07:59 UTC

  Falklands determined to exercise the right to self determination and to remain a BOT

  

  The Falkland Islands are determined to exercise their right to self determination and to remain a British Overseas Territory, a message to the international community that tells of the success story of the Falklands in spite of the attempts by the government of Argentina to impede sectors of the economy, said Falklands’ elected legislator Roger Edwards addressing a UN seminar on eradication of colonialism.