International

• Wednesday, May 16th 2018 - 07:41 UTC

  Queen Mary 2 returns to New York for the 2018 Transatlantic Season

  

  On Thursday 17 May, Cunard’s flagship ocean liner Queen Mary 2 returns to her homeport of New York for her 2018 Transatlantic Season. Following another successful World Cruise season, QM2 will resume her regularly-scheduled service across the Atlantic, a route that began 178 years ago.

• Wednesday, May 16th 2018 - 07:20 UTC

  Indian Navy Tarini manned with six women expected in Goa next Monday 21 May

  

  In a few days, India's Navy INSV Tarini and the six women officers manning it, will arrive at Goa's shores, marking the successful completion of the first-ever circumnavigation by a crew of Indian women. One of its four calls was in the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, May 16th 2018 - 06:40 UTC

  “Falklands want a normal, friendly relationship with all its neighbors, but...”

  

  ”We would be delighted to have a normal, friendly relationship with all our neighbors, to freely trade with, work with and discuss things of mutual benefit” said Falkland Islands lawmaker MLA Roger Edwards at the UN Decolonization 2018 Pacific Regional Seminar held in Grenada last week. But, he added, “instead, we are not recognized or accepted as a people in our own right”, by Argentina.

• Tuesday, May 15th 2018 - 07:26 UTC

  Berlusconi is back: ban from holding public office lifted by Italian court

  

  An Italian tribunal has lifted a ban on veteran centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi from holding public office, meaning he could run to be prime minister in the next national election.

• Tuesday, May 15th 2018 - 06:21 UTC

  Palestinians anticipate another day of fury, despite 55 deaths by the Israel army

  

  Fresh protests against Israel are expected on Tuesday in the Palestinian territories, a day after Israeli troops killed 55 people in Gaza. Tuesday marks the 70th anniversary of what Palestinians call the Nakba, or Catastrophe, that saw thousands flee amid the creation of Israel in 1948. Tensions will be particularly high in Gaza where funerals for those killed on Monday are due to take place.

• Monday, May 14th 2018 - 20:04 UTC

  Argentina/UK: Agreement to enhance Antarctic scientific co-operation

  

  The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the Instituto Antártico Argentino (IAA) today signed a memorandum of understanding.The agreement will enable the implementation of joint science and technology research projects as well as enhanced training and exchange of personnel. .

• Monday, May 14th 2018 - 08:27 UTC

  UK sponsors seminar on “Innovation in the lithium supply chain” at Chile's Mining Fair

  

  The British Embassy in Santiago and the Infrastructure and Energy Sector at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) organized during Chile's Expomin 2018 Mining Fair the international seminar, “Innovation in the lithium supply chain. Views from Latin America and the United Kingdom”. Britain participated with a pavilion at Expomin, which is the largest mining exhibition in the Latin-American region.

• Monday, May 14th 2018 - 08:14 UTC

  Falklands students on a day off in London visited Archie, the giant squid

  

  Deputy Representative at the Falkland Islands Government office in London, Michael Betts and Public Relations Officer Matt Ware, welcomed five students from Chichester College and three from Peter Symonds College for a day visit to London on Sunday 29th April.

• Monday, May 14th 2018 - 08:05 UTC

  UK present at Chile's Expomin 2018, with a display of British expertise in mining

  

  The Santiago office of the Department for International Trade (DIT) and the British Embassy participated at Expomin 2018, as part of the Embassy’s campaign to support British companies in the mining sector. This is the second time that the UK has attended and participated with a British Pavilion.

• Sunday, May 13th 2018 - 13:43 UTC

  Falklands attended the IAATO annual conference in United States

  

  Falkland Islands tourism ambassadors Steph Middleton and Carli Sudder are returning from the United States after attending this year’s International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators (IAATO) conference in Newport, Rhode Island. Steph Middleton is Executive Director of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board, while Carl Sudder is Tourism Coordinator at Sulivan Shipping and Chair of the Falklands Travel Association.