International

Tuesday, April 3rd 2012 - 22:33 UTC
Argentine Malvinas war June 14 surrender telegram auctioned for £ 7.250

One day after the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the Malvinas war, Bonhams auction house sold a copy of the telegram with which Argentina surrendered in 1982, for £7.250.
Tuesday, April 3rd 2012 - 21:16 UTC
Standing invitation to C24 chair and fact finding commission to travel to Falklands

The Falklands government repeated on Tuesday its standing invitation to any current or future chair of the UN Decolonization Committee to visit the Islands and reiterated it welcomes any fact finding commission the C24 wishes to send.
Tuesday, April 3rd 2012 - 20:47 UTC
“The Falklands belong to the Islanders” and are the key to the question

“The Falkland Islands belong to you, the Islanders”, said one of Argentina’s top political analysts and journalists Mariano Grondona. Although the quote, from the Penguin News, dates back to October 1998 when he was invited to the Islands by the Falklands Legislative Council, Mr. Grondona has not betrayed the statement and reiterated his opinion.
Tuesday, April 3rd 2012 - 00:47 UTC
Argentine invasion of the Falklands, ‘a profound wrong’ says PM Cameron

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday April 2 called Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands three decades ago a “profound wrong” aimed at depriving the Islanders of their freedom.
Monday, April 2nd 2012 - 23:47 UTC
UK lights Falklands’ flame at Arboretum chapel on war anniversary remembrance

UK launched on Monday at the National Arboretum in Staffordshire a series of low key commemorative events to be held over the next 11 weeks, to remember 30 years of the day the Falkland Islands were invaded.
Monday, April 2nd 2012 - 22:39 UTC
Rioters attack UK embassy in Buenos Aires with stones, sticks and gasoline bombs

Argentine radical groups fought several hours with riot police in Buenos Aires protecting the British embassy on the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the Falklands/Malvinas war between Argentina and the UK.
Monday, April 2nd 2012 - 18:52 UTC
Former RN officer tells how the sinking of the Belgrano was coordinated

On the 30th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict, the member of the Royal Navy who was responsible for coordinating the attack on the Argentina Navy cruiser “General Belgrano” spoke to UK-based newspaper “The News,” in Portsmouth and explained the steps that led up to the attack that caused 323 deaths and why it was justified at the time.
Monday, April 2nd 2012 - 18:47 UTC
UK parliament partisan support for Falklands’ right to self-determination

The UK’s Falkland Islands All-party Parliamentary Group stated on Monday that “no British government will negotiate with Argentina the sovereignty of the South Atlantic archipelago.”
Monday, April 2nd 2012 - 18:40 UTC
HMS Dauntless leaves Wednesday for routine deployment to the South Atlantic

The Royal Navy announced that Portsmouth-based warship HMS Dauntless sails on Wednesday, April 4, for a six-month routine deployment to the South Atlantic, relieving HMS Montrose that is on her way back home.
Monday, April 2nd 2012 - 18:34 UTC
Falklands’ message from Hague: “we still want to work with Argentina”

In a statement entitled “Why we still want to work with Argentina”, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict, Foreign Secretary William Hague, stressed UK’s eagerness to work with Argentina on several aspects surrounding the Falkland Islands issue.