Politics

• Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 08:13 UTC

  Falklands: Cameron calls on Caribbean islands to support Islands right to self determination

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron has urged Caribbean countries to stop giving support to Argentine sovereignty claims over the Falkland Islands He told the Jamaican parliament it was time to “stand up for the rights of small islands” to self-determination.

• Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 08:06 UTC

  Falkland Islands Association Honorary Secretary Colin Wright obituary

  

  It is with great regret that we have to report the death of Colin Wright, Honorary Secretary of the Falkland Islands Association (FIA), on 30 September 2015. He will be sorely missed by his many colleagues and friends.

• Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 07:54 UTC

  Cameron rules out reparations for slave trade and urges Caribbean countries to 'move on'

  

  Prime Minister David Cameron has ruled out making reparations for Britain's role in the historic slave trade and urged Caribbean countries to “move on”. Cameron acknowledged that “these wounds run very deep” during his visit to Jamaica, where he faced calls to apologize from campaigners.

• Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 07:26 UTC

  Labour ‘absolutely’ committed to Gibraltar’s self-determination

  

  The Gibraltar Chronicle reports that Britain’s Labour Party this week gave an ‘absolute’ commitment to uphold the right of the people of Gibraltar to self-determination. Speaking at a reception organized by the Gibraltar Government on the fringe of the Labour Party conference in Brighton, Hilary Benn, the shadow Foreign Secretary, was unequivocal with his words.

• Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 05:19 UTC

  Falklands: Argentina waiting for a reply to its project to identify remains buried at Darwin

  

  Argentina is concerned that there has been no reply from the UK regarding its initiative and request to identify the remains of the Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery, or Argentine memorial, in the Falkland Islands, according to a release from the Argentine foreign ministry.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2015 - 09:42 UTC

  Conciliatory China rejects 'hegemony'; pledges to take the lead in funds 'for peace and development'

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping promised support for a permanent UN police squad and African peacekeeping as he vowed a peaceful rise for the Asian power.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2015 - 09:21 UTC

  French Mistral helicopter carriers, originally for Russia, sold to Egypt

  

  France has agreed to sell two Mistral helicopter carriers to Egypt for 950 million Euros after their sale to Russia was canceled in August, French officials said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2015 - 07:46 UTC

  Obama and Castro renew calls for an end to US trade embargo against Cuba

  

  President Barack Obama met his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro on Tuesday at the United Nations and renewed calls for an end to the US trade embargo against Havana.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2015 - 07:12 UTC

  Falklands launches on-line shopping service for philatelic products

  

  The Falkland Island Government and Falklands Post Service Ltd have announced the launch of our new on-line shopping service for philatelic products.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2015 - 06:54 UTC

  Argentina furious with Washington over top-spy 'hiding' in the US

  

  Argentina and the US are on collision course following president Cristina Fernandez complaint of lack of cooperation from Washington, in helping locate a former Argentine spy, head of special operations, who apparently is hiding 'or being protected' in the US, and has been summoned by prosecutors in Buenos Aires.