MercoPress https://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2026, MercoPress. https://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[London says Argentina “lacks the ability” to take the Falklands]]> Streeting also said “this issue was settled in 1982” and that the will of the archipelago's residents, “the overwhelming majority of whom choose to be British”, remains unchanged British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said Argentina “lacks the ability” to take the Falkland Islands and that the United Kingdom “has the ability to defend” them, in an interview with the Sunday paper The Sun on Sunday published on Saturday. Asked whether London could protect the archipelago militarily if Buenos Aires sent warships, he answered yes.

]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:33:00 GMT <![CDATA[Falklands at Labour Conference in Liverpool]]> PM Burnham is scheduled to address the conference tomorrow 29 Tuesday British political parties are holding their annual round of conferences and Labour, in government, has chosen the city of Liverpool for a gathering that started on Sunday, 27 September and will last for three days until 30th September.

]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[The Telegraph links the Chagos deal to Argentina's Falklands campaign]]> The column describes Milei as having moved from economic libertarianism to nationalism and, having once celebrated Margaret Thatcher, now seeking to attract Donald Trump with oil concessions An opinion column published on Sunday in the British newspaper The Telegraph argues that the decision to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius served as a signal of weakness that encouraged claims over other British overseas territories, among them the Falklands. The piece, by journalist Daniel Johnson, is an argument of opinion rather than a report of new facts.

]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:51:00 GMT <![CDATA[Falklands Assembly responds to Argentina's campaign: “This Assembly remains calm”]]> Ford thanked the British prime minister, the foreign secretary, the minister for the Overseas Territories and figures “right across the UK political spectrum” for their support The chair of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, Jack Ford, said on Thursday during a sitting of the body that there is “nothing new” in the claims made this week, and that the institution “remains calm” and steadfast in defending the right of the archipelago's residents to determine their own future.

]]> Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:26:00 GMT <![CDATA[The Falklands economic development agency appoints Josh Smith as managing director]]> According to FIDC, Smith has built an international career over two decades, holding senior leadership positions in the UK Civil Service and previously working in Canada, Taiwan and Saudi Arabia The Falkland Islands Development Corporation, the archipelago's economic development agency, announced on Friday the appointment of Josh Smith as its new managing director, subject to final relocation arrangements. He will succeed Zachary Franklin, who will conclude his tenure in December.

]]> Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:35:00 GMT <![CDATA[Milei and Netanyahu discussed the Falklands in his only bilateral in New York]]> Asked by Argentine reporters whether the subject had come up, Quirno said “yes”, and “fine” when asked how that part of the conversation had gone Argentine President Javier Milei met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for about twenty minutes on Thursday at United Nations headquarters, in what was his only bilateral meeting with a head of state or government during his trip to New York. Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno confirmed they discussed the Falklands.

]]> Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:28:00 GMT <![CDATA[Punta Arenas/Falklands maritime links are based on history, economics and geography]]> El Tratado de Límites de 1881 estableció un régimen excepcional para el paso marítimo bioceánico, que el Tratado de Paz y Amistad de 1984 reafirmó de manera específica The announced maritime and trade link between Punta Arenas in Chile and the Falkland Islands has been strongly argued and supported by the main newspaper from the Chilean austral city on the Magellan Strait and capital of the Magallanes Region.

]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:47:00 GMT <![CDATA[UK replies to Milei: “not the behaviour we expect of a democracy”]]> Photo: REUTERS/Kylie Cooper The United Kingdom has asked for a written statement to be placed in the official record of the UN General Assembly in response to Argentine President Javier Milei's address, saying Buenos Aires' conduct over the Falklands “is wholly incompatible with the principles established in the United Nations Charter and is not the behaviour we expect of a democracy”.

]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:59:00 GMT <![CDATA[Milei at the UN: “The Malvinas are a national cause for us”]]> It was his third speech as president to the body and the eighth of the day's speakers, running 19 minutes Argentine President Javier Milei called on the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday to act over what he described as unilateral British actions in the Falklands, and accused the organisation of having “decided to look the other way” on the dispute. “The Malvinas are a national cause for us,” he said, repeating the phrase twice at the start of his address.

]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:54:00 GMT <![CDATA[Burnham at the UN: “the rights of British territories to remain British”]]> “We will stand firm in the face of any threats and challenges to the rule of law,” he said British Prime Minister Andy Burnham placed the Falklands among the challenges to the rule of law in his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered on Tuesday evening in New York, setting them in the same sentence as Russia.

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