Tag: Daniel Filmus

Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 09:59 UTC
Argentine literary critic says Falklands are British, sparks rejection and controversy

Statements by Argentine literary and cultural critic Beatriz Sarlo who Tuesday said that the Falkland Islands were “British territory” sparked nationwide controversies about which she defiantly warned she “cared very little.”
Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 09:56 UTC
Argentina takes action against foreign oil companies operating on South Atlantic continental shelf

Argentina's Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Energy Wednesday announced sanctions were to be imposed on three companies for operating illegally in the South Atlantic.
Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 09:48 UTC
Three companies (two UK and one Israel) involved in Falklands' oil industry, added to Argentina's sanctions list

Argentina announced it has launched a sanctions process against several foreign oil companies, the UK based Chrysaor Holdings Ltd, Harbor Energy Plc, and Israel's Navitas Petroleum for involvement in hydrocarbons activities, with illegitimate Falkland Islands licenses, in the Argentine continental shelf, more precisely at the Sea Lion project in North Malvinas basin
Monday, June 28th 2021 - 09:05 UTC
Filmus insulted by a passenger in his return trip and for flying first class in American; “UN sent the tickets”

Argentina's Malvinas and Antarctica secretary was rebuked and insulted in his return trip from New York in a first-class American Airlines flight. The passenger recorded the incident on his cell phone which he then twitted and immediately went viral.
Monday, June 21st 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Scholarships for Falklands' alumni to continue their graduate and postgraduate studies in Argentina

Argentina has launched a program of scholarships for Falkland Islands' students, who “have the full right to access the Argentine national education system”, announced Daniel Filmus, head of the Malvinas and Antarctica Department, and Jaime Perczyk chairman of the Ministry of Education University Policies.
Wednesday, June 16th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Falklands dispute: Solá heads the Argentine mission to the C24 conference

June is a hectic month for the dispute between Argentina and UK regarding the British Overseas Territory Falkland Islands, with a string of remembrance dates referred to the ongoing disagreement.
Saturday, April 3rd 2021 - 07:04 UTC
Next year's won't be just another Malvinas anniversary, Argentine Defense Minister Rossi vowed

Argentine Defense Minister Agustin Rossi Friday presided over the ceremony where the Armed Forces commemorated the 39th anniversary of the military landing on the Malvinas/Falkland Islands which eventually led to the 1982 armed conflict with the United Kingdom and promised things will be different a year from now.
Friday, January 22nd 2021 - 09:43 UTC
Argentina rejoiced with Germany's position on the Falklands/Malvinas dispute

Argentina is rejoicing because Germany's flag carrier Lufthansa formally requested the Civil Aviation National Administration and the Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands provincial government over flight and landing authorization for two charter flights to the Malvinas Islands from Hamburg.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:59 UTC
Argentina criticizes Falklands' mines-free achievement, but is willing to share the humanitarian success

The Argentine government has criticized the successful eleven-year demining process in the Falkland Islands arguing it is a new “violation” of a UN resolution calling on both sides, UK and Argentina, to abstain from any unilateral action in the disputed territories.
Friday, November 6th 2020 - 09:55 UTC
Members of the Malvinas Council appointed on the flag anniversary

The Argentine government announced on Thursday some of the names that will be sitting at the National Council on Issues Relative to the Malvinas, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Islands, as passed unanimously by the Argentine congress last August.