Tag: Fakland Islands

• Thursday, December 6th 2018 - 09:30 UTC

  Falklands' connection of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge pet dog Lupo

  

  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge adore their pet dog, Lupo, and see him as a true member of their family – and now, the story behind how they got their beloved spaniel has come to light. After the royal couple held a Christmas party for RAF families at Kensington Palace, one of the guests spoke of her conversations with William and Kate – revealing that the pair had decided to get the dog to help Kate cope while William was away in the Falklands Islands.

• Wednesday, April 11th 2018 - 09:39 UTC

  Falklands' meat company enters contract to supply defense facilities at MPC/MPA

  

  The Falkland Islands Meat Company - FIMCo - has entered into a supply contract with Ecolog – a key provider for UK Ministry of Defense facilities at MPC/MPA, to provide their high-quality Falkland Islands meats. The contract is for five years, delivering beef, lamb and mutton to the MOD’s and Ecolog’s exacting standards of price, availability and - of course - quality.

• Monday, January 30th 2017 - 15:44 UTC

  Falklands lawmaker visiting the Caribbean to promote trade and political links

  

  Falkland Islands lawmaker MLA Ian Hansen is on a Caribbean mission to improve trade and industry links with the region, and seeking political support for the Islands. The tour includes Barbados, Dominica and Guyana, according to Barbados TODAY news agency.

• Monday, July 25th 2016 - 09:51 UTC

  UK ambassador in Argentina presents credentials: new chapter in relations﹖

  

  Mark Kent, the new British Ambassador to Argentina formally presented copies of diplomatic credentials to Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Foradori last week, marking the start of a four-year stint as London’s representative in Buenos Aires. Kent, who was British Ambassador to Thailand from 2012 until April of this year, replaces John Freeman.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2015 - 06:02 UTC

  The British Pavilion at the Expo Prado 2015: Best in Show

  

  More than 75,000 people visited the British Pavilion at the Expo Prado 2015 -the largest agro-industrial exhibition in Uruguay. The Pavilion was awarded first prize in the category “Best Embassy and Chamber of Commerce Pavilion” by the Uruguayan Rural Association, organisers of the Expo.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2015 - 07:28 UTC

  FI Holdings' profits helped by Falklands increased activity and investments

  

  Falkland Islands Holdings PLC said on Monday that underlying pre-tax profit and revenue was broadly flat in its recently-ended financial year, and trading so far in the new year has met its expectations as it seeks to accelerate its growth and increase its scale through acquisitions.

• Sunday, April 12th 2015 - 07:36 UTC

  Argentina's message to UK and US: “utterly ridiculous considering any regional country a threat.”

  

  Addressing the Americas summit in Panama, Argentine president Cristina Fernandez strongly criticized United States policies towards the hemisphere, particularly Venezuela, and expressed 'surprise' at the parallelism between the Caracas/Washington current dispute and the latest round of Falklands' exchanges between London and her government. President Barack Obama was not present during the Argentine leader's speech on Saturday.

• Thursday, March 26th 2015 - 07:48 UTC

  Falklands' defense expenditure increase' will be taken before the UN, says Argentina

  

  Argentina will take the United Kingdom before the United Nations Decolonization Committee following London's announcement it was increasing expenditure on the Falkland Islands defense, said Foreign minister Hector Timerman on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, February 25th 2015 - 03:55 UTC

  “Falkland Islanders feel a strong relationship with Uruguay going back a long way”

  

  British ambassadors in Chile, Brazil and Uruguay, Fiona Clouder, Alex W Ellis and Ben Lyster-Binns, respectively visited the Falkland Islands on a familiarization tour and to try to establish closer links with the Islands.

• Friday, January 23rd 2015 - 06:34 UTC

  Falklands departing flight delayed: bullets confiscated from Rio Gallegos pax

  

  The scheduled Saturday LAN flight, LA992 departing from Mount Pleasant Airport in the Falkland Islands to Chile with a call in Argentina, was delayed for an hour and a half after a total of fourteen live rounds and 95 empty casings were found in the hold and hand luggage of several passengers.