Tag: Fakland 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.
Monday, December 8th 2014 - 23:25 UTC
Commemoration Service for Battles of Coronel and the Falklands at London's St Martin-in-the-Fields

The first two significant naval battles of the First World War were commemorated in London and the Falklands in parallel church services on the 8th December – a hundred years after these momentous events took place.
Monday, November 17th 2014 - 06:01 UTC
Thousands march in Buenos Aires marathon in support for Falklands' dialogue

Thousands of people participated Sunday in a race organized by Argentina's government to press for a dialogue with Britain over the Falkland Islands, officials said.“#YoCorroPorMalvinas was a success! More than 10 thousand people came out today to say Yes to a dialogue for the Malvinas,” Malvinas Islands Affairs Secretary Daniel Filmus said in a Twitter post.
Friday, December 6th 2013 - 23:20 UTC
Falklands working on a policy to protect the Islands from norovirus

The Falkland Islands is aiming to develop a policy to protect the territory from the spread of norovirus, an infection which is not uncommon in big urban centres but which several cruise vessels have also experienced.
Saturday, August 31st 2013 - 01:39 UTC
Falklands’ Argentina banned oil companies linked to YPF partner Chevron

An Argentine lawmaker claims that the US oil corporation Chevron which is investing heavily in developing shale resources in Neuquen with YPF is a partner of Oil Spill Response Limited that is also involved with the oil companies operating in the South Atlantic in Argentine waters but licensed by the Falkland Islands government.
Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 02:54 UTC
Parliament pays tribute to Lady Thatcher but there were also critical voices

Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday paid tribute to Baroness Thatcher as an “extraordinary leader and an extraordinary woman”. Cameron told the British parliament at the start of a specially convened session the former prime minister “defined and overcame the great challenges of her age”.
Monday, February 4th 2013 - 04:55 UTC
Cameron’s Malvinas change in policy is “evidence of weakness and internal crisis”

The British government’s decision to deny a meeting between UK and Argentina foreign ministers is proof of “weakness” and evidence of “the internal crisis situation” in the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister David Cameron, said Argentine Foreign minister Hector Timerman.
Saturday, September 1st 2012 - 06:43 UTC
Falklands’ new Tourism managing director targets the US market

Tony Mason, the newly appointed managing director of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board (FITB), has just taken up his position in Stanley, the Falklands’ capital. Originally from Atlanta, Mason is responsible for overseeing the tourism strategy.
Friday, July 13th 2012 - 03:21 UTC
Commons report reveals UK sold £ 2.3m of military equipment to Argentina

The British government must exercise more caution in granting licences for the export of arms, according to a parliamentary report which mentions authoritarian regimes such as Bahrain but also areas of direct concern for UK such as Argentina and the Falklands.
Friday, March 30th 2012 - 06:31 UTC
UK says there is no evidence at all, Argentina has the capacity/strength to invade the Falklands

On the verge of the South Atlantic conflict 30th anniversary, the UK’s Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said that the Falkland Islands “do not face a current credible military threat from Argentina”, and brushed aside the rumours published by the British sensationalist media.