Tag: Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly

• Thursday, November 23rd 2017 - 07:38 UTC

  Falklands' newly elected Legislative Assembly members receive parliamentary training

  

  A delegation from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, CPA, is currently visiting the Falkland Islands to provide Parliamentary training to the newly elected Legislative Assembly as part of a joint program agreed ahead of the election.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2017 - 18:54 UTC

  Falklands seeking Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly

  

  The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly is seeking expressions of interest from people who would like to be considered for election to the role of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

• Friday, September 1st 2017 - 08:06 UTC

  Falklands' preparations and registration for November 9 General Election

  

  The Falkland Islands General Election is planned to take place on the November 9, “and the Registrar General has the necessary preparations in hand,” announced Member of Legislative Assembly Michael Poole at Thursday’s meeting of Legislative Assembly.

• Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 09:36 UTC

  A Positive Outlook for the Falklands at FIA's annual general meeting

  

  The Falkland Islands have received assurances of sustained support from the British Parliament and from the Falkland Islands Association at that organisation’s annual general meeting in London where members were given a positive report of progress and economic development in the Islands.

• Friday, November 27th 2015 - 07:23 UTC

  Falklands MLA hopes for ‘saner’ approach from new Argentine president

  

  Falkland Islands lawmakers have reacted with caution and expectation to the election of Mauricio Macri, ex Buenos Aires mayor, as Argentina's next president. He will succeed on 10 December Cristina Fernandez and twelve years of rough relations with Kirchnerism and constant intimidation.

• Wednesday, June 3rd 2015 - 08:18 UTC

  Falklands faces fiscal 2015/16 with surplus budget, all industries prospering and 1.4% inflation

  

  The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly received on Tuesday the Appropriation Bill which allows for expenditure of £61.4M pounds in the fiscal year 2015/16, supported by revenues of £56.9M and a projected £4.9M from oil and gas exploration, thus completing another surplus year.

• Friday, October 31st 2014 - 07:04 UTC

  Falklands demining contracts goes to Bactec and Fenix Insight

  

  Two companies have been awarded contracts by the UK Foreign Office for the clearance of minefields in the Falkland Islands, dating back to the 1982 conflict when retreating Argentine forces laid antipersonnel and other explosives particularly in a ring surrounding the capital Stanley.

• Tuesday, September 30th 2014 - 00:44 UTC

  Falkland Islands' Legislative Assembly opens a new website

  

  As of this week the Falkland Islands elected Legislative Assembly will have a new website, located as a micro.site off the developing FIG civil service website.

• Wednesday, June 25th 2014 - 06:11 UTC

  Falkland Islands case to be addressed on Thursday at the UN C24

  

  Foreign minister Hector Timerman is heading a multi-party delegation that on Thursday will make the presentation of Argentina's position on the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute before the UN Decolonization Committee in New York.

• Thursday, June 5th 2014 - 00:04 UTC

  Falklands developing strongly and with a high international community profile

  

  Falkland Islands are enjoying the benefits of a healthy well managed economy, with excellent present and future prospects in its main industries, but also face challenges such as the need for manpower, closely linked to immigration, planning for a balance between environment and oil industry, a modern government and the continued attempts by Argentina to stifle the Islands economy and block economic development.