Tag: Falkland Islands

• Sunday, July 9th 2017 - 00:08 UTC

  Falklands hopes complete clearance of minefields will be completed at the end of the decade

  

  The Falkland Islands hope that the complete clearance of the minefields, a legacy of the 1982 Argentine military invasion, can be finalized by the end of the decade and in the meantime it is actively considering post-clearance management of those sites that are released, particularly in the area surrounding the capital Stanley.

• Saturday, July 8th 2017 - 10:30 UTC

  Falklands and seven BOT's at House of Lords' EU committee to discuss Brexit

  

  The House of Lords EU Committee will next week take evidence from representatives of eight of the British Overseas Territories as its scrutiny of the impact of Brexit continues. Among the territories taking part in the session and giving evidence to the committee will be Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat and St Helena.

• Friday, July 7th 2017 - 06:25 UTC

  Hague warns on Brexit impact for UK foreign influence, including protecting Falklands

  

  Brexit will “undoubtedly” harm the UK’s ability to work with other EU countries on foreign issues and its influence in the world, warns former Conservative foreign affairs minister William Hague, including protection of the Falkland Islands, and ensuring solidarity among 28 countries.

• Thursday, July 6th 2017 - 19:29 UTC

  The plight of Ascension Island residents cut off from the Falklands' Airbridge

  

  Ascension Island, home to around 800 people, is even more cut off than it used to be after weekly flights linking the island to the UK were stopped - due to a dodgy runway and the wrong kind of RAF aircraft, according to a BBC report. The British overseas territory is the tip of an old volcano in the Atlantic Ocean, mid-way between Africa and Brazil. It's so remote, that when the Portuguese discovered it on Ascension Day in 1501, they didn't even bother colonizing it.

• Wednesday, July 5th 2017 - 07:43 UTC

  Macri expects to talk Falklands with PM May at the G20 summit in Hamburg

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri is scheduled to meet in Hamburg with British Prime Minister Theresa May to reinforce cooperation and joint efforts but with the “difference” resulting from the dispute over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands remaining on the table, according to government sources in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, July 3rd 2017 - 08:46 UTC

  ICRC work in the Falklands/Malvinas continues as planned

  

  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) forensics team working to identify the remains of Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin cemetery has reported good progress.

• Friday, June 30th 2017 - 16:49 UTC

  Change of Governor of the Falkland Islands

  

  Mr Nigel Phillips CBE has been appointed Governor of the in succession to Mr Colin Roberts CVO who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Phillips will take up his appointment in September 2017.

• Friday, June 30th 2017 - 03:22 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Tourists spending more shows survey

  

  Visitor expenditure in the Falklands increased from both land-based tourists and cruise passengers last season. With all the figures from Immigration now in, and the cruise and air surveys analysed, the Tourist Board has a good picture of how last season performed they told Penguin News.

• Saturday, June 24th 2017 - 12:24 UTC

  Falklands demining team have recovered over 3,000 anti-personnel mines and over 150 anti-tank mines.

  

  SINCE their deployment in October 2016 through to June 2017, the BACTEC teams have worked on 47 minefield areas from Fox Bay, Port Howard and Goose Green to the Stanley area. The team will now leave for three months before continuing the current phase.

• Saturday, June 24th 2017 - 01:53 UTC

  UN C24 calls for negotiations over Falkland Islands sovereignty between Argentina, UK yet again

  

  President Mauricio Macri's administration Friday renewed Argentina's case before the United Nations' Decolonization Committee in New York to bring the United Kingdom to discuss sovereignty over the Falkland, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and their surrounding maritime spaces.