Tag: Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, May 31st 2017 - 20:55 UTC

  Falklands government releases events of the 35th anniversary of the War

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has released details of imminent events, both official and informal, which will focus on the 35th Anniversary of the 1982 War. Additionally, FIG announced that the following people shall be here as official guests of the Government from the 12th-16th June:

• Wednesday, May 31st 2017 - 12:01 UTC

  Falklands prohibits flying small unmanned aircraft over minefields

  

  The Falkland Islands government has issued a Direction banning flying small unmanned aircraft over minefields. Contraveners can be liable on summary conviction to a fine of up to £ 2.500.

• Wednesday, May 31st 2017 - 06:16 UTC

  Falklands Annual Address: a confident community's proud report planning for the future

  

  Falklands' Acting Governor Alex Mitham looks back on the past year of activity for the Falkland Islands Government. The ceremony took place on Tuesday morning at the Court and Assembly Chambers during the Budget meeting of the Legislative Assembly

• Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 19:49 UTC

  “Falklands will not be British or Argentine: rather independent most probably on 3 January 2033”

  

  The quote was mentioned in a piece written by a retired Argentine diplomat who has visited the Falkland Islands several times, but words actually belong to a Foreign Office official appointed to the British High Commission Office in Trinidad & Tobago.

• Monday, May 29th 2017 - 08:56 UTC

  Falklands Darwin cemetery: Red Cross identification mission begins round of talks in Argentina

  

  A delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross is scheduled to begin this Monday a round of contacts in Buenos Aires related to the Humanitarian Project Plan for the identification of unknown Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery in the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, May 26th 2017 - 07:49 UTC

  Falklands/UK airbridge has reduced flight time with re-route via Cape Verde

  

  The United Kingdom MoD (Ministry of Defense) announced on Thursday that plans were in place to trial the Falkland Islands Airbridge flight via Sal, Cape Verde, on a temporary basis which would result in a shorter overall flight time and improved passenger experience.

• Thursday, May 25th 2017 - 10:37 UTC

  Falklands claims C24 is unresponsive to some non self governing territories, and has a colonialist attitude

  

  The Falkland Islands said that the reason why some Non Self Governing Territories were unresponsive to the Special Committee on Decolonization, or C24, was that the issues proposed were not attractive, and to be effective it must engage with these territories in a more effective manner, and with a much less colonialist attitude.

• Thursday, May 25th 2017 - 09:50 UTC

  Falklands cemetery combatants identification: Red Cross delegation expected in Buenos Aires

  

  An advance mission from the International Committee of the Red Cross is expected in Buenos Aires next week to iron out details of the DNA process to be implemented for the identification of unknown Argentine combatants buried in the Falkland Islands at the Darwin cemetery. The news was advanced in the Buenos Aires media.

• Friday, May 19th 2017 - 06:11 UTC

  Falklands actively seeking flight options, including some avoiding Latin America

  

  The Falklands government, FIG, is actively seeking additional commercial flight routes to assist in the future development of the Islands, and is working on a number of options.

• Wednesday, May 17th 2017 - 20:06 UTC

  Stranded reefer loss in South Atlantic confirmed: “no oil pollution was observed”

  

  The managers of “Uruguay Reefer”, the vessel adrift in the South Atlantic after she suffered massive water ingress finally sunk 210 NM outside the Falkland Islands Conservation Zone at 6.000 meters of water.