Tag: Falkland Islands

• Friday, February 17th 2017 - 19:31 UTC

  Falkland Islands won the Best Destination Award in the Wave Awards in London

  

  The Falkland Islands Tourist Board are pleased to announce that the Falkland Islands won the best destination award in the Wave Awards in London; finalists in this category included Abu Dhabi, Akureyri, Dublin, Palma, Santa Cruz and Seattle.

• Friday, February 17th 2017 - 11:36 UTC

  UK Ambassador Kent interview in La Nacion is not accurate

  

  Political and diplomatic analyst from Argentine newspaper La Nacion has altered an online version of an interview due to his inaccurate reporting of an interview with the British Ambassador in Argentina.

• Friday, February 17th 2017 - 10:33 UTC

  Falklands receives four member of the UK Parliament

  

  Four members of the UK Parliament are visiting the Islands Guests of the Falkland Islands Government; they are accompanied by Falkland Islands Government Representative in London Sukey Cameron MBE. Members of Parliament are regularly invited to the Falkland Islands by FIG.

• Thursday, February 16th 2017 - 14:33 UTC

  Stacy Bragger appointed Falklands' Media Trust Chair

  

  Stacy Bragger, Office Manager of the Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce has been appointed Chair of the Media Trust. Stacy Bragger takes on the role from Janet Robertson who recently completed her four year tenure.

• Thursday, February 16th 2017 - 10:13 UTC

  Red Cross completes Phase 1 of mission to identify Argentine soldiers in Darwin cemetery

  

  Laurent Corbaz of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), said on leaving the Falklands that Phase 1 of the mission to identify Argentine soldiers buried at the Darwin Cemetery had taken place during the week spent in the Islands with his team mate Patrick Sherry.

• Wednesday, February 15th 2017 - 09:44 UTC

  Comodoro/Falklands air link awarded by Argentina to Neuquen airline

  

  Argentina's Air Transport Advisory Agency has approved the flights' program of an airline from the Patagonia province of Neuquén which includes an air link between Comodoro Rivadavia and the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, reports this week the local Neuquen media.

• Wednesday, February 15th 2017 - 08:53 UTC

  Falklands' totally financed longliner, CFL Hunter, launched in Galicia

  

  A state of the art longliner, the Falklands “CFL Hunter” was baptized and launched at the Nodosa de Marín shipyard in Pontevedra, in a ceremony that included representatives from Consolidated Fisheries, Falklands lawmakers plus members of the Galicia government and the yard.

• Monday, February 13th 2017 - 09:39 UTC

  Falkland Islanders must be recognized, says UK ambassador in Argentina

  

  UK is interested in strengthening bilateral relations with Argentina, building confidence, dialogue, leaving aside sanctions and conflicts, and when it comes to the Falklands/Malvinas and sovereignty, “we must recognize Islanders, their wishes, their lives”, indicated British ambassador in Buenos Aires Mark Kent in an interview with Martin Dinatale, political and diplomatic analyst from La Nacion.

• Monday, February 13th 2017 - 09:07 UTC

  Falklands: Red Cross advance team collects information for forensic team

  

  The International Red Cross mission which spent nine days in the Falklands gathering information and finalizing plans for the team that will identify Argentine unknown soldiers buried in the Darwin cemetery sometime in June/July, have left the Islands.

• Sunday, February 12th 2017 - 21:14 UTC

  Falklands' government portfolio investments total over £ 160 million

  

  Two managers from Newton Investment Management gave a presentation to the Falkland Islands elected government Standing Finance Committee (SFC) and members of the public on Wednesday on the Government’s investment portfolio.