Tag: Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, September 14th 2016 - 10:12 UTC

  UK/Argentina begin new dialogue and agree on areas of mutual interest including the South Atlantic

  

  The British Government and the Government of Argentina have agreed to an improved relationship through closer co-operation on areas of mutual interest, including on trade, security and the South Atlantic. A UK-Argentine joint statement has been agreed and released on Tuesday 13 September, following a series of high level meetings in Buenos Aires with Sir Alan Duncan - the first Foreign Office Minister to visit Argentina since 2009.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2016 - 19:51 UTC

  Macri announces top level meeting with UK to address ''all issues'', next week in New York

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri described as a “gesture” the attendance of Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan at the Business and Investment forum in Buenos Aires, and anticipated that UK and Argentina are preparing a bilateral meeting next week in New York on the sidelines of the annual UN general assembly to address all issues including Falklands/Malvinas.

• Monday, September 12th 2016 - 06:33 UTC

  Trade, investments and Falklands in Sir Alan Duncan's agenda in Buenos Aires

  

  UK Foreign Office minister of state for the Americas and the Falkland Islands, Sir Alan Duncan begins this Monday a full agenda of activities in Buenos Aires with the purpose of promoting business, investments and normalizing bilateral relations, after more than a decade of distant when not frozen links under the Kirchner couple administrations. The Falkland Islands issue is also expected to be addressed but with “a constructive spirit”.

• Saturday, September 10th 2016 - 11:47 UTC

  Falklands' response to Malcorra's statements of air links to Argentina and the oil industry

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has acknowledged it is aware of media coverage of Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra referred to proposals of possible air links between the Islands and Argentina as well as talks on other areas of interest such as the fishing and hydrocarbons industries.

• Friday, September 9th 2016 - 06:07 UTC

  Argentina promises 'respectful' cooperation over Falkland Islands

  

  The Guardian's diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour caught up with Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra in London and interviewed her on UK-Argentina relations and the Falklands/Malvinas dispute. Ms Malcorra said Argentina wants to end the era of confrontation over the South Atlantic islands.

• Wednesday, September 7th 2016 - 13:14 UTC

  South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands mark Toothfish Day

  

  The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) are celebrating Toothfish Day with a reception and quiz at Government House in Stanley, Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, September 6th 2016 - 17:56 UTC

  Aerolineas official magazine refers to the Islands as the Falklands

  

  Argentina's flag carrier Aerolineas Argentinas has been caught with its official bi-lingual magazine, “Alta”, committing a major “sin”. The magazine can be found in all aircraft seat pockets and in a reference to the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, the company apparently apologized for having committed a “translation excess”.

• Tuesday, September 6th 2016 - 16:55 UTC

  “Why meet Falklands' neighbors”, competition for students from Uruguay, Brazil and Chile

  

  The Government of the Falkland Islands and the British Embassies in Uruguay, Brazil and Chile invite university students to participate in this regional competition to win the chance to visit the Falklands for a week, all expenses paid.

• Monday, September 5th 2016 - 16:42 UTC

  Falkland Islands produced 1.700 tons of wool, says 2015/16 Farming Statistics

  

  Falkland Islands farmers produced 1.7 million kilos of wool last year and also provided 44,000 sheep to the abattoir, according to the 2015/16 Farming Statistics recently compiled by the Department of Agriculture. This work was carried out by just 281 people recorded as living on the farms; 151 on the East, 105 on the West and just 25 scattered around the 11 farms on outer islands.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2016 - 07:00 UTC

  Argentina wants to make life easier for the Falklands: insists with air link to Buenos Aires

  

  Argentine ambassador in the UK, Carlos Sersale Di Cerisano said that ”an association with Argentina will be favorable for the Falklands Islanders (kelpers)“ and added that ”the Argentine government will try to make life easier for Islanders”.