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Montevideo, July 5th 2025 - 06:44 UTC

Tag: Falkland Islands

  • Wednesday, April 13th 2016 - 21:33 UTC

    Falklands receives visit from Central American journalists

    The group of journalists with MLA Barry Elsby and MLA Michael Poole at Gilbert House

    A group of five Central American journalists, including one from Honduras, visited the Falkland Islands to learn more about the politics, economy and life in the Islands. The invitation was made by the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to media representatives from Panama (Diario La Prensa), Costa Rica (Diario El Extra), El Salvador (El Diario de Hoy), Belize (The Reporter Press), and Honduras (El Heraldo).

  • Wednesday, April 13th 2016 - 05:32 UTC

    Falklands launch collection of crown coins to honor the Queen's 90th birthday

    Falklands' One Crown. The reverse depicts the Queen’s official silver jubilee portrait from 1977, with a privy mark of Windsor Castle

    As the 90th birthday of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II approaches, the British Overseas Territories of Ascension, British Antarctic Territory, British Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands, and South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands have launched a collection of crown coins to mark this milestone occasion.

  • Friday, April 8th 2016 - 07:38 UTC

    Falklands celebrates the 150 years of Port Howard historic farming

    A view of Port Howard, which has been a pioneer in Falklands' farming

    Falkland Islands celebrated the 150 years of a farm in West Falkland at a ceremony held in Port Howard, honoring owners Christopher and Myles Lee that were presented with a plaque celebrating the century and a half of the farm being operational, at an historic Legislative Assembly held in the community hall last week.

  • Friday, April 8th 2016 - 05:07 UTC

    MP Rosindell blasts 'direct rule' for BOTs as 'unnecessary and unjust'

    “I feel it would be both unnecessary and unjust to impose direct rule and force BOTs to raise their tax rates”, and leaving other nations and their OTs untouched.

    A UK member of Parliament has come out strongly in support of the British Overseas Territories praising their economic success and the right of their peoples to govern and decide their own future. MP Andrew Rosindell, Chairman of the BOT and Crown Dependencies all party Parliamentary groups described suggestions from some senior figures in Westminster calling for 'direct rule' over BOT's as unnecessary and unjust, based on a complete misunderstanding of the situation.

  • Tuesday, April 5th 2016 - 17:54 UTC

    Gibraltar and Falkland Islands governments joint statement on Spain and Argentina comments

    “The two Foreign Ministers have displayed a remarkable lack of knowledge about the complexities and the differences between Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands”

    Gibraltar and Falkland Islands flatly deny any “colonial situations” as was referred to by the foreign ministers of Spain and Argentina, and regret profoundly that two large countries with democratic credentials “seek to gang up to bully two very small territories and in the process completely ignore the right of their people to choose what they want to be”.

  • Monday, April 4th 2016 - 04:20 UTC

    Argentine Army reiterates its commitment to the Malvinas cause on invasion anniversary

    “April 2, 1982 is an unforgettable date in the glorious history of the homeland,” said Suñer, calling it the “anniversary of the recovery” of the Islands.<br />

    Argentina’s Army Chief Diego Luis Suner said on Saturday that the “Malvinas cause” continues to be a “national, standing and inalienable objective” of the Argentine people. The statement was made on the 34th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict that was triggered by the Argentine military invasion of the Falklands in 1982.

  • Monday, April 4th 2016 - 04:04 UTC

    Macri's ministers pledge not a single day rest in the fight for Malvinas sovereignty

    “This is my first experience with these such solemn events and I can't but feel but highly emotional” admitted minister Frigerio

    ”There's not going to be a single day in the four years of (President Mauricio Macri) government in which we will not continue to fight for our rights in the South Atlantic”, said Argentine Interior minister Rogelio Frigerio during the April 2 commemoration of Malvinas war veteran and Fallen Day in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego.

  • Sunday, April 3rd 2016 - 06:56 UTC

    “Falklands remains well protected” says MoD brushing aside London media claims

    The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense (MoD) has rubbished claims that the Falkland Islands have been left without protection, due to the absence of a British warship (frigate or destroyer) permanently based in the south Atlantic. The MoD defended itself following reports that the Falkland Islands were “without the protection of a British frigate or destroyer for the first time since the conflict in 1982”.

  • Sunday, April 3rd 2016 - 06:50 UTC

    Malvinas remain “inexorably Argentine” says Macri on invasion anniversary

    The Malvinas Islands remain “inexorably Argentine” said president Mauricio Macri in a message in the social networks aired following the tribute to the Malvinas war veterans at the cenotaph in central Buenos Aires and later meeting with officers and veterans at the Olivos residence.

  • Sunday, April 3rd 2016 - 06:43 UTC

    Cameron open to talk about “Malvinas question” with Macri, says Malcorra

    British PM David Cameron told Argentine president Mauricio Macri that the “Malvinas question will be included” as part of the bilateral talks with Argentina, according to Argentine foreign secretary Susana Malcorra. Apparently before Macri returned to Argentina Friday night from the nuclear security summit in Washington, he held a 'brief encounter' on request from PM Cameron.