Tag: Falkland Islands

Tuesday, February 23rd 2016 - 07:24 UTC
Helicopters for Falklands transported by largest cargo aircraft: Antonov AN-124

The pictures show a giant Russian-made transport plane landed at Newquay Airport in Cornwall before it headed out across the Atlantic to the Falkland Islands. The enormous Antonov AN-124 was in Cornwall to pick up two search and rescue helicopters, before heading out on the rest of its journey.
Tuesday, February 23rd 2016 - 07:07 UTC
Falklands with “no big concentrations of Illex” this season, which is “worrying”

Early indications from scientific surveys are showing “no big concentrations of Illex,” in the Falkland Islands waters or on the high seas, “which is worrying,” said Falkland Islands Government Senior Fisheries Scientist Sasha Arkhipkin as reported by the Penguin News.
Saturday, February 20th 2016 - 10:08 UTC
Falklands: Malcorra confident 'there's a horizon of possibility for dialogue'

Foreign minister Susana Malcorra said that analyzing the different scenarios in the UK regarding the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty dispute, “there is a horizon of possibility for Argentina to have a dialogue” on the issue.
Saturday, February 20th 2016 - 07:27 UTC
Fallon's Falklands visit caused 'concern' and displeasure

The Argentine government expressed its 'concern' to the UK over Defense minister Michael Fallon's visit to the Falkland Islands where he spent time with the military at MPA and met with Falklands elected government authorities and members of the community, according to media reports in Buenos Aires.
Saturday, February 20th 2016 - 07:01 UTC
'A change in policy towards Malvinas', according to La Nacion

Buenos Aires daily La Nacion dedicated its main Friday editorial to the Falklands/Malvinas dispute, (A change in the policy towards Malvinas), underlining the new Argentine government's position promoting bilateral relations on all issues with the UK, but never forgetting the 'deep difference' over the Islands.
Friday, February 19th 2016 - 20:18 UTC
The RAF Search and Rescue force disbandment parade

Thousands of people owe their lives to this unique unit whose iconic, but ageing, yellow Sea King helicopters have plucked injured fishermen from raging seas, winched climbers from treacherous cliffs, and airlifted flood victims from the rooftops of their homes.
Friday, February 19th 2016 - 08:04 UTC
Falklands' sovereignty issue “was settled more than thirty years ago”, says Fallon

The Falkland Islands is one of Britain’s biggest military bases and as part of the UK was, “entitled to its cut of the defense budget,” Secretary of State for Defense Michael Fallon MP said on Tuesday as he visited the Falklands for the first time.
Thursday, February 18th 2016 - 06:19 UTC
Falklands' oil industry continues to advance, despite current low prices

Despite current low oil prices, the oil and gas industry in the Falkland Islands is continuing to go from strength to strength as its first project, Premier Oil’s Sea Lion, moves closer to commercialization, according to an analyst with research and consulting firm GlobalData.
Thursday, February 18th 2016 - 01:03 UTC
Malvinas, a dream that can be rescued

Under this heading Dante Caputo, a former Argentine foreign minister (1983/89) with an impeccable domestic and international academic background addresses the 'Malvinas question' and proposes Argentina sets a 2033 target for a new attempt on the Islands, this time trying to convince the Falkland Islanders, and that in seventeen years time, the country is reliable and sovereignty discussions should then take place.
Wednesday, February 17th 2016 - 10:10 UTC
British Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, visits the Falklands

Michael Fallon, the British Defence Secretary, has become the first Defence Secretary to visit the Falkland Islands in 14 years. The House of Commons is currently in recess this week and the Defence Secretary’s visit directly follows the visit of four other British MPs to the Falklands.