Tag: Falkland Islands

Monday, February 15th 2016 - 05:57 UTC
Falklands' visit by Defense secretary Fallon “while parliament is in recess”

British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon is scheduled to visit the Falkland Islands this week, the first such visit in over a decade. However the timing of the visit has caused some irritation with the Foreign Office, according to the London media, since it could interfere with the current approach with the new Argentine administration.
Sunday, February 14th 2016 - 23:29 UTC
Illex 2016 Fishing Season begins in Falkland’s Waters.

Fishing for Illex squid in Falkland’s water took off on Sunday, as the 2016 fishing season opens. A total of 105 fishing licenses have been issued. The number of licenses issued has remained consistent for the past three seasons.
Friday, February 12th 2016 - 06:15 UTC
Falklands' oil industry development continues despite slump in crude prices

Rockhopper Exploration flagship project, offshore the Falkland Islands the Sea Lion oil field development, continues to advance despite the recent slump in crude prices.
Wednesday, February 10th 2016 - 23:11 UTC
Montevideo-Stanley, an integrating and necessary air link

By Jaime Trobo (*) - For some time now we have been arguing that Uruguay must strengthen its bonds and contacts with a neighboring territory, in the southern cone, part of our American continent, where families who arrived in our region during the first half of the XIX century live, and with whom those contacts, once very intense, have waned, particularly in the last decades.
Wednesday, February 10th 2016 - 07:08 UTC
London's position on Falklands 'unchanged', says UK ambassador in Spain

The United Kingdom will not change current policy on the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, according to the UK Ambassador to Spain Simon J. Manley, confirming London's stance on the Islands sovereignty.
Wednesday, February 10th 2016 - 02:33 UTC
Falklands: Back to the future, why the 'new approach' from Argentina is completely missing the point

By the Honourable Mike Summers, OBE (*) - Over the weekend of the 6th and 7th February, the press in Argentina reported that the Government of Argentina (GoA) was going to change its approach to its treatment of the Falkland Islands, its relationship with the United Kingdom and how it intends to “resolve the Falklands question”
Friday, February 5th 2016 - 08:04 UTC
Falklands: Contractual dispute with rig company raises speculation over drilling program

The Falkland Islands government would not permit anything less than full and proper abandonment of exploration wells drilled by any operator in the Falkland Islands, stated Director of Mineral Resources Stephen Luxton this week, following news of a contractual dispute between Premier Oil and Ocean Rig over the drilling rig Eirik Raude.
Wednesday, February 3rd 2016 - 05:14 UTC
Four MPs expected in the Falklands next week: two Tories and two Labour

A group of four Members of Parliament from Britain will be visiting the Falkland Islands as guests of FIG from February 11-16, accompanied by Sukey Cameron MBE, from the Falkland Islands Government Office in London.
Monday, February 1st 2016 - 05:09 UTC
“Falklands issue was settled” a generation ago says Labour shadow minister Eagle

The sovereignty of the Falkland Islands was “settled” a generation ago, a Labour shadow business cabinet minister Angela Eagle has said despite her leader calling for a new “dialogue” with Argentina on the matter, according to a report in Sunday's editions of The Telegraph.
Saturday, January 30th 2016 - 13:04 UTC
Falklands' has announced a health advice and warning on the ZIKA virus

The Falkland Islands has joined the rest of the word and set out a health advice and warning on the worldwide increase in the ZIKA virus. The message is from the Director of Health and Acting Chief Medical Officer and outlines precautions to be taken against the virus which for the most part carried via mosquitoes.