Tag: Falkland Islands

• Monday, August 31st 2015 - 07:11 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: Sarkozy willing to bring sides together to address the issue

  

  Former French president Nicholas Sarkozy, visiting Buenos Aires, has offered to bring sides together regarding the Falklands/Malvinas Islands dispute between Argentina, the United Kingdom and the Islanders, according to the incumbent presidential candidate Daniel Scioli.

• Saturday, August 29th 2015 - 06:33 UTC

  Falklands' MLAs confident they can 'educate' UK politicians who have swallowed the Argentine story

  

  Falkland Islands elected lawmakers believe that the election of MP Jeremy Corbyn as leader of Labor would be harmful for that party, but anyhow they are confident that as happened before, they can 'educate' detractors who argue that Britain and Argentina should negotiate over the Falklands.

• Saturday, August 29th 2015 - 06:05 UTC

  Shame on you Father Benedettini: Malvinas-dialogue poster support was real

  

  Shame and double confession for the Vatican's deputy spokesman father Ciro Benedettini: it has now clearly emerged that Pope Francis was well aware he was holding a poster calling for “Malvinas dialogue between the UK and Argentina”, and furthermore the Holy Father encouraged the man who setup the stage to continue strongly with the campaign.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2015 - 20:31 UTC

  Falklands' air defenses bolstered with Saab-built Giraffe AMB radars

  

  Britain has ordered additional Saab-built Giraffe AMB radars to bolster ground-based air defenses on the Falkland Islands against a possible future threat from Argentina, reports Defense News. The Swedish company announced on 24 August that it had received an order valued at 610 Swedish krona million ($74 million dollars) from the UK Ministry of Defense for the supply of new radars and the upgrade of existing systems.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2015 - 20:09 UTC

  Falklands' Humpback exploration well results delayed until September

  

  Falkland Oil & Gas Ltd told investors that drilling of the deep water Humpback exploration well in South Falkland basin has run into delays. They were described as ‘unforeseen equipment and operational issues’ and it has added just over a month to the schedule – to about 100 days from 65 planned days – so the well results are now expected during September.

• Monday, August 24th 2015 - 08:54 UTC

  Pope Francis and the Malvinas

  

  By Jimmy Burns - The snapped moment of encounter projected fast and globally on the world wide web has become as much as a characteristic of the Francis papacy, as his twitter account @pontifex. This is a papacy with a charismatic personality and instinctive communicator at its helm. It is also a papacy advised by media specialists and diplomats that know something about the opportunity offered by the digital age to spread a message with an impact that would have inconceivable just a few years ago.

• Saturday, August 22nd 2015 - 02:46 UTC

  Falklands' retail price index down to 0.3% in first half on lower fuel and power costs

  

  The Falklands' Retail Price Index for the quarter ending June 30, 2015 decreased by 0.8%, meaning that the annual Retail Price Index (RPI) as at the end of June was 0.3%, helped by lower prices of fuel and power.

• Friday, August 21st 2015 - 07:08 UTC

  Falklands anticipate a busy cruise season with the return of Norwegian Line

  

  The return of the Norwegian Cruise Line to South America this season with nine planned calls to the Falkland Islands “is a massive boost to our cruise ship industry,” Sulivan Shipping Tourism Coordinator Samantha Marsh told Penguin News this week.

• Thursday, August 20th 2015 - 07:30 UTC

  Pope Francis quashes any attempt to foster Falklands/Malvinas dialogue

  

  Pope Francis was sucked into Argentina's dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands after an activist thrust a sign in his hands calling for dialogue between the two countries and President Cristina Fernandez jumped on the opportunity to rekindle the fight.

• Thursday, August 13th 2015 - 03:11 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Shackleton Fund delivers £10,700 in research scholarships

  

  The Shackleton Scholarship Fund, closely linked to the Falkland Islands, has announced their academic awards for 2015. Scholars come from a variety of countries, ranging from Germany to Australia, and the topics chosen are all from the natural sciences.