Tag: Falkland Islands

• Thursday, June 25th 2015 - 06:33 UTC

  Falklands delegates will again ask Decolonization Committee to delist the Islands

  

  Falkland Islands elected lawmakers with be delivering speeches on Thursday before the United Nations Decolonization Committee as petitioners requesting C24 de-lists the Islands from the Non Self Governing Territories, upholds the Falkland Islanders right to self determination and frees them from the continuous Argentine bullying and harassment.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2015 - 08:06 UTC

  Falklands delegate attending annual Red Ensign Group conference in Bermuda

  

  The Falkland Islands is represented at the 25th Annual Red Ensign Group, REG, conference which is taking place in the town of St George's, Bermuda. Minister of Tourism Development and Transport Shawn Crockwell, delivered the opening remarks and welcomed the overseas delegates attending the conference that the Bermuda Department of Maritime Administration is hosting.

• Tuesday, June 23rd 2015 - 06:17 UTC

  Falklands engineer invited to speak on wind energy in Trinidad Tobago

  

  Glenn Ross from the Falkland Islands will be speaking on wind energy and integration to diesel systems at the annual conference of Trinidad and Tobago Professional Engineers Association (APETT) scheduled for June 25/26 at Point Lisas.

• Tuesday, June 23rd 2015 - 05:17 UTC

  Falklands-born Alexander Betts candidate for a Mercosur parliament seat

  

  Alejandro Betts, born in the Falklands and now full Argentine citizen will run for office in the Mercosur Parliament, Parlasur, in representation of the Tierra del Fuego province, although he must first overcome the 9 August PASO primaries (open, simultaneous and mandatory), according to reports from the official Argentine news agency, Telam.

• Monday, June 22nd 2015 - 07:15 UTC

  Run off in Tierra del Fuego governor's election; despite freezing weather, 60% cast ballots

  

  Results from Tierra del Fuego in the extreme south of Argentina put Victory Front senator Rosana Bertone on course for victory in Sunday's governor's election, although she will have to face a run-off with second-placed Federico Sciurano. With 82.8% of the vote counted Bertone led on 41.8%, followed by Sciurano of the radical-Popular Fueguino Movement coalition who took 33.7%.

• Monday, June 22nd 2015 - 06:16 UTC

  New antiaircraft missile test in Falklands, on fears of “more Argentine aggression”

  

  The Sunday Express has revealed that a live-fire training exercise will be taking place in the Falkland Islands with the participation of Royal Marines deploying high velocity missiles against “incoming attack aircraft” with the purpose of demonstrating combat capacity and to show that the UK can deploy high readiness troops.

• Friday, June 19th 2015 - 06:02 UTC

  Thatcher secret documents on Falklands' war reveal her anxiety over casualties

  

  The Mail on line revealed on Thursday a secret handwritten account of the Falklands War by Margaret Thatcher. The 128 page, 17,000 word handwritten memoir of the 1982 conflict reveals for the first time her anxiety on the eve of battle and her joy at winning back the Islands from Argentina.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2015 - 05:30 UTC

  OAS declaration in support of Malvinas UK/Argentina talks; Canada disagreed

  

  The Organization of American States, OAS, meeting in general assembly approved on Tuesday a declaration urging negotiations on the Falklands/Malvinas Islands dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2015 - 04:38 UTC

  Falklands have a bright future and Islanders the resolve to face harassment and bullying

  

  The Falkland Islands have a bright future, not without challenges, or harassment or bullying, but the Islanders will face them with the same strength, tenacity and resolve that helped them through the conflict 33 years ago, said Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire at the annual Falklands' Government Reception in London.

• Tuesday, June 16th 2015 - 00:40 UTC

  Falklands' rig drilling to the south east of the Islands at Humpback prospect

  

  Falkland Oil & Gas Ltd. said on Monday that drilling had started at the Humpback exploration well off the south-east coast of the Falkland Islands. The spudding of the well actually took place last Saturday.