Tag: Falkland Islands

• Monday, December 1st 2014 - 09:44 UTC

  A “Malvinas 'invasion' with women”, Mujica proposes to the Argentines

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica said that if Argentina wished to recover the Falklands/Malvinas Islands it should appeal to the “women” and an invasion of “mattresses and blankets”.

• Thursday, November 27th 2014 - 07:38 UTC

  Falklands inviting members of the community to serve as Justices of the Peace

  

  Recruitment is underway to encourage more members of the community to serve as Justices of the Peace with the Courts and Tribunals Service. Justices of the Peace provide an essential public service within the community, hearing a range of criminal and non-criminal cases in the Summary Court.

• Thursday, November 27th 2014 - 05:16 UTC

  Malvinas next-of-kin deny any soon exhumation of Argentine fallen at Darwin cemetery

  

  The Malvinas and South Atlantic Islands fallen next of kin commission, in a public statement said that exhuming and identifying remains of Argentine soldiers buried in the Falkland Islands Darwin cemetery is a most personal issue for each family, strictly humanitarian, not decided and thus rejects any political intentionality in recent statements on the matter.

• Wednesday, November 26th 2014 - 06:07 UTC

  Falklands viewers with additional TV channel from December first

  

  From December first 2014, British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) will be broadcasting an additional TV channel, Forces TV, for viewers in the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, November 25th 2014 - 22:59 UTC

  Falklands experience in energy projects attracts strong interest in Latam conference and Chile

  

  The Falkland Islands experience in implementing energy projects, both conventional and wind farms was shared with the attendants of the recent RELACCX (Renewable Energy Latin America and Caribbean Conference and Exhibition) event, held in Puerto Rico, and where Falklands' engineer Glenn Ross was an invited speaker.

• Tuesday, November 25th 2014 - 22:33 UTC

  Despite Argentine protests, BBC Top Gear Patagonia episode will be aired in Christmas

  

  After refusing to apologize to Argentina over a much questioned Top Gear episode filmed in Argentina considered “offensive” by the government of President Cristina Fernandez, the BBC has taken the controversy to the next level, deciding to air the episode in the network’s prime-time Christmas slot.

• Tuesday, November 25th 2014 - 04:16 UTC

  Falklands government has received no request, to date, for exhumations at Darwin cemetery

  

  To date (Monday) the Falkland Islands government has received no formal request for the exhumation and identification of the Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin Cemetery, was the reply from Gilbert House in Stanley to reports to that effect in The Independent, and in the Argentine media.

• Saturday, November 22nd 2014 - 20:54 UTC

  Falklands' youth teams put up a great show in Chilean football tournament

  

  The two Falkland Islands youth teams competing in a football tournament in Punta Arenas, Chile have managed two excellent wins and also scored goals in almost every match they played proud coach Wayne Clement told Penguin News this week.

• Saturday, November 22nd 2014 - 06:47 UTC

  Falklands construction booming: permission for second 80 bedroom hotel

  

  Building continues at a steady rate in the Falkland Islands with 15 applications approved for construction in the capital Stanley, including permission for an 80 bedroom employees hotel for oil exploration technical staff, according to the latest Planning and Building Committee meeting.

• Saturday, November 22nd 2014 - 05:30 UTC

  UK reacts to 'Malvinas are Argentine' signs on public transportation

  

  The UK has objected to Argentine congress decision that public transportation should carry signs expressing the country's claim over the Falkland Islands. A law passed by the Argentine Congress says vehicles must declare “Las Malvinas son Argentinas”, or the “Malvinas are Argentine”.