Tag: Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 21:33 UTC

  Malvinas: Uruguay also considers it has historic sovereignty rights over the Islands

  

  Uruguay has founded claims over Malvinas Islands sovereignty based on international treaties and proclamations dating back to the nineteenth and eighteenth centuries, according to a paper put to consideration of the ruling coalition program draft committee, it was revealed by the Montevideo press.

• Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 00:44 UTC

  South Georgia looking ahead to a promising cruise and visitors’ season

  

  Schedules for the coming tourist season show a significant increase in the number of ships (11%) and visitors planning to visit South Georgia, and a consequent expected increase in tourist numbers (20%), according to the latest South Georgia Newsletter July release.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2013 - 06:45 UTC

  Falklands receives visit of lawmakers from Panama’s National Assembly

  

  A group of Panama National Assembly members has arrived in the Falkland Islands for a week long visit. The party is headed by Foreign Affairs Commission president Dalia Bernal and includes Yaniel Abrego, president of the Education Commission, lawmaker Renaul Dominguez and Jorge Gantes legal advisor of the Foreign Affaris Committee.

• Friday, September 13th 2013 - 20:36 UTC

  Falklands: despite MPs criticisms, “UK government wants full bilateral relationship with Argentina”

  

  A British Conservative Member of Parliament Henry Smith labeled Argentine president Cristina Fernandez as ‘disgraceful’ for how she has treated the people of the Falkland Islands and also claimed she stopped an Argentine prosecutor from testifying before the US congress on the Buenos Aires 1994 bombing of an Israelite mutual association in order to protect a growing alliance with Iran.

• Monday, September 9th 2013 - 02:04 UTC

  Falklands (1901) 5 shillings and (1899) £1 bills on sale at London’s Spink’s

  

  Two Falkland Islands bills will go on sale at Spink’s London World Bank Notes next October 2-4, which are considered to be of great interest for British Empire and/or low serial number enthusiasts.

• Saturday, September 7th 2013 - 01:41 UTC

  Falklands’ referendum recognized by CPA members and South Africa as ‘free and fair’

  

  The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association during its conference in Johannesburg noted a motion recognising the Falkland Islands Referendum as a free and fair expression of the Falkland Islanders wishes and their right to Self-Determination.

• Saturday, September 7th 2013 - 01:14 UTC

  Extremist group protest against Prince Anne outside Buenos Aires Opera House

  

  With faces covered, flags and sticks the Argentine fundamentalist group Quebracho staged a protest in front of Buenos Aires Colon Opera House where the opening ceremony of the International Olympic Committee took place on Friday evening and which includes among its members Princess Anne.

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 00:47 UTC

  Falklands to honour Baroness Thatcher with a sculpted bronze bust

  

  The Falkland Islands Government is in the process of commissioning a sculptor to create a memorial bust of Baroness Thatcher. The project follows a public consultation held to determine how to best commemorate the late Margaret Thatcher in the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 00:18 UTC

  Falklands will attend celebration of Gibraltar National Day next week

  

  Falkland Islands lawmaker Ian Hansen together with political leaders of another seven UK Overseas Territories will be in Gibraltar to celebrate National Day next week, 10 September.

• Thursday, September 5th 2013 - 03:35 UTC

  Falklands’ lawmaker has full round of political and business contacts in Uruguay

  

  “We have come for people-to-people contacts, to talk about business opportunities and for the resumption of the close and historic links between the Falkland Islands and Uruguay”, repeated Falklands’ lawmaker Dick Sawle during one of his many presentations in Montevideo.