Tag: Falkland Islands

• Friday, April 19th 2013 - 06:24 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ Sea Lion project will demand 5bn dollars and first oil is expected 2017

  

  UK independent oil and gas Premier Oil company said that the Falkland Islands Sea Lion project is one of their biggest operations undertaken to date involving an investment of 5 billion dollars with first oil expected sometime in 2017.

• Thursday, April 18th 2013 - 01:50 UTC

  Falklands’ service to “the most theologically-minded Prime Minister’ of the XXth century”

  

  In the Falkland Islands Wednesday memorial and thanksgiving service to Baroness Thatcher, Reverend Dr Richard Hines led the congregation through the messages of the hymns and Bible readings she personally chose for the day of her funeral.

• Thursday, April 18th 2013 - 00:30 UTC

  Falkland Islands in moving tribute to Baroness Thatcher, “a great friend of the Islands”

  

  A memorial and thanksgiving service to Baroness Thatcher was held in the Falkland Islands Wednesday afternoon at the local church a few hours after the main ceremony in London’s St Paul cathedral.

• Saturday, April 13th 2013 - 01:37 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ history and referendum message impact in Honduras and Guatemala

  

  The way the Falkland Islands have developed into a self governing and self financing country and the recent referendum with its strong message, attracted genuine attention of another two countries visited by a Falklands’ delegation.

• Saturday, April 13th 2013 - 01:32 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ delegation received in Latam with open doors and genuine interest

  

  Latinamerican members of government, opinion formers and academics have been genuinely interested in hearing the Falkland Islanders’ point of view and the recent referendum results, revealed Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Gavin Short.

• Friday, April 12th 2013 - 00:34 UTC

  The Iron Lady and I!

  

  Mercopress correspondent Harold Briley knew Margaret Thatcher well, here reminiscing on fifty years of reporting her activities for half a century as a BBC Political, Latin America. Defence and East Europe Correspondent.

• Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 18:03 UTC

  Details of Lady Thatcher’s funeral; Cristina Fernandez not in the invite list

  

  Britain has decided not to invite Argentine President Cristina Kirchner to the funeral of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Downing Street said on Thursday. The decision follows on a special request from the Thatcher family.However Ambassdor Alicia Castro will be invited since according to diplomatic protocol Britain has normal relations with the UK, and it is a state to state issue.

• Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 15:26 UTC

  Crucially different from Hong Kong

  

  By Steve Tsang (*) - Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher fought a war with Argentina to defend the Falklands, but she negotiated with China over the future of Hong Kong. Should the apparent success of British diplomacy in securing an acceptable future of Hong Kong be a shining example for a similar solution for the Falklands?

• Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 07:37 UTC

  Cooperate and move on

  

  By Fabian Bosoer and Federico Finchelstein (*) - In Argentina, the passing of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher brings memories of a seemingly irresoluble conflict. The conflict stands as a metaphor of a larger history of global misunderstandings.

• Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 07:31 UTC

  Confidence behind the Falklands

  

  By Klaus Dodds (*) - Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s death does not represent an opportunity to resolve the long-standing sovereignty dispute over the Falkland Islands, or Islas Malvinas. If anything it is a reminder of how entrenched her legacy is to this particular aspect of British foreign and security policy.