Tag: Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, April 10th 2013 - 15:26 UTC

  Falkland Islands Baroness Thatcher memorial service and public holiday on April 17

  

  The Falkland Islands will be holding a memorial service for the late Baroness Thatcher on Wednesday 17th April, which has been declared a public holiday, announced the local government.

• Tuesday, April 9th 2013 - 07:23 UTC

  Thatcher’s death: Latam leaders send condolence messages but not a word from Argentina

  

  The death of Baroness Thatcher, Prime Minister when the recovery of the Falklands by a British Task Force did not inspire a single word from the Argentine government, but other Latinamerican leaders and countries sent their condolences and praised the courage and determination of the Iron Lady.

• Tuesday, April 9th 2013 - 02:10 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ delegation expected in Mexico to talk about referendum results

  

  Falkland Islands lawmaker Dr. Barry Elsby and young Islander Krysteen Ormond are expected this week in Mexico with a full agenda of political contacts and media interviews referred to the March referendum when Islanders by an overwhelming turnout and support, 92% and 99.8%, decided to continue as a British Overseas Territory.

• Monday, April 8th 2013 - 17:59 UTC

  UK first female prime minister and uncompromisingly conservative Iron Lady

  

  Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister, liberator of the Falklands and uncompromisingly conservative “Iron Lady” of the 1980s died on Monday following a stroke at the age of 87.

• Monday, April 8th 2013 - 14:14 UTC

  Falklands will ‘forever remember’ Baroness Thatcher for having liberated the Islands

  

  The Falkland Islands government expressed great sadness at the news of the death of Baroness Thatcher on Monday. The brief message from Gilbert House was signed by MLA Mike Summers on behalf of the Legislative Assembly of the Falklands.

• Monday, April 8th 2013 - 01:02 UTC

  The Falkland Islands brace for oil wealth; the Norwegian experience

  

  By Brian Swint (Bloomberg - Businessweek) - On March 10 and 11, Falkland Islanders voted in a referendum on whether to remain under British rule. Of its 2,563 citizens, only three voted no. The victory set off howls of indignation in nearby Argentina, which fought a brief, disastrous war with Britain over the South Atlantic islands in 1982.

• Monday, April 8th 2013 - 00:45 UTC

  Falklands’ delegation meets in Panama with keen interest in referendum results

  

  Panama City. (Special for MercoPress). As part of an on-going tour of Central America, Falkland Islands lawmaker Dr Barry Elsby and young Islander Krysteen Ormond spent four days in Panama building links and sharing the results of the Islands’ historic March 10/1 referendum.

• Monday, April 8th 2013 - 00:40 UTC

  What do the Falkland Islands continue to tell us about territorial world views?

  

  By Klaus Dodds (*) - The last couple of weeks have been busy ones when it comes to news about the Falkland Islands. Or Islas Malvinas as Argentine and other readers might insist upon. For others, the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) is the preferred naming option — highlighting as it does their continued contested status.

• Thursday, April 4th 2013 - 22:15 UTC

  Falklands-related protests are common, warns the UK travel advice on Argentina

  

  Most visits to Argentina are trouble-free, but you should keep a close eye on your personal belongings in public places and there have been occasional Falklands-related protests against British interests in Argentina.

• Thursday, April 4th 2013 - 21:36 UTC

  Principle of self-determination

  

  The following column was published in The Malta Times - After her first meeting with Pope Francis, Argen¬tina’s President, Cristina Fernandez, admitted that she tried to recruit the newly-elected Argentine-born Pontiff to support her efforts to gain control of the Falkland Islands. In spite of this predictable move, the Vatican is unlikely to intervene publicly in this conflict.