Tag: Falkland Islands

• Monday, November 12th 2012 - 21:57 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon and colonialism: people should be able to decide their own future

  

  Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said UK is not violating relevant UN resolutions referred to the Falklands’ and more specifically on colonialism, he argued that a prevailing impression is that “people living under certain conditions should have a certain level of capacities so that they can decide their own future”, be it independence or some kind of government in their territories.

• Monday, November 12th 2012 - 19:00 UTC

  HMS Protector heading for Antarctica after surveying Tristan da Cunha waters

  

  The Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Protector on her route to the Falklands and Antarctica, has visited the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha to conduct the first systematic survey of the British Overseas Territory since the 1970s.

• Monday, November 12th 2012 - 02:05 UTC

  Fifty Falklands veterans at Stanley’s Remembrance Sunday commemoration

  

  Remembrance Sunday, November 11, was celebrated in the Falkland Islands capital, Stanley with a service at Christ Church Cathedral, followed by a march to the Cross of Sacrifice, the Memorial to all those who laid down their lives for Britain in war, where a service of remembrance and thanksgiving was held in warm and sunny weather.

• Monday, November 12th 2012 - 01:43 UTC

  Sir Rex Hunt, Governor of the Falklands during the Argentine invasion has died

  

  Sir Rex Hunt, the former governor of the Falkland Islands during the Argentine invasion which triggered the South Atlantic conflict of 1982 passed away in England on Remembrance Sunday.

• Sunday, November 11th 2012 - 02:46 UTC

  Thanksgiving service at the Liberation Monument in Stanley

  

  The Memorial service commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands by British Forces, 10 weeks after they were invaded by Argentina. 252 British Servicemen were killed during the action, plus 3 Island ladies.

• Friday, November 9th 2012 - 05:41 UTC

  Drastic changes in UK forces: Territorial Army will be deployed in the Falklands

  

  UK Defence Secretary Phillip Hammond signalled Thursday morning that members of the Territorial Army will be deployed to the Falkland Islands. Addressing the House of Commons Secretary Hammond said that reserve forces will be expected to fulfill new roles including contributing to standing commitments such as the Falklands.

• Wednesday, November 7th 2012 - 22:29 UTC

  Falklands’ experience helps revolutionize oil and gas industry technology

  

  Working on experience gained from the relocation of thousands of tons of equipment from Aberdeen to the Falkland Islands for the round of exploratory drilling started in 2010 has helped a Scottish company launch a software program set to revolutionize the oil and gas industry.

• Wednesday, November 7th 2012 - 21:38 UTC

  MP Mark Lancaster will represent UK government at Falklands’ Remembrance ceremonies

  

  Milton Keynes North MP Mark Lancaster will be in the Falkland Islands for Remembrance Sunday as the British Government’s representative. HRH the Duke of Kent will also be attending the ceremonies.

• Wednesday, November 7th 2012 - 04:39 UTC

  Opening the Falklands to Latin America; the testimony of a Guatemala journalist

  

  Luis Alberto Velasquez is a journalist with the Guatemalan newspaper La Prensa Libre and recently visited the Falkland Islands with a group of journalists from Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. In the guest post below Luis Alberto shares some thoughts about his recent trip.

• Monday, November 5th 2012 - 19:55 UTC

  Falklands commemorates anniversary of the war and Remembrance Sunday

  

  A ‘Short Service of Thanksgiving and Commemoration on the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands’ will be held on Saturday 10 November at the Liberation Monument in Stanley in the presence of HRH The Duke of Kent and returning veterans of the 1982 war.