Tag: Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 19:33 UTC

  BAS merger plan triggers debate; fears of ‘diminished’ British presence in Southern Ocean

  

  UK government plans to merge the British Antarctic Survey with the National Oceanography Centre have triggered global debate among scientists and politicians with former US Vice-president Al Gore wading into the discussion and fears in the Falkland Islands of a diminished “British presence” in the region.

• Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 18:41 UTC

  South America solid behind Argentina’s Falklands’ claim at UN decolonization meeting

  

  The opening session of the UN Fourth Committee on decolonisation was dominated by a joint verbal assault on Britain by South American countries over the issue of the Falkland Islands. One after another, representatives of governments in the region called on the UK to enter into dialogue with Argentina over the sovereignty of the Islands, which are claimed by the government in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, October 9th 2012 - 04:11 UTC

  Brazil strongly supports Argentina Falklands’ claim at defence ministers’ summit

  

  Brazil came out strongly in support of Argentina’s sovereignty claims over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands and criticized British military exercises in the Islands during his speech on Monday to the Americas Defence ministers’ conference taking place in Punta del Este, Uruguay.

• Tuesday, October 9th 2012 - 00:35 UTC

  Falkland Islands unravelled

  

  By Alicia Dunkley-Willis, Jamaica Observer - What does a country with 3,000 people and nearly half a million sheep look like? After 18 hours of flying and trekking through four airports, I was determined to find out.

• Monday, October 8th 2012 - 23:51 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez ruffling feathers with the Falklands to mask domestic failings

  

  Several British newspapers have turned their eyes on Argentina arguing that the challenging situation faced by President Cristina Fernandez both domestically and internationally is making her increasingly take advantage of the Falkland Islands dispute as a smokescreen to mask domestic failings.

• Monday, October 8th 2012 - 23:36 UTC

  Americas’ defense ministers’ summit rejects addressing Falklands’ issue

  

  Argentina’s intention of having the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty issue included in the agenda of the Americas Defense ministers’ conference currently taking place in Uruguay was rejected, mainly because of the positions from the US, Canada and several Caribbean states.

• Monday, October 8th 2012 - 06:32 UTC

  Falklands military exercises ‘routine’ and part of the defensive military presence

  

  The British government said that the military exercises scheduled to be carried out in the Falkland Islands beginning Monday are “annual and routine exercises.” The move had been strongly condemned by the Argentine government.

• Sunday, October 7th 2012 - 13:33 UTC

  Falkland Islands: High catches lower prices

  

  The Falklands fishing industry has encountered the highest Loligo squid catch for 16 years, however, this could negatively affect the price for the industry.

• Friday, October 5th 2012 - 22:06 UTC

  HMS Protector on route to the Antarctic previous surveying in St Helena

  

  The Royal Navy’s Ice Patrol ship HMS Protector is on her way for an eight-month deployment surveying and patrolling Antarctica. She left Portsmouth late September and is currently visiting St Helena to conduct surveys of the harbour in preparation for the building of a new jetty.

• Friday, October 5th 2012 - 20:31 UTC

  Residents leave doors open ‘round the clock’ in crime-free Falkland Islands

  

  By Alicia Dunkley-Willis - Keys left in ignitions, house doors left unlocked, just about one murder over the last 30 years and police officers who don't carry firearms on the beat is the nothing less than utopic reality of the Falkland Islands.Falkland Islands Governor Nigel Haywood is a willing witness.