Tag: Falkland Islands

• Thursday, June 28th 2012 - 21:56 UTC

  Overseas Territories White Paper reiterates UK determination to defend the Falklands

  

  Britain reiterated its determination to continue to defend the Falkland Islands and other Overseas Territories on Thursday, an official document known as the White Paper said. The document on the Overseas Territories declares there would be “no weakening” in Britain's resolve.

• Thursday, June 28th 2012 - 20:40 UTC

  Falklands’ government accepts content to discuss air links and fisheries with Argentina

  

  The Falkland Islands government announced on Thursday it is content to hold preliminary talks with Argentina on air links and fisheries cooperation as was proposed by Argentine ambassador Alicia Castro to the Foreign Office last April 23, given certain clarifications.

• Wednesday, June 27th 2012 - 16:04 UTC

  Falkland Oil & Gas confirms Italian/French partner for drilling in South Atlantic

  

  London AIM listed Falkland Oil & Gas (FOGL) said Italian utility Edison International Spa was its new partner, bringing in a large, non-British company to help it look for hydrocarbons in the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 22:59 UTC

  Argentina’s next actions may impact fisheries beyond Falklands

  

  It is clear and nobody doubts that Argentina has taken a more robust and active attitude with respect to its sovereignty claims over the Falkland Islands and the adjacent South Atlantic zone, comprising Georgia and the Sandwich Islands, which continue under the FIFD's (Falkland Islands Fisheries Department) exclusive management.

• Monday, June 25th 2012 - 19:59 UTC

  PM Cameron: Argentina’s behaviour on the Falklands and trade remains “unacceptable”

  

  During a speech at the House of Commons in London on Monday, United Kingdom’s Prime Minister David Cameron blasted Argentina for its “unacceptable behaviour” regarding the Falkland Islands sovereignty claim.

• Monday, June 25th 2012 - 17:56 UTC

  Film portraits of Falkland Islanders released on-line

  

  A two-man American and British film-making team is releasing the first of six video portraits of Falkland Islanders on-line today, Monday June 25th.

• Monday, June 25th 2012 - 17:43 UTC

  UK authorities worried about possible Argentine protests at Games

  

  The Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London (FCO) is said to be concerned after receiving intelligence suggesting that Argentine authorities or proxy groups may persuade the country’s athletes to use the high profile Olympics stage to show support for their country’s claim to the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, June 22nd 2012 - 22:41 UTC

  Hot air about the Falkland Islands reaches the UN

  

  By John J. Metzler (*) At the time of the 1982 invasion, Argentina was run by a military junta who unwisely played the nationalism card and seized the islands 300 miles off the coast of South America.

• Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 06:00 UTC

  Welsh nationalist party rebuffs Argentine approach on Falklands’ dispute

  

  Diplomats from the Argentine embassy in London invited senior representatives from Plaid Cymru, for talks in the past six months, reports The Daily Telegraph.

• Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 21:09 UTC

  Argentina’s Diplomatic Circus

  

  by Jimmy Burns (*) Cristina Fernandez Kirchner told her countrymen back in February that they should not feel collectively responsible for the national debacle that surrounded the military invasion of the Falklands in 1982. She blamed the military and the Argentine media. Those of us who lived through that war in Argentina know this to be a falsehood.