Tag: Falkland Islands

• 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.

• Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 10:54 UTC

  Falkland Islanders fight for their sovereignty

  

  (By COHA*) - Taking advantage of the 30th anniversary of the Falkland Islands War (April 2/June 14), Argentine President Cristina Fernández and her administration have become increasingly confrontational toward the United Kingdom regarding the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 00:48 UTC

  UK and Overseas Territories sign agreement on conservation of sharks

  

  Endangered sharks will be given greater protection following Monday’s signing of an international agreement on the conservation of sharks, according to an announcement made by UK Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon.

• Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 22:45 UTC

  Falklands at G20: brief exchange between Cameron and Cristina Fernandez

  

  UK PM David Cameron has refused to accept a letter from Argentina's president about her country's claim to the Falklands Islands. PM Cameron approached President Cristina Fernandez before the first session of the G20 summit in Mexico, No 10 said.

• Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 01:30 UTC

  PM Cameron accuses Argentina of colonialism and protectionism ahead of G20

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron has fired a broadside at Argentina ahead of the opening of the G20 summit in Mexico, accusing the country of colonialism over the Falklands and protectionism in world trade.

• Monday, June 18th 2012 - 21:58 UTC

  Minister Browne inaugurates new Falklands’ Fisheries Department building

  

  The Falkland Islands new Fisheries Department building adjacent to the Agriculture Department was officially opened by the Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Jeremy Browne during his recent visit to the Islands.