Tag: Falkland Islands

• Thursday, May 17th 2012 - 11:29 UTC

  Falklands recover 370 hectares of Stanley Common made minefields in 1982 by Argentine forces

  

  Thirty years after the end of the Falkland Islands conflict, 370 hectares of Stanley Common south of Sapper Hill recently cleared by BACTEC (mine action and bomb disposal specialists), have been opened to the public, reports the Penguin News.

• Thursday, May 17th 2012 - 11:27 UTC

  The name HMS Dauntless is no newcomer for the Falkland Islands

  

  In anticipation of the imminent arrival in the Falkland Islands of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless, local historian and author John Allan writes that her predecessor was posted to the Islands in the 1930s.

• Wednesday, May 16th 2012 - 21:34 UTC

  Indian oil and gas company desists from Falklands’ exploration partnership

  

  After having to abandon its oil and gas assets quest in Vietnam off the South China Sea India has asked ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) not to go ahead with its acquisition of hydrocarbon assets located in deep water in Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, May 16th 2012 - 06:01 UTC

  Argentina insists before Red Cross on identifying remains of combatants buried in the Falklands

  

  Vice President Amado Boudou called for a ‘concrete reply’ to Argentina’s request for the International Red Cross to collaborate with the identification of the combatants fallen during the Falkland Islands conflict in 1982 and whose remains are buried at the cemetery in Darwin.

• Monday, May 14th 2012 - 18:43 UTC

  Falklands recognizes outstanding contributions to the Islands’ tourism development

  

  A gala ball was held on 12th May to highlight the achievements of the tourist industry in the Falkland Islands and to present awards for notable contributions to the development of tourism in the Islands.

• Friday, May 11th 2012 - 23:42 UTC

  Falklands’ students spend time in Punta Arenas as part of an exchange program

  

  Students from the Falkland Islands Community School (FICS) have returned from a two week exchange visit to Punta Arenas in Chile, reports the latest edition from the Penguin News.

• Friday, May 11th 2012 - 21:01 UTC

  “Malvinas usurpation” affects all South American nations, argues Argentina

  

  Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli once again claimed Argentine sovereignty over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands at the Unasur headquarters in Ecuador and warned that “the usurpation of the Islands affects all of the South American nations” plus insisting on the military/civilian ration in the Islands.

• Friday, May 11th 2012 - 15:38 UTC

  Indian leading oil company in talks to buy 25% stake in Falklands’ exploration block

  

  The overseas arm of Indian state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), ONGC Videsh Ltd is in talks to buy 25% stake in an exploration block off Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, reports The Economic Times from New Delhi.

• Friday, May 11th 2012 - 15:20 UTC

  Borders & Southern begins drilling its second well to the south of the Falklands

  

  Falkland Islands exploration company Borders & Southern (AIM: BOR) announced the spudding of its second well, 61/25-1, on 11 May 2012. The well is located 170 km south of the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, May 11th 2012 - 12:29 UTC

  As in Hitler’s time, the Olympic spirit exploited for political purposes

  

  By Harold Briley - Hitler exploited the Olympics. Argentina’s cynical and infantile exploitation of the Olympic Games for political purposes is a reminder, if any is needed, of its persistent failure to abide by accepted standards of honesty and decency.