Tag: Falkland Islands

• Saturday, June 29th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Falklands' fisheries essential for Vigo's economy and fleet

  

  Some 25% of fisheries imports to Vigo, Spain, come from the Falkland Islands revealed Javier Touza, president of the Vigo Cooperative of fishing vessels owners, ARVI, in an interview with local media, while praising the management of the Falklands' fisheries.

• Friday, June 28th 2019 - 21:07 UTC

  Falklands: UK, Argentina and Red Cross discussing further remains identifications

  

  Argentina, United Kingdom and the International Committee of the Red Cross are advancing in negotiations to extend the current agreement for the identification of Argentine combatants fallen during the South Atlantic conflict and buried in the Falkland Islands at the Argentine military cemetery in Darwin.

• Friday, June 28th 2019 - 18:44 UTC

  Falklands attends pre-JMC meeting where Caribbean countries complained of UK “neo colonialism”

  

  Falkland Islands lawmaker MLA Teslyn Barkman pointed out in Cayman Islands how Brexit and a no deal departure by the UK could totally destroy the economy of her country because the bulk of the Islands exports go to the European Union.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina claims Boris Johnson is willing to dialogue on the Falklands issue

  

  Boris Johnson, the leading candidate in the current process to replace Theresa May as UK prime minister is open to dialogue on the Falklands/Malvinas issue, said Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie during a meeting with the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  ARA Belgrano relatives will travel next October to the spot where she went down torpedoed in May 1982

  

  Relatives of the sailors who lost their lives when the sinking of the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano, during the Falklands' conflict will be travelling to the area where she went down, sometime in mid-October.

• Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  C24 reiterates call for Argentina/UK negotiations on Falklands/Malvinas dispute

  

  The United Nations Decolonization Committee, C24, reiterated its call on Argentina and the UK to resume bilateral negotiations for a “peaceful and long-lasting” solution to the Falkland/Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 23:38 UTC

  The last Kirchner government taught a generation of Falkland Islanders not to trust Argentina

  

  Falkland Islands elected lawmaker MLA Roger Spink in his Tuesday speech before the UN Committee on decolonization called on the Argentine representatives to leave aside colonial and conquering wishes over the Islands and start behaving as a 21st-century member of the world community, respecting democratic rights and living and working in harmony with regional neighbours.

• Sunday, June 23rd 2019 - 14:43 UTC

  Ashes of General Mario Menendez strategically scattered in Falkland Islands

  

  By Heather Briley, Buenos Aires - The ashes of the notorious Argentine general who oversaw the brutal occupation of the Falklands have been scattered in secret on the islands after being smuggled over in a Tupperware box, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

• Saturday, June 22nd 2019 - 11:18 UTC

  Argentina with a multi-party delegation to claim the Falklands at the C24 meeting

  

  It's an election year in Argentina so a pluralistic delegation will be travelling to New York to make the country's annual claim over the Falkland Islands sovereignty before the United Nations Decolonization Committee, next Tuesday, according to reports in the Buenos Aires media.

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 10:34 UTC

  Falkland Islands Holidays attends Experience Latin America organized by LATA

  

  Margaret Williams of Falkland Islands Holidays recently attended Experience Latin America; an exclusive by invitation only travel trade event, held for the first time in Stamford Bridge, London.