Tag: Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, November 6th 2018 - 07:13 UTC

  Falklands launches the annual customer satisfaction survey

  

  The Falkland Islands Communications Regulator has announced that the Communications Customer Satisfaction Survey 2018 is now open, and Sure customers have until Sunday 25 November to respond. Sure is the South Atlantic Telecommunications Server.

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 08:28 UTC

  Macri and PM May scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting at the end of the month

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May and Argentine president Mauricio Macri are scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting in the framework of the coming G20 summit to be held in Buenos Aires at the end of the month.

• Friday, November 2nd 2018 - 06:52 UTC

  Falklands' right to self determination: US Congressional staffers message to their offices in Washington

  

  Like much of the world’s population, the three US congressional staffers visiting the Falkland Islands this week admit that their preconceptions of the Falklands had been largely shaped by the conflict. Nevertheless they have a strong message to take back to their respective offices at the US Congress, the clear right to self determination of the Falklands.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2018 - 09:04 UTC

  Argentine military cemetery in Falklands now has 102 identified gravestones

  

  Argentina's Human Rights Secretariat announced on Tuesday that the remains of another Argentine unknown combatant, buried in the Falkland Islands have been identified making him the 102nd successful case. Corporal Mateo Antonio Sbert, was born in the province of Buenos Aires in 1949, and fell on 31 May 1982, during the South Atlantic conflict, in combat against British commandos at Top Malo House. He belonged to the Engineers Corps and was a Geographic Service graduate.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2018 - 08:17 UTC

  Foreign Secretary tells Parliament Falklands will remain part of UK, even after Brexit

  

  Britain's foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt told Parliament that the Falkland Islands will remain part of the UK for years to come despite Argentina's plans, after Brexit, to enhance dialogue with the Islanders and hopefully with a positive result for its claim over the Malvinas.

• Tuesday, October 30th 2018 - 17:21 UTC

  Argentine deputies to seek foreign minister's impeachment over statement regarding Falklanders

  

  Argentine FPV legislators filed a motion to impeach Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie for failing to fulfill his duties as a public official when he called for the Falkland Islanders to be respected and to generate a bond with them “as two peoples” who live in the South Atlantic.

• Monday, October 29th 2018 - 08:50 UTC

  Falklands in post-Brexit scenario triggers speculation and controversy

  

  Britain rejected point blank the suggestion that a ‘No Deal’ Brexit will help Argentina's claim over the Falkland Islands. The Prime Minister official spokeswoman said there was no doubt Britain’s “relationships” with all of its overseas territories would remain in place after March 2019.

• Monday, October 29th 2018 - 08:09 UTC

  Falklands relations: Argentine congress summons Faurie to explain

  

  Argentina's foreign minister Jorge Faurie has been summoned this Monday to the Foreign Affairs commission of the Lower House to explain relations between Argentina and the United Kingdom as well as his latest statements regarding the Falkland Islands and its people, in interviews with the London media.

• Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 09:28 UTC

  Falklands' penguin series of coins features the Rockhopper in full color

  

  The government and treasury of the Falkland Islands have issued the fifth and final coin which is part of an overall five-coin set featuring one of the planet’s most curious and unique species of bird, the penguin.

• Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 09:06 UTC

  Falklands retail prices increased 3% over the last twelve months

  

  The Falkland Islands retail price index (RPI) increased by 3% over the last 12 months, the Standing Finance Committee was told this week. The hike is principally down to an increase in the cost of fuel and power (excluding fuel for transport), which led to a 1.6% increase in the index, and food and non-alcoholic beverages, which further raised it by 1.1%.