Tag: Falkland Islands

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%.
Friday, October 26th 2018 - 08:48 UTC
Falklands: Brexit and Argentina's plan for closer links with the Islands

Brexit brings a chance to strengthen ties between Argentina and the Falkland Islands, the country's foreign minister Jorge Faurie said in London. Faurie met with Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and the pair discussed increasing trade and travel links between the Falkland Islands and South America.
Friday, October 26th 2018 - 08:34 UTC
Falklands receives visit of US Congressmen's chief of staff and advisors

A delegation from the United States including a Chief of Staff for a Congressman and a Foreign Policy Adviser in the office of a senator will arrive in the Falkland Islands on Friday October 27 leaving November 3.
Friday, October 26th 2018 - 07:58 UTC
Falkland appoints new Officer Commanding the Islands' Defense Force

After 35 years’ service with the FIDF, Major Peter Biggs will shortly retire as Officer Commanding, Falkland Islands Defense Force (FIDF), a role he has fulfilled for over 16 years.
Thursday, October 25th 2018 - 07:08 UTC
Falklands' family will host an Argentine student of International Relations

Nicolás Aguiar, a 24-year International Relations student at the University of Rosario in central Argentina will be spending a week next February in the Falkland Islands, with a local family, following his successful video presentation replying to the competition question, “Why I would like to meet my neighbors in the Falkland Islands?”
Wednesday, October 24th 2018 - 08:55 UTC
Falklands' calamari catches this year among the most productive

The Falkland Islands calamari, Loligo, season has been one of the best in recent years with catches totaling some 78.913,81 tons, which represents a 25% over the previous season, according to reports in the Galician media, and confirmed by the Islands Natural Resources Department.
Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 07:06 UTC
England's Football Association XI team to visit the Falkland Islands: two matches scheduled

England's Football Association (FA) is participating in a goodwill visit to the Falkland Islands in November, where they will play two football matches, one against the Falkland Islands national team in Stanley and the British Forces South Atlantic Islands XI. The party will also participate in coaching sessions with the two schools in Stanley and the junior school at the Mount Pleasant.