Tag: Falkland War

• Thursday, December 5th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

  Falklands, 140 next of kin visit the Argentine Military Cemetery at Darwin

  

  A hundred and forty next of kin of Argentine combatants fallen during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict this Wednesday arrived at the Falkland Islands to visit the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin to honor the graves of their loved ones.

• Friday, November 8th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  “Falklands are British”, an unequivocal message from UK Minister for the Armed Forces

  

  Plymouth has a long and rich naval history. It is celebrated as where Sir Francis Drake played bowls as the Spanish Armada loomed in 1588 and as a key embarkation point for invading Allied forces on D-Day. However, the city’s critical role in the Falklands War is perhaps less widely appreciated.

• Saturday, June 15th 2024 - 09:00 UTC

  Falklands, team of Royal Navy engineers maintain war memorials across the Islands

  

  UK Defense Journal is reporting that the Naval Engineering Falkland Islands (NEFI) team at the East Cove Military Port, Mare Harbor, an 11-member unit, is responsible for providing round-the-clock engineering support for Royal Navy vessels like patrol ship HMS Forth and cargo ships with supplies for the Mount Pleasant Complex.

• Wednesday, November 29th 2023 - 07:14 UTC

  Falklands: mines discovered on a beach in Murrell Peninsula, north of Stanley

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has confirmed that a number of mines have been discovered on Hell’s Kitchen beach on the designated Government Reserve, located on the Murrell Peninsula East Falkland, north of Stanley.

• Friday, October 13th 2023 - 08:26 UTC

  Forty one years since the Falklands Task Force Parade in the heart of London

  

  The Falklands Task Force Parade took place on 12th October 1982, in London, and a few months since the Liberation of the Islands from the Argentine invasion and occupation. The salute to the Task Force encompassed a military parade, with military bands and contingents through the City of London.

• Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 12:59 UTC

  Falklands' pilgrimage of six Argentine fallen gendarmes next of kin

  

  This Saturday weather allowing a group of Argentine next of kin of soldiers fallen during the Falkland/Malvinas conflict should be arriving at MPA and the Falklands. The trip according to Argentine sources was coordinated by the Argentine Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights,

• Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 07:43 UTC

  “God bless you Harold”, The Times obituary

  

  Harold Briley's obituary by The Times, published Tuesday, August 22, 2023. - Reporter who broadcast the first news of Argentina’s invasion of the Falklands in 1982 and later campaigned for the Islanders’ rights.

• Monday, August 7th 2023 - 08:32 UTC

  London considering Ascension island as plan B, if the scheme to send irregular migrants to Rwanda fails

  

  The UK Government is reportedly considering reviving plans to fly people who arrive in the UK by unauthorized means to Ascension Island. Multiple reports say ministers and officials are considering the island as a “plan B” if the scheme to send migrants to Rwanda fails. plan B” if the scheme to send migrants to Rwanda fails.

• Wednesday, June 28th 2023 - 18:42 UTC

  Argentina grants funds for Phase 3 of identification of combatants fallen in Falklands

  

  Argentina has announced it will finance 130 million Pesos (some US$ 250,000 at the current free market exchange rate) for Project EAAF 2023 which refers to Phase 3 of the Humanitarian Project for the identification of fallen combatants buried in the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, June 26th 2023 - 15:52 UTC

  Harold Briley, 1931 to 2023

  

  Tributes have been pouring in for Harold Briley, who passed away in the small hours of 26 June 2023, surrounded by his family, after a long battle with cancer, which he bore bravely.