Tag: Falkland War

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:49 UTC

  Clarin says it’s time for Argentina to disclose Malvinas war documents

  

  Buenos Aires daily Clarin in an editorial asks for the Argentine government to release and disclose documents to public scrutiny, referred to the Argentine landing in the Falklands/Malvinas conflict in 1982 since next 2 April 2012, thirty years would have elapsed.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 21:21 UTC

  Falklands’ war Wessex helicopter involved in Sir Galahad disaster rescued for new role

  

  A Wessex helicopter which was used to rescue injured servicemen during the Falklands conflict is to have a new role as a cafe at a Shropshire paintball Centre.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2011 - 19:13 UTC

  When Falklands and the World Cup 1982 nerve-wracked the Foreign Office

  

  According to recently released document the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher wanted Scotland to crash out of the 1982 World Cup in Spain in an attempt to avoid a diplomatic headache over the Falklands conflict.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2011 - 19:00 UTC

  Statue of President Reagan, crucial ally of Mrs Thatcher, unveiled in London

  

  A statue of former US President Ronald Reagan has been unveiled at a ceremony outside the American embassy in central London. The invited guests include former UK Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher - who was a close ally of Reagan when they were both in power in the 1980s.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 05:08 UTC

  Falklands born James Peck has no plans to give up his British passport

  

  The Falkland Islands born artist James Peck who last week was handed personally by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Argentine citizenship papers in a much publicized event, revealed in an interview with The Times that he had been threatened.

• Wednesday, June 1st 2011 - 16:55 UTC

  Falklands marks 29th anniversary of June 14 liberation from Argentine occupation

  

  The Falkland Islands elected Legislative Assembly has announced the program to mark the anniversary of the liberation of the Falklands from Argentine occupation in 1982 which will take place next Tuesday14 June 2011.

• Sunday, May 15th 2011 - 09:28 UTC

  Film “Destroyer” will re-edit the sinking of HMS Coventry in the Falklands war

  

  The sinking of HMS Coventry in the Falklands War is to be made into a full-length cinema film to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the tragedy, reports the Portsmouth and Coventry press.

• Thursday, May 12th 2011 - 15:56 UTC

  Falklands’ pilgrimage of HMS Fearless veterans to honor fallen comrades

  

  Ten veterans of HMS Fearless, deployed as part of Operation Corporate during the 1982 Falklands conflict, were reunited on a pilgrimage to the Falklands this week.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2011 - 20:39 UTC

  Why the Falklands want to stay British

  

  by Emma Edwards / 29 Apr 2011
  In November 2010, journalist Peter Preston set out his opinions on the future of the Falkland Islands. He urged Her Majesty’s Government to “Ditch The Falklands” and to start discussing the possibility of shared sovereignty with Argentina.

• Monday, May 9th 2011 - 05:48 UTC

  Argentina’s ‘Blond Death Angel’ faces life imprisonment for kidnapping and torture

  

  A government lawyer called Friday for a life sentence for former Argentine naval officer Alfredo Astiz for crimes including the murder of two French nuns during the 1976-1983 dictatorship.