Tag: Falklands

• 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.

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• 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.

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• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 08:49 UTC

  Falklands' team to compete at the World Sheep Shearing championship in France

  

  On the road to the World Sheep Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Le Dorat, France from July 4 until July 7, the Falkland Islands' team is limbering up at prestigious UK agricultural shows.

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• Thursday, June 20th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Falklands' visitors, “highly satisfied” according to TripAdvisor

  

  Highly satisfied is how visitors to the Falkland Islands feel according to the Falkland Islands Tourist Board’s (FITB) annual assessment of TripAdvisor ratings. Executive Director of FITB Stephanie Middleton told Penguin News that there were over 4,300 ratings of accommodation, attractions, pubs, restaurants and tours in the Falklands on TripAdvisor, with 800 of those posted over the last 12 months.

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• Friday, June 14th 2019 - 08:53 UTC

  Students from a rural school helped identify an Argentine combatant buried in the Falklands

  

  A project led by students at a rural school in San Luis de Palmar, the Argentine province of Corrientes, helped identify the remains of a fallen combatant during the South Atlantic conflict: Ramón Cirilo Blanco, according to researchers at the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste (UNNE).

• Friday, June 14th 2019 - 08:36 UTC

  Falklands' people celebrate Liberation Day from Argentine occupying forces

  

  The Falkland Islands' people will recall this Friday, 14 June, Liberation Day, when the invading and occupying Argentine forces on this day back in 1982 surrendered to the British Task Force ensuring the recovery of freedom for the British Overseas Territory.

• Friday, June 14th 2019 - 04:19 UTC

  Former Falklands lawmaker, Jan Cheek awarded the MBE

  

  A former Member of the Falkland Islands elected Legislative Assembly and a Justice of the Peace for over 30 years, Islander Jan Cheek is to be awarded the MBE.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 08:26 UTC

  Falklands' Caracara “Louie” prank: it again escapes from London Zoo, but two days later was back

  

  A bird of prey, a caracara from the Falkland Islands escaped London Zoo for the second time in 18 months on Sunday, soaring out of the grounds during a meet the animals show for families. The striated caracara named “Louie”, sparked a search of nearby Regent’s Park which left picnickers stunned by the sight of zookeepers waving around a dead rat on a stick in an attempt to coax it back.

• Friday, June 7th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Falklands' delegation in UK meets oil representatives, trade partners, ministers and MPs

  

  Members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly along with the Chief Executive Barry Rowland visited the UK in mid-May to undertake a number of meetings with the oil industry, trade partners, Government officials, ministers, and parliamentarians.

• Friday, June 7th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Falklands: World Chess Federation rejects using the game for political purposes

  

  The Argentine Chess Federation’s attempt to get legal recognition of their secret tournaments, held in the Falklands, have been denied. This was expressed in a statement from FIDE, the World Chess Federation, which also urged all federations to refrain from using chess tournaments for political purposes.