Tag: Falklands / Malvinas

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2016 - 08:57 UTC

  Falklands' Illex squid catches very sparse; Loligo, 'a bit more cheerful'

  

  Falkland Islands' Illex squid catches are still very sparse, now standing at 2,373 tons, “which is obviously very low and does not go far when spread across the 105 vessels in the fishery,” said Director of Natural Resources John Barton, interviewed by Penguin News.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2016 - 06:47 UTC

  Argentina and Spain agree to re-launch closer political and trade relations

  

  Argentina and Spain have decided to re-launch bilateral mechanisms that have been “asleep” for too long, promoting political and trade relations, said Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra who on Monday met with her visiting Spanish peer, Jose Manuel García/Margallo.

• Sunday, April 3rd 2016 - 06:32 UTC

  Falklands hospitality praised by stranded Argentine runners

  Falkland Islands provided twenty five Argentine nationals with humanitarian aid (food, warmth and shelter) following the announcement of a week long delay to their return flight to Chile. The group was made up of marathon runners and associates who came to the Islands on March 19 and participated in the Sunday Standard Chartered bank Stanley Marathon. The competition was won by Argentine athlete Rafael Lencina in record time.

• Sunday, March 27th 2016 - 12:52 UTC

  Argentina, on a UN decision expands continental shelf area by 35% to 350 miles

  

  Foreign minister Susana Malcorra is scheduled to officially announce on Monday the external limit of Argentina's continental shelf based on a unanimous decision from the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, (dependent from the Oceans and Law of the Sea), which adds to Argentina's shelf 1.7 million square kilometers, apparently confirming areas surrounding the Falklands/Malvinas, other South Atlantic islands and the Antarctica Argentine sector.

• Monday, March 7th 2016 - 04:26 UTC

  Montevideo/Falklands/Malvinas air link is “viable”, says ex Uruguayan president

  

  Uruguay's former president Luis Lacalle Herrera said that an air bridge between Montevideo and the Falklands/Malvinas Islands is 'viable' and was optimistic about such an opportunity in the near future.

• Saturday, March 5th 2016 - 06:37 UTC

  Argentina downgrades Malvinas Department, but sovereignty claim “remains as strong as ever”

  

  The Argentine government announced it downgraded the Malvinas Islands department at the Foreign ministry, but minister Susana Malcorra insisted that the sovereignty claim over the South Atlantic Islands “remains” as strong as ever and will advance in different forms, probably more subtle, and with Gibraltar as a reference.

• Saturday, February 27th 2016 - 03:47 UTC

  Uruguay reaffirms Argentina's Malvinas claim and its commitment to Falkland Islanders 'interests'

  

  Uruguay's foreign ministry expressed on Friday its “most firm support” for the 'legitimate rights' of Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands, other insular territories in the South Atlantic and surrounding maritime spaces, currently administered by the United Kingdom.

• Saturday, February 20th 2016 - 10:08 UTC

  Falklands: Malcorra confident 'there's a horizon of possibility for dialogue'

  

  Foreign minister Susana Malcorra said that analyzing the different scenarios in the UK regarding the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty dispute, “there is a horizon of possibility for Argentina to have a dialogue” on the issue.

• Saturday, February 20th 2016 - 07:27 UTC

  Fallon's Falklands visit caused 'concern' and displeasure

  

  The Argentine government expressed its 'concern' to the UK over Defense minister Michael Fallon's visit to the Falkland Islands where he spent time with the military at MPA and met with Falklands elected government authorities and members of the community, according to media reports in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, December 17th 2015 - 07:25 UTC

  Argentina recalls UN Resolution 2065 fiftieth anniversary and renews call for Falklands' negotiations

  

  Argentina's Foreign ministry recalled that on 16 December the country commemorates the 50th anniversary of UN General Assembly Resolution 2065, the first referred to the question of the Malvinas Islands.