Tag: Falklands / Malvinas

• Saturday, February 4th 2012 - 17:25 UTC

  Flight Lt. Wales takes up his duties in the Falkland Islands

  

  Flt Lt Wales has commenced his duties as an RAF Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopter pilot in the Falkland Islands providing Search and Rescue cover for both the civilian and military population.

• Saturday, February 4th 2012 - 05:37 UTC

  PM Cameron meets Obama in March ahead of the Falklands conflict anniversary

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama will meet in Washington next month, three weeks before the 30 anniversary of the beginning of the Falklands conflict.

• Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 06:16 UTC

  UK warns Argentina on cutting off the air link of Falklands with South America

  

  Britain warned Argentina against cutting off an air link to the Falklands as part of an economic blockade of the Islands, reports the Evening Standard. Buenos Aires is threatening to stop a weekly flight from Punta Arenas in Chile to Port Stanley by refusing permission for it to use Argentine airspace.

• Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 06:08 UTC

  Malvinas dispute helps ‘to distract UK public opinion’ from serious domestic problems

  

  The UK is taking advantage of the diplomatic conflict escalade with Argentina over the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute to distract public opinion from serious domestic problems such as unemployment, said Argentine Vice-president Amado Boudou.

• Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 04:56 UTC

  Flight Lieutenant William Wales is “in the Falklands to do a job”

  

  “There are certain people that we would just like to allow to get on with their job if that’s possible, and give them the opportunity to see as much of the Falklands as they possibly can” Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands Brigadier Bill Aldridge said this week when asked about the deployment of Prince William to the Falkland Islands as an RAF search-and-rescue pilot.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2012 - 23:08 UTC

  Iron Lady, basically a mediocre film, according to the Argentine reviews

  

  Meryl Streep may have been nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady” but Argentine critics reviewed the film as ‘mediocre’ during its premiere in Buenos Aires on Thursday.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2012 - 22:47 UTC

  Prince William in the Falklands; begins briefings period and familiarization flight

  

  UK’s Prince William arrived on Thursday to the Falkland Islands amid simmering tensions between Britain and Argentina over the disputed South Atlantic Islands and in the year of the 30th anniversary of the Falklands conflict.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2012 - 19:48 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: One can only hope for a new realistic perspective

  

  This is the seventh of a series of extended political articles written exclusively for the Penguin News web site by Deputy Editor John Fowler. John is a former Superintendent of Education and a former Manager of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2012 - 05:40 UTC

  UK convinced Argentina plotting to blockade the Falklands: LAN airlink next target

  

  British diplomats have accused Argentina of plotting an economic blockade of the Falkland Islands amid fears Buenos Aires is attempting to block all flights from Chile to the Islands, reports the guardian.co.uk in a piece by Rory Carroll, Jonathan Franklin and Uki Goñi.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2012 - 05:13 UTC

  Cocker spaniel puppy will keep Catherine company while William is in Falklands

  

  Prince William's wife Kate will not be on her own during her husband's tour of duty in the Falkland Islands: the couple have a new puppy, St James's Palace said Wednesday.