Tag: Falklands referendum

• Tuesday, February 16th 2016 - 20:41 UTC

  Utterly Committed to Self-Determination; British MPs visit the Falklands.

  

  Four British Members of Parliament have been in the Falkland Islands over the past week, whilst the House of Commons is in recess. The cross-party group includes two Labour and two Conservative MPs, with an FIG Representative from London accompanying them.

• Wednesday, February 10th 2016 - 02:33 UTC

  Falklands: Back to the future, why the 'new approach' from Argentina is completely missing the point

  

  By the Honourable Mike Summers, OBE (*) - Over the weekend of the 6th and 7th February, the press in Argentina reported that the Government of Argentina (GoA) was going to change its approach to its treatment of the Falkland Islands, its relationship with the United Kingdom and how it intends to “resolve the Falklands question”

• Friday, January 22nd 2016 - 04:33 UTC

  UK position on Falklands remains as expressed by 2013 referendum, Cameron tells Macri

  

  The United Kingdom government has released a statement pointing out the “three areas” British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Mauricio Macri “covered” during their Davos meeting on Thursday.

• Thursday, January 21st 2016 - 01:38 UTC

  Falklands' says it's time Corbyn accepted a briefing on the Islands to understand politics and geography

  

  The Falklands Islands elected government said it was time Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn took up the offer of a proper briefing on the Falklands which might help him understand the Islands politics and geography.

• Thursday, January 21st 2016 - 01:29 UTC

  Falklands' people had “spoken as clearly as they possibly could” and UK will “guarantee that”

  

  UK Prime Minsiter David Cameron blasted Jeremy Corbyn's comments at Prime Minister's Question confirming his government's full support for the Falkland Islands to decide on their future and develop their economy. At the weekend, the Labour leader claimed it was “ridiculous” the UK was still in dispute with the Argentina over South Atlantic islands, as he demanded “sensible dialogue” over the Islands.

• Saturday, December 19th 2015 - 06:01 UTC

  Resolution 2065 on Falklands: United Nations 'royally deceived' 50 years ago

  

  The United Nations was “royally deceived”, said Falkland Islands Member of Legislative Assembly Mike Summers in response to Argentina celebrating the 50th anniversary of a UN resolution that recognised the existence of a sovereignty dispute over the Falklands.

• Friday, December 11th 2015 - 07:24 UTC

  Welcome Mauricio! But what exactly are your plans?

  

  By Graham Bound, London - Mauricio Macri: I roll the syllables of that rather pleasantly alliterative name over my tongue as I draw him into one of my columns for the first time.

• Friday, November 27th 2015 - 06:10 UTC

  Cameron and Macri agree to 'strengthen relations' and 'to pursue a path of open dialogue'

  

  Britain's David Cameron and Argentina's president-elect Mauricio Macri agreed to “strengthen relations” and “to pursue a path of open dialogue” between their countries after a phone call Thursday, Downing Street said.

• Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 11:47 UTC

  Argentine election: the Kirchners' Falklands policy has backfired spectacularly

  

  By Dr Alasdair Pinkerton - For the first time in 12 years, the new occupant of the Casa Rosada, the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, will no longer bear the surname Kirchner.

• Friday, September 18th 2015 - 06:55 UTC

  Falklands' government congratulates new Labor leader, Jeremy Corbyn

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has congratulated the Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn MP on his election success. Mr Corbyn’s campaign to take up leadership after Ed Miliband resigned in May, touched a raw nerve with some Islanders after media picked up on a BBC interview from two years ago in which he said a “degree of joint administration,” could be used as a solution to the dispute over the Falkland Islands.