Tag: Falklands War

• Friday, August 20th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Red Cross team says body parts unearthed from Falkland Islands Darwin cemetery belong to at least five soldiers

  

  The International Committee of the Red Cross team working on the identification of Argentine soldiers fallen in the 1982 Falkland/Malvinas Islands conflict Thursday announced at least one additional body had been found at grave C.1.10.

• Friday, August 20th 2021 - 09:38 UTC

  Argentine writer who pointed out cemetery inconsistencies at peace because families will find some comfort after all

  

  Argentine writer Alicia Panero has been for quite some time now the closest thing to an answer to relatives of fallen unidentified Argentine combatants in the 1982 conflict have had.

• Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 10:15 UTC

  Search at Falklands' Teal Inlet for more possible Argentine soldiers interments

  

  Falkland Islands' Chief Police Officer Superintendent Jeff McMahon is heading an inquiry to find the remains of Argentine soldiers who are still unaccounted for and maybe in unmarked interments in the north of East Falkland at a place called Teal Inlet.

• Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  The pandemic has cost Argentina “133 times the Malvinas war”

  

  Argentine opposition lawmaker Mario Negri said he was very much concerned by the way the country is addressing the second wave of coronavirus and asked if the government had any idea how many Argentine lives the pandemic has taken, “133 times the Malvinas war.”

• Monday, June 28th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  OBE awarded to Argentine businessman Eurnekian for his involvement in building of 1982 war cemetery

  

  In what was probably his last public appearance, British Ambassador to Buenos Aires Mark Kent Friday bestowed – on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II – the Medal of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on Argentine businessman Eduardo Eurnekian for his services to the relations between the two countries. cemetery

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentina's purchase of Korean fighters falls through: UK's arms embargo

  

  Argentine defense minister Agustín Rossi is furious with the UK for having blocked the purchase deal of several Korean manufactured training jet fighters FA-50 to re-equip the Air Force and which he had anticipated last October. “A new display of imperial arrogance”, Rossi described the incident.

• Saturday, June 19th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Mines-free Falklands will remove fences of fields that remained out of bounds for almost forty years

  

  The Falkland Islands Executive Council (ExCo) approved a proposal to remove the fences which secured former minefield sites around the Islands over a three-year period of 2021 to 2024.

• Monday, June 14th 2021 - 15:20 UTC

  Falklands pay tribute to 1982 fallen on Liberation Day

  

  Falkland Islanders are today paying tribute to the British Armed Forces killed during the 1982 conflict and commemorating the 39th anniversary of liberation from Argentine occupation.

• Monday, June 7th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Falklands' program for the anniversary of Liberation Day 14 June 2021

  

  To mark the anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands from Argentinean occupation in 1982, the following program has been arranged for Monday 14 June 2021, according to a release from Gilbert House.

• Thursday, May 27th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Royal Navy's Type 31 frigates have names; HMS Active recalls her predecessor and Falklands liberation

  

  The names of five next-generation Type-31 frigates for the Royal Navy have been announced. Approved by HM The Queen, the vessels will be named HMS Active, HMS Bulldog, HMS Campbeltown, HMS Formidable and HMS Venturer.