Tag: Falklands War

• Saturday, October 24th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Falklands celebrates completion of demining with a symbolic “Reclaim the Beach”

  

  On Saturday 14 November 2020, the Falkland Islands community will be taking part in celebrations to mark the completion of the Islands-wide demining program after 38 years since the end of the 1982 conflict. The Falklands' Government has announced that activities will begin with an event to officially reopen Gypsy Cove/Yorke Bay, the final area of the Falklands to officially be declared mine-free.

• Monday, October 19th 2020 - 09:57 UTC

  Falklands' incursion and landing by an Argentine submarine at Cow Bay in October 1966

  

  A top-secret operation from the Argentine navy, which apparently took place in October 1966, was revealed by an Argentine newspaper, El Diario Nuevo Día, from the province of Santa Cruz. The operation took place when the submarine ARA Santiago del Estero, emerged at Cow Bay, in East Falkland, north of Stanley, and had a couple of teams land and survey the beach and surrounding areas with most probably a future invasion purpose.

• Saturday, October 10th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  “If you want to be respected when visiting the Falklands, we must respect the Islanders”, Malvinas Families president

  

  The recent approval by the Falklands' elected government of a framework guidance for assessing when a visitor should be considered a ‘prohibited person’, can be considered an effort to address disappointing past experiences and a long-standing debate in the Islands.

• Friday, September 4th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentina and UK agree on new stage of Humanitarian Plan to identify fallen combatants in the Falklands

  

  UK and Argentina exchanged notes on Thursday in order to advance to a new stage in the Humanitarian Project Plan, which between 2017 and 2019 enabled the identification of 115 Argentine soldiers who died in the Falkland Islands during the 1982 conflict.

• Saturday, August 29th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentine “militant” journalist apologizes to Malvinas war rank and file veterans

  

  A well-known face in Buenos Aires television, and member of the so-called new school of “militant” journalism, very close to the Kirchner governments, had to backtrack and publicly apologize to the combatants who fought in the South Atlantic conflict after calling them a bunch of cowards, who did not defend the motherland and ignominiously surrendered to the British.

• Saturday, August 15th 2020 - 09:45 UTC

  Falklands Day celebrated with a presentation at FIGO in London

  

  Falklands Day is the celebration of the first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis in 1592 and is commemorated on 14 August. It was once seen as the National Day of the Falklands but has largely been replaced by Liberation Day which commemorates the end of the Falklands War.

• Friday, June 26th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Falklands people and 'future generations' sincerely thank deminers for clearing fields and beaches

  

  The deminers still remaining in the Falkland Islands were sincerely thanked for their very dangerous work, with a reception held at their accommodation in Stanley.

• Friday, June 12th 2020 - 15:40 UTC

  Falklands marks 38th anniversary of liberation from Argentine occupation in 1982

  

  To mark the anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands from Argentine occupation in 1982, the following program has been arranged by Gilbert House for Sunday 14 June 2020.

• Friday, June 12th 2020 - 11:11 UTC

  Falklands lawmakers: eternally grateful to those who liberated us and continue to protect our sovereignty

  

  This Sunday we will mark Liberation Day, the day when we commemorate, and indeed celebrate, the liberation of these Islands from Argentine invasion in 1982.

• Friday, May 29th 2020 - 08:09 UTC

  Falklands commemorates 38th anniversary of Goose Green battle and liberation

  

  The Falkland Islands Governor, members of the elected government and public in general will be participating this Friday morning in the commemoration of the liberation of Goose Green settlement 38 years ago. However because of the Covid-19 pandemic the ceremony will be a shorter service to mark the occasion.