Tag: Falklands War

• Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  Prince Charles thanks Falklands' Veterans at a reception on flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth

  

  The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall thanked Falkland Islands veterans at a unique ‘garden party’ on the UK’s flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth. The Wednesday gathering in the hangar of the carrier in Portsmouth marked the end of official 40th anniversary commemorations of the conflict.

• Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  Veteran Simon Weston will visit the Falklands next February on the “Balmoral”

  

  Falklands War Veteran Simon Weston CBE will be visiting the Islands next 22 February when Fred Olsen Cruise Lines “Balmoral” calls at Stanley. The cruise will be next year on an epic 78-night voyage to South America and Antarctica, with Weston joining the trip for fourteen nights and sharing with fellow travelers his experiences during and after the Falklands war.

• Wednesday, July 20th 2022 - 10:35 UTC

  A decommissioned C 130 Hercules to honor Argentine combatants fallen in the Falklands' war

  

  A decommissioned Hercules C 130 from the Argentine Air Force and which was involved in combat, transport, surveillance, and supply operations during the Falkland Islands war has arrived at Pilar, a city in the province of Buenos Aires, where there is a monument to the fallen during the 1982 conflict.

• Friday, July 15th 2022 - 03:03 UTC

  Bolsonaro hints solution to Ukraine war resembles that of 1982 in the South Atlantic

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday said he had “the solution” to the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine and vowed to discuss it with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.

• Friday, July 1st 2022 - 10:35 UTC

  Argentina insists Malvinas negotiations with UK are essential if bilateral relations are to advance

  

  On a few occasions and at such level, has Argentina had the opportunity to say that if the relation between Argentina and UK is to increase, first we must address the Falklands/Malvinas question, otherwise “that relation will not advance”.

• Friday, July 1st 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Falklands War: nuke sub HMS Spartan honors heroes and crew members

  

  Some thirty former crew members of Swift-sure Class nuclear submarine HMS Spartan gathered at the war memorial in Sunderland’s Mowbray Park, county of Durham, and paid their respects to fellow Falklands War heroes who did not make it home.

• Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Boris Johnson and Putin clash over “toxic masculinity” and Falklands' war

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have started the military offensive in Ukraine if he was a woman, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said during the G 7 leaders summit in Germany.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 17:35 UTC

  A grateful Heathman family remembers when their farm, close to Stanley became a base for British forces

  

  To mark the 40th anniversary of the Falkland Islands conflict, a group of young paratroopers has journeyed to the South Atlantic. In the Islands, they have retraced the footsteps of their predecessors and learned about their regimental history –through the medium of tea and treasure.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Freedom of the Falklands granted to South Atlantic Medal holders

  

  As part of the Falklands40 commemorations, the South Atlantic Medal Association 82 Holders were awarded the Freedom of the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  Gibraltar minister attends Falkland Islands remembrance ceremony

  

  Gibraltar Minister for Housing, Employment, Youth and Sport, Steven Linares MP, represented the Rock in marking the 40th anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands from Argentine occupation in 1982.