Tag: United Kingdom

• Monday, March 5th 2012 - 05:38 UTC

  Daily Telegraph readers’ poll says Falklands ‘should be returned’ to Argentina

  

  According to an ongoing opinion poll among readers of The Telegraph on line, over 55% believe the Falklands/Malvinas should be returned to Argentina, and an estimated 14% say the Islanders should hold a referendum to decide.

• Friday, March 2nd 2012 - 05:06 UTC

  Falklands distrust to Argentine proposal, but recall 1999 deal is ‘three sided’

  

  Falkland Islanders reacted with skepticism and further distrust to the latest announcements by Argentine president Cristina Fernandez regarding air links with Argentina, while Falklands’ elected lawmakers said the proposal was too ‘muddled’ and with errors for the local government to respond.

• Thursday, March 1st 2012 - 22:48 UTC

  UK expects Argentina to honour accords and refers any flights’ discussions to the Falklands’ government

  

  The UK expects Argentina to honour its commitments under the 1999 agreement allowing for flights to the Falkland Islands from Chile and insisted that any discussions on flights were a matter for the Falkland Islands government.

• Thursday, March 1st 2012 - 04:48 UTC

  Argentina escalates trade brawl with UK: suggests EU-Unasur analyze Malvinas dispute

  

  The Argentine Foreign Ministry suggested in an official Wednesday release that “the EU and the Union of South American nations (UNASUR) analyze the Malvinas islands conflict and urge both countries (UK and Argentina) to negotiate”.

• Thursday, March 1st 2012 - 04:25 UTC

  UK became in 2011 a net exporter of lamb with excellent prospects for expansion

  

  UK has become a net exporter of lamb, according to new figures published by EBLEX and reported by Meat Trade News Daily. The figures show that in 2011 sheep meat exports from the UK saw an 11% increase on the year, totalling 98.500 tonnes product weight.

• Thursday, March 1st 2012 - 04:09 UTC

  European MP calls for end to Argentine aid until it stops threatening Falklands

  

  A several million pounds EU aid program to help Argentina should be halted until the country stops “threatening” Britain over the Falkland Islands, said member of the European parliament Nerj Deva.

• Wednesday, February 29th 2012 - 14:35 UTC

  Foreign Office summons Argentine diplomat; limiting trade “counterproductive”

  

  Argentina's top diplomat in Britain was summoned to London's Foreign Office on Wednesday to explain his country's decision to ask 20 leading companies to stop importing British products and supplies.

• Wednesday, February 29th 2012 - 01:24 UTC

  Argentina urges industry and business to cut imports from the UK

  

  The Buenos Aires media, basically the ambito.com site reports that Argentine industry and business leaders were contacted by the Ministry of Industry which tried to persuade them from buying British supplies.

• Tuesday, February 28th 2012 - 19:54 UTC

  Banning cruise vessels coming from Malvinas, “cheap way of making sovereignty”

  

  The law was ‘misinterpreted’ and “the authorization awarded to cruise vessels by the (Argentine) Foreign Affairs ministry was ignored”, claimed the president of Ushuaia Chamber of Tourism Marcelo Lietti reacting to the weekend decision to bar two red ensign cruises from entering Tierra del Fuego.

• Tuesday, February 28th 2012 - 19:09 UTC

  UK ‘sad and frustrated’ with Argentine decision to turn away cruise vessels sailing from Falklands

  

  The British government has said it is a source of ”sadness and frustrated” that Argentina decided to turn away British tourists wishing to visit Argentina as a result of the ongoing row over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.