04/05/2012 | Argentina

Malvinas spot: Global advertising agency condemns local subsidiary, asks gov't to pull the advert

WPP international advertising holding today regretted a controversial TV advert showing an Argentine athlete training for the London Olympic Games in Puerto Argentino, in the Malvinas Islands. The spot was tailored by a WPP local subsidiary for the Argentine government and has spurred reactions by the British government and media.

16/07/2012 | Argentina

Oil giant says Malvinas well disappoints

Borders & Southern Petroleum reported disappointing results in the Malvinas Islands from the latest well to be drilled as part of the controversial search for oil in the British islands over which Argentina claims sovereignty.

11/03/2013 | Argentina

‘For a referendum that is illegal, Argentina appears to be paying it a lot of attention,’ Malvinas gov’t

By Adrian Bono - As the second day of the referendum takes place, Malvinas Legislative Assembly member Dick Sawle has an exclusive conversation with the Buenos Aires Herald.com in which he discusses the 1982 war, the present of the islands and what he hopes today’s plebiscite will accomplish.

14/10/2011 | Argentina

Malvinas gov't responds to Argentina UN Ambassador by Twitter

The Malvinas government responded to the Argentine ambassador to United Nations Jorge Arguello for his comments on the islands sovereignty claim. Arguello stated on Thursday islanders relied heavily on social benefits granted by the United Kingdom.

11/01/2012 | Argentina

'Mercosur members reconfirmed agreed policies over Malvinas,' Timerman

Following UK's Foreign Secretary William Hague’s comments, Argentina’s Foreign Ministry Héctor timerman issued a press release claiming that Mercosur members had reconfirmed to him their decision to bar malvinas ships from entering their ports and that the United Kingdom "admitted the obstacle of using the illegal flag of the Malvinas put in place by ports in the region."

03/05/2012 | Argentina

Ambassador Castro urges UK to join Argentina at negotiating table

Argentine Ambassador to the United Kingdom Alicia Castro questioned today the British position regarding the Malvinas Islands sovereignty claim and urged the European country to join Argentina at the negotiating table.

28/06/2012 | World

UK reaffirms commitment towards Malvinas, overseas territories

Britain reiterated its determination to continue to defend the Malvinas Islands and other overseas territories on Thursday, an official document known as the White Paper said.

12/07/2012 | World

UK company strikes US$1 billion deal to pump oil in Malvinas

Britain's Premier Oil said today that it would partner Rockhopper, an explorer that made an oil discovery in the archipelago in 2010, paying it an initial US$231 million in cash as well as providing around US$770 million to help build infrastructure.

10/03/2013 | World

Cameron: ‘We won’t be intimidated by Argentina’

British Prime Minister David Cameron warned that Britain “will protect” the people of the Malvinas Islands from the “intimidation and threats” of Argentina, which claims sovereignty of the South Atlantic archipelago.

08/05/2012 | World

Malvinas islanders head to the UK in search of oil expertise

A group of 30 members from the Malvinas Islands’ Legislative Assembly is heading today to the Aberdeen, Scotland, in search of expertise from specialists of a place known as Europe’s oil capital. According to the Scottish media, it is the largest islander’s official mission to ever visit the United Kingdom.

14/06/2012 | World

UK’s Cameron vows to continue to support Malvinas’ islanders

In an official statement to mark the 30th anniversary of the end of the Malvinas War, United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron vowed to continue to support Malvinas islanders on their claim for the sovereignty of the archipelago.

25/06/2012 | World

UK's Cameron: 'Argentina’s behaviour remains aggressive' to Malvinas islanders

During a speech at the House of Commons in London today, United Kingdom’s Prime Minister David Cameron blasted Argentina for its “aggressive behaviour” to the Malvinas islanders in the sovereignty claim they maintain with Great Britain.

13/04/2012 | World

New Malvinas war unlikely, says former commander

Amid a UK-Argentine diplomatic and trade face-off over the Malvinas islands, retired Royal Marine Brigadier Ian Gardiner – who commanded a Marine company in the 1982 Falklands war – thinks a new Argentine attack on the islands is unlikely.

25/04/2012 | World

Malvinas gov't member rejects Argentine bid to resume flights to islands

Malvinas’ Legislative Assembly member Sharon Halford rejected on Wednesday Argentina's proposal to establish regular flights to the Malvinas Islands, presented by Argentine Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Alicia Castro, during a meeting with the British Minister of State Jeremy Browne in London yesterday.

04/05/2012 | World

UK says Argentina's Olympics spot is 'a political stunt'

The British Foreign Office criticized one more time a controversial spot showing an Argentine athlete training for the London Olympic Games in Puerto Argentino, in the Malvinas Islands. Foreign Secretary William Hague dismissed the spot as a "stunt".

27/03/2012 | World

Nobel Peace Prize winners call for Malvinas talks

Six Nobel Peace Prize winners called for Britain to open talks with Argentina over the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands, ahead of the 30th anniversary of the war between the two nations. The call came in the form of a letter directed to the UK's Prime Minister David Cameron.

27/03/2012 | World

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02/04/2012 | World

Hague: 'UK won't negotiate over islands' sovereignty but still wants to work with Argentina'

In a statement entitled “Why we still want to work with Argentina”, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Malvinas War, the United Kingdom Foreign Secretary, William Hague, stressed UK’s eagerness to work with Argentina on several aspects surrounding the Malvinas issue.

16/03/2012 | World

Borders & Southern says Malvinas well result delayed

British oil firm Borders & Southern pushed back the time frame for initial results from an exploration campaign offshore the Malvinas Islands, which is fiercely opposed by Argentina, after a well experienced technical issues.

16/03/2012 | World

Cameron: Obama backs UK’s rule over Malvinas

US President Barack Obama supports the British rule over the Malvinas Islands, UK’s Prime Minister David Cameron said at the end of a three-day visit to the United States, British newspaper ‘The Telegraph’ reported today.

27/03/2012 | World

UK, Argentina clash over nuclear submarine comment

Britain has officially denied sending a nuclear-armed submarine to the South Atlantic region today. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg dismissed what he called ''baseless insinuations'' during a speech at the international Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea.

29/02/2012 | World

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands marine protected area established, reports say

The Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) announced the establishment of a large sustainable use Marine Protected Area (MPA) covering over 1 million km2 of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Maritime Zone, Malvinas based newspaper Penguin News reported today.

05/03/2012 | World

British general warns UK could lose the Malvinas to Argentina

During an interview to the British newspaper “The Times”, Malvinas’ war veteran and major general Julian Thompson said the United Kingdom would lose the Malvinas islands if Argentina decided to invade the archipelago.

15/03/2012 | World

UK backs Malvinas islanders' right to drill for oil

Britain said today it supported the rights of Malvinas islanders to exploit their oil reserves after Argentina said it would take legal action against companies involved in energy exploration around the South Atlantic islands.

05/10/2011 | World

UK vows to guarantee security of Malvinas

Britain will protect the people of the disputed Malvinas Islands for as long as they want to remain British citizens, Defense Secretary Liam Fox said today.

09/11/2011 | World

Rockhopper finds new well in Malvinas

Oil company Rockhopper Exploration has confirmed today to have found a second oil well in the North Malvinas Basin, Malvinas Islands, as part of the company’s Casper project.

29/02/2012 | World

After UK complaints, Argentina suggests EU to mediate Malvinas conflict

The Argentine Foreign Ministry suggested “the EU and the Union of South American nations (UNASUR) analyze the Malvinas islands conflict and urge both countries to negotiate” following the UK’s request to the EU to express concern regarding the Argentine plea of not buying British products.

27/03/2012 | Latin America

Uruguayan businessmen seek to extend commercial links with Malvinas

Uruguayan businessmen look to extend their commercial ties to the Malvinas Islands as the head of the British Chambers of Commerce in Uruguay, Guillermo Wild confirmed to the BuenosAiresHerald.com that a Uruguayan trade mission should arrive to the islands within the next days to explore business opportunities.