Falkland Islands News

This diary was written during the Falklands Crisis on assorted scraps of paper and in an old Government-issue exercise book.

The presence of Prince William on RAF duty on the Falkland Islands has escalated tensions between the UK and Argentina in recent weeks.

Argentina said it had intelligence that a Vanguard submarine had been sent to the area, and demanded to know whether it was carrying warheads.

Seeking to end what it called the "special and particular colonial situation" in the question of the Falkland Islands , the United Nations special panel dealing with decolonization requested the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom to resume negotiations to find a peaceful solution to the long-standing sovereignty dispute.

AND of course I was paid for services delivered. - Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob vowed this week that he paid tax on every cent he earned in 2006-07 as a consultant to UraMin, previous owners of the Trekkopje uranium deposit.

OVER in the Falkland Islands the Penguin News has called Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner a "bitch" on its website.

Argentina's foreign minister is due to arrive at the United Nations to officially protest about Britain's "militarisation" of the seas around the disputed Falkland Islands.

Prince Harry could return to Afghanistan, the ministry of defence said yesterday, after he qualified as an Apache attack helicopter pilot with a special award for his gunnery skills.

ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada, Feb 9, 2012 - Thirty years after England and Argentina went to war over ownership of the Malvinas/Falkland Islands, tensions have again been rising.

The invasion of the Falkland Islands had a very shocking effect on all those who were serving in the armed forces at the time.

Kirchner threat gets short thrift from UK Britain has dismissed Argentina's threat to complain to the United Nations over the disputed Falkland Islands, saying it will not negotiate and that the UN charter backs its position.

With her husband away doing search-and-rescue training in the Falkland Islands, Duchess Catherine was obliged to go solo to a private viewing of a new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery in London - her first public appearance as a representative of the royal family made without Will by her side.

A rising security dilemma in the South Atlantic sees Argentine politics pitted against the British military as Falkland Islanders feel the effect economically.

It's been 30 years since Britain and Argentina went to war over the Falkland Islands.

In a blatant show of disdain for the Anglo-American Special Relationship, the Obama Administration has weighed in on the mounting tensions between Great Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands.

Falklands : KIRCHNER ASKS CAMERON TO 'GIVE PEACE A CHANCE' Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network 08.02.2012 Speculation that Argentina would pressurise Chile to cut off the LAN flight did not come to fruition when the Argentine President, Christina Fernandez made an announcement from the Casa Rosada on Tuesday night.

Source: www.abc.net.au --- Tuesday, February 07, 2012Argentina's president has accused Britain of "militarising the South Atlantic" and vowed to complain to the United Nations as tension rises ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War.

It was with a great deal of relief that I did not hear about any further flight ban between the South American mainland and the Falkland Islands during the Argentine President s speech on Tuesday night.

Prince William began work in the Falkland Islands on February 5, 2012. The Ministry of Defense [sic] issued photographs and video showing Flight Lieutenant Wales preparing for his first search and rescue flight, then actually leaving on it.

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner delivers a speech in front of a backdrop displaying the Falkland Islands painted like the Argentine national flag at the Government Palace in Buenos Aires.