Falkland Islands / Malvinas

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:02:00 GMT
Chile's defence minister backs trade between Punta Arenas and the Falklands
Chile's Defence Minister Fernando Barros Tocornal has backed the development of commercial activity between the Magallanes region and the Falklands, saying his country's support for Argentina's sovereignty claim does not imply ...

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:30:00 GMT
Milei orders arbitration proceedings against the UK over the Sea Lion project
Argentine President Javier Milei on Monday instructed the foreign ministry and the government's legal teams to launch international arbitration proceedings against the United Kingdom over the development of the Sea Lion oil pro...

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:33:00 GMT
London says Argentina “lacks the ability” to take the Falklands
British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said Argentina “lacks the ability” to take the Falkland Islands and that the United Kingdom “has the ability to defend” them, in an interview with the Sunday paper The Sun on Sund...

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT
Falklands at Labour Conference in Liverpool
British political parties are holding their annual round of conferences and Labour, in government, has chosen the city of Liverpool for a gathering that started on Sunday, 27 September and will last for three days until 30th Se...

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:51:00 GMT
The Telegraph links the Chagos deal to Argentina's Falklands campaign
An opinion column published on Sunday in the British newspaper The Telegraph argues that the decision to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius served as a signal of weakness that encouraged claims over other...

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:26:00 GMT
Falklands Assembly responds to Argentina's campaign: “This Assembly remains calm”
The chair of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, Jack Ford, said on Thursday during a sitting of the body that there is “nothing new” in the claims made this week, and that the institution “remains calm” and stea...

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:35:00 GMT
The Falklands economic development agency appoints Josh Smith as managing director
The Falkland Islands Development Corporation, the archipelago's economic development agency, announced on Friday the appointment of Josh Smith as its new managing director, subject to final relocation arrangements. He will succ...

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:28:00 GMT
Milei and Netanyahu discussed the Falklands in his only bilateral in New York
Argentine President Javier Milei met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for about twenty minutes on Thursday at United Nations headquarters, in what was his only bilateral meeting with a head of state or government durin...

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:47:00 GMT
Punta Arenas/Falklands maritime links are based on history, economics and geography
The announced maritime and trade link between Punta Arenas in Chile and the Falkland Islands has been strongly argued and supported by the main newspaper from the Chilean austral city on the Magellan Strait and capital of the M...

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:59:00 GMT
UK replies to Milei: “not the behaviour we expect of a democracy”
The United Kingdom has asked for a written statement to be placed in the official record of the UN General Assembly in response to Argentine President Javier Milei's address, saying Buenos Aires' conduct over the Falklands “i...

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