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Pheewww… One American government won’t have to intervene in their national bank anyway… (Penguin News, via Mercopress): IN the light of the global financial situation, Standard Chartered Bank’s Stanley Manager, has offered reassurance to individuals, companies and the Falkland Islands Government, all of whom have significant funds held by the bank. “At this time, we can reassure you [...]
President Kirchner put aside the domestic troubles to step up her country’s claims to the Falkland Islands on the 26th anniversary of the war with Britain. She’s called Argentina’s rights to the islands "inalienable". Teresa Bo has more on why Argentines think Las Malvinas, as they’re known in Spanish, are rightly theirs. Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M99hTkEiNs
By Mark Rhoads In 1981, the dictator of Argentina, Gen. Leopoldo Galtieri, was able to briefly take the attention of Argentines off his failures in office by launching an unprovoked war and occupation of the Falkland Islands which had been...
Well I am now off to the Falkland Islands today and will not be back until the end of January 2009. I will attempt to keep this blog updated but to be quite honest it maybe quite difficult given the time differences and the Internet availability. I had hoped to give a weekly Under 2.5 goal prediction but will have to see how things pan out to see if this is possible. Trade On Cricket will run as normal...
The Falkland Islands is in the process of debating and adopting a new Constitution . A special meeting of the Legislative Council was held on Sept. 12 to debate the draft document. A transcript of the debate published by the South Atlantic Remote Territories Media Association reveals extensive discussion on clauses relating to freedom of conscience and religious instruction of children in schools....
Just a quick update. I am off to Berlin until next Tuesday before preparing to leave for the Falkland Islands on the 22nd of September. I anticipate that from now on I will be updating this blog on a weekly basis where I hope to be able to give advise on the Under 2.5 goals pre match markets until my return sometime in February 2009.
FLYGLOBESPAN, best known for budget flights from Scotland to beach resorts, is to spread its wings a little further afield – with a service to the Falkland Islands.
Leopoldo Galtieri: the Mikheil Saakashvili of 1982? Oscar Raúl Cardoso makes an interesting comparison in Un paralelismo con Malvinas Clarín 12.08.2008 between the decision of the Argentine military junta in 1982 to seize the British Falkland Islands, called the Malvinas in Argentina. He asks if Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili may have made the same mistake in attacking Russian positions in...
Gibraltar, located on the southern tip of Spain, is a British Overseas Territory, one of fourteen such territories of the United Kingdom. These include the Bermudas, Falkland Islands, Cayman Islands etc. Until 2002, British Overseas Territories were called British Dependent Territories. Before that, they were called Crown Colonies, which in my opinion is the most appropriate way of describing these...
Naomi Campbell’s latest foray into political journalism for GQ – she has already interviewed the Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez (pictured with the supermodel) for the magazine – has provided stimulating…
I heard yesterday that I have got a flight for my planned trip away - so on Tuesday evening I shall be departing for… The Falkland Islands. Some of you will know that I have been there before - the last time in 2000 for 12 months. This trip is only for 6 [...]
During the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands in April 1982, Pat Whitney helped to evacuate 52 children from occupied Port Stanley, defying Argentine attempts to stop them.
