Port Stanley (Falkland Islands)

Type: City

Name: Port Stanley (Falkland Islands)

Latitude: -51.700001

Longitude: -57.82

population: 2,213

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Celebrity Travels: Neil Oliver

Neil Oliver, BBC2’s Coast presenter, reveals the destinations close to his heartI have just come back from filming Coast Australia and I was able to take my family out there for six weeks. We explored Perth, Melbourne and Sydney, but the stand out experience ... [Published Cruise International - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Neil Oliver, Celebrity, Sydney (Australia), Crocodile

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Falklands back in our control

THIS week in 1982 the British task force took back the Falkland Islands from the Argentinians and raised the Union Jack over Port Stanley.It was the crowning moment for Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Government.The Government was looking into the future ... [Published This is Somerset - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Port Stanley (Falkland Islands), Bill Graves, Falkland Islands, Margaret Thatcher, Bristol

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 3 reports

Noble Energy Inc

Falklands oil company completes second 3D survey over its Southern licenses

Falkland Oil and Gas (FOGL) reported Thursday the completion of a 3D survey over its Southern Area licenses offshore the Falkland Islands. FOGL said the survey aimed to target a number of prospects and leads immediately to the west and northwest of the ... [Published Merco Press - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Port Stanley (Falkland Islands), Noble Energy Inc, Falkland Islands

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Seabourn unveils Antarctica/Patagonia cruises

Beginning Nov. 20, passengers will have the opportunity to board the Seabourn Quest and experience Seabourn’s “Ultimate Antarctica and Patagonia” voyage, an itinerary that will extend Seabourn’s global reach to all seven continents.Seabourn will offer ... [Published TravelWeekly.com - May 23 2013]

Entities: Port Stanley (Falkland Islands), Beagle, Space shuttle, Falkland Islands, Montevideo (Uruguay)

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Falkland Islanders Call for Self Determination

\r\n \r\nView of Port Stanley, Falkland Islands (DANIEL GARCIA, AFP, )This is a guest blog by Hon. Jan Cheek , Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly , after her recent visit to The Netherlands.I was in The Hague in April on the last stop ... [Published Foreign and Commonwealth Office - May 22 2013]

Entities: Falkland Islanders, Falkland Islands, Referendum

First reported Apr 10 2013 - Updated Apr 10 2013 - 1 reports

David Cameron

Cameron wants ideas for Margaret Thatcher memorial

David Cameron is open to ideas about public ways to commemorate Margaret Thatcher such as re-naming the capital of the Falkland Islands in her honour, his spokesman said today. Margaret Thatcher: coverage in fullMargaret Thatcher obituaryMargaret Thatcher ... [Published Telegraph - Apr 10 2013]

Entities: Margaret Thatcher, David Cameron, Simon Weston, Falkland Islands, Port Stanley (Falkland Islands)

First reported Apr 08 2013 - Updated Apr 09 2013 - 1 reports

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher dies: tributes pour in

David Cameron leads tributes to former Conservative leader and prime minister, who died peacefully in her sleep aged 87Lady Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister, died peacefully in her sleep aged 87 on Monday after suffering a severe stroke ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 08 2013]

Entities: Margaret Thatcher, David Cameron, Sadness, John Hooper

First reported Apr 08 2013 - Updated Apr 09 2013 - 1 reports

Doubts and fears in far-off war that changed Britain

Margaret Thatcher served as prime minister for more than 11 years, but it was arguably the 74 days she spent evicting the Argentine invaders from the Falkland Islands that did most to fix the image of an unbending, uncompromising leader in the British ... [Published Telegraph - Apr 08 2013]

Entities: Margaret Thatcher, Port Stanley (Falkland Islands), United Kingdom, Task Force

First reported Apr 08 2013 - Updated Apr 09 2013 - 1 reports

Argentina 'will not shed a tear'

Baroness Thatcher will be remembered for bringing "nothing positive to humanity", the president of the national committee of Argentine Falklands veterans has claimed, as other said they would not "allow a tear" for her. Ernesto Alberto Alonso, himself ... [Published Telegraph - Apr 08 2013]

Entities: Mike Summers, Margaret Thatcher, Argentina, Falkland Islands, Port Stanley (Falkland Islands)

First reported Mar 15 2013 - Updated Mar 15 2013 - 1 reports

Falkland Islands Catholics want new pope to visit them

Priest in Port Stanley calls on Pope Francis to visit islands faithful when he next journeys to ArgentinaCatholics on the Falkland Islands want the new Argentinian pope to visit the territory, according to a Brazilian newspaper.The Catholic faithful gathered ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 15 2013]

Entities: Falkland Islands, Pope Francis I, Port Stanley (Falkland Islands)

First reported Mar 13 2013 - Updated Mar 13 2013 - 1 reports

Experts inspect minefield No. 64 on Malvinas Islands

An expert inspects minefield No. 64, 3.5 kilometers from Puerto Argentino (Port Stanley), on the Malvinas Islands (Falkland Islands), March 12, 2013. During the 1982 war between Argentina and Britain, some 16,000 mines were estimated to be left on the ... [Published Xinhua News Agency - Mar 13 2013]

Entities: Malvinas Islands, Minefield, Port Stanley (Falkland Islands), Argentina

First reported Mar 10 2013 - Updated Mar 11 2013 - 2 reports

Feature: Malvinas islanders vote in status referendum

A local resident wearing a suit of Britain's national flag votes at a polling station in Puerto Argentino, Falklands (Malvinas) Islands, on March 10, 2013. The referendum on whether the Malvinas, known to the Britons as the Falklands Islands, would retain ... [Published Xinhua News Agency - Mar 11 2013]

Entities: Referendum, Port Stanley (Falkland Islands), Argentina, Malvinas Islands, Falkland Islands

Quotes

He told the Bristol Post: "I find it ironic that I am the leader of the county council, having fought like hell to stop it coming into being. Two-tier local government is expensive and not as efficient as it ought to be. I am not a great admirer of it."

Falklands back in our control [Published This is Somerset - Jun 18 2013]

..."We have pioneer spirits and we inhabit a pioneer reality," she said. "We are not complainers. We don't have time for that. We have to work hard to get by. It is typical for Falklanders to hold down two or even three jobs." If you spend time in Stanley you find this is disconcertingly true...

Windswept, remote...who would want to live in the Falkland Islands? [Published The Independent - Apr 20 2013]

...I think what is happening today is absolutely fitting and right. "At dawn today, Union flags and the national flags of the UK were lowered to half-mast at Government buildings and other locations across the country as a mark of respect. They will remain lowered until dusk."

Margaret Thatcher funeral: Military honours for the longest-serving prime minister of the 20th ce ... [Published The Independent - Apr 17 2013]

...This morning Mr Hammond told the BBC: "I think it would be very appropriate to have a memorial to Margaret Thatcher somewhere in London. I havent personally given any thought yet to where that should be, but certainly the fourth plinth could be one of the options. "Lets look at that in slower time, I think these things are better thought about in slightly slower time after the event.""

Cameron wants ideas for Margaret Thatcher memorial [Published Telegraph - Apr 10 2013]

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Falkland Islands Catholics want new pope to vis... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 15 2013]
Wind farm in Malvinas Islands (Falkland Islands) [Published Xinhua News Agency - Mar 14 2013]
War leaves deep scars on hearts of Argentine ve... [Published Xinhua News Agency - Mar 14 2013]
Experts inspect minefield No. 64 on Malvinas Is... [Published Xinhua News Agency - Mar 13 2013]
Cameron: Argentina must respect Falklands [Published Telegraph - Mar 12 2013]
Self-determination and the Falklands [Published open Democracy News Analysis - - Mar 12 2013]
Feature: Malvinas islanders vote in status refe... [Published Xinhua News Agency - Mar 11 2013]
Argentina condemns Falklands referendum as isla... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Mar 10 2013]
Fate of the Falklands: in the islanders' hands [Published Telegraph - Mar 08 2013]
Defence chiefs prepare war plans for Falkland I... [Published Telegraph - Jan 12 2013]
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The Falkland Islands: everything you ever wante... [Published News: Datablog \| guardian.co.uk - Jan 03 2013] The Falkland Islands are in the news again - but what do we really know about the territory the Argentinians call the Ilas Malvinas? This is the key data Population \| Military \| National Identity \| Employment \| Public spending \| Sheep \| Smoking and ...