“The referendum will show the world how we feel, that we are British and that we wish to remain British. We don’t want to have nothing to do with Argentina, at all,” islander Barry Nielson said as he voted.Election observer Juan Henao said the process has been completely normal, and that more than 70 percent of the voters had cast their ballots by Monday afternoon. Polls were closing at 6 p.m., and the results were expected to be announced late Monday night.The ballot asks a simple yes-or-no Read more [...]

Beijing: China on Monday backed Argentina's claim over the disputed Falkland islands, rejecting the validity of the referendum being held in the British-ruled territory. "China supports Argentina's claim to the islands and expects both sides to resolve the issue through dialogue in accordance with the law," China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said. Hua said the issue is a leftover from colonialism. She called on Argentina and Britain to resolve the issue concerning the political Read more [...]

Let me take a wild guess at the result of the Falklands referendum - yes, 100% of the British citizens taking part in this farcical exercise would like the islands to remain a British overseas territory.Maybe some maverick among the 1,672 eligible voters will say no or spoil their ballot paper. But I somehow doubt it.A Reuters report states that a high turnout is expected and an overwhelming "yes" vote is likely. Likely? It's a given. No wonder Ladbrokes called the result "the biggest certainty Read more [...]

2013-03-11 09:02 People line outside a polling station to vote in Port Stanley, FalklandIslands. (Paul Byrne, AP) Multimedia   ·   User Galleries   ·   News in Pictures Send us your pictures  Â·  Send us your stories London - Polls closed in the Falkland Islands on Sunday on the first day of a two-day vote intended to show the world that the residents Read more [...]

STANLEY (FALKLAND ISLANDS): Residents of the Falkland Islands started voting on Sunday in a sovereignty referendum that seeks to counter Argentina's increasingly assertive claim over the British-ruled territory. Diplomatic tension between Britain and Argentina has flared up after more than three decades since they went to war over the South Atlantic archipelago, and that has unsettled some of the roughly 2,500 islanders. With patriotic feelings running high, Falklands-born and long-term residents Read more [...]

Falkland Islanders are expected on Sunday to cast their ballots overwhelmingly in favor of retaining their ties with London in a two-day referendum aimed at gaining international support against Buenos Aires' claims to the South Atlantic archipelago. Some 1,672 residents are eligible to vote in the referendum, which has been organized by the islanders themselves. The Falklands have just 2,563 inhabitants, four-fifths of whom live in the capital, Stanley. “We would be deluding ourselves if we Read more [...]

Stanley (Falkland Islands): Britain is hoping this weekend's referendum on the political status of the Falkland Islands will push the United States and other neutral governments off the fence in its territorial dispute with Argentina over the remote South Atlantic archipelago. The local Falkland Islands Government has mobilised a major effort to get as many of its 1,650 registered voters as possible to cast their secret ballots tomorrow and Monday, preparing to send off-road vehicles, boats Read more [...]

DAVID CAMERON today vows Britain will protect the Falklands from a feared Argentine backlash against their historic referendum. Voting on whether the south Atlantic islands wish to remain a British Overseas Territory begins today, with a result expected on Tuesday. Politicians and business chiefs are braced for a sabre-rattling stunt by Buenos Aires after the poll closes tomorrow. But with the far-flung Islands’ 1,672 eligible voters expected to declare themselves British and proud Read more [...]

A total of 1,672 eligible voters — vastly outnumbered by the islands’ estimated population of one million penguins and 700,000 sheep — will be asked to answer yes or no to a straightforward proposition: “Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom?” The alternative would be to begin a transition to Argentine control, perhaps by a period of shared sovereignty, as Argentina has suggested. The vote comes Read more [...]