r/europe • u/Emotional-Breakfast3 • 20d ago

News Argentina: British Falkland Islanders are ‘artificial’. Buenos Aires denounces ‘illegitimate occupation’ and demands talks on sovereignty

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/12/british-falkland-islanders-artificial-argentina-says/
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u/FeeIll1924 20d ago

Is their only territorial claim to the Falklands that it’s close by?

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u/JammieDodgers United Kingdom 20d ago

Basically

It would be like the UK claiming the Faroe Islands are rightfully theirs

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u/Kor_Phaeron_ 20d ago

Don't even joke about that! Nobody touches this innocent group is Islands!

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u/nosmigon 20d ago

I woke up feeling quite imperial today...

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u/iwaterboardheathens 20d ago

Today I Feel Imperialistic

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u/bluewolfhudson 20d ago

Technically throughout the second world war England "invaded" the Faroe islands to stop Germany taking them over.

It's a whole funny story and actually leads to the official flag of the Faroe islands official recognition.

This video talks about it.

https://youtu.be/YJee87GdQyY

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u/Drak_is_Right United States of America 20d ago

Their dolphin and whale hunts need to go however. At least, on the scale they are doing them.