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Mon, 08 Nov 2021 09:14:00 GMTRoyal Navy Type 21 Association will honor HMS Ardent and HMS Antelope at Falklands' Remembrance Sunday
The Royal Navy Type 21 Association will be represented both nationally and internationally on Remembrance Sunday with the laying of poppy wreaths bearing the Type 21 Association Crest in Remembrance of all those that lost their...
Sat, 06 Nov 2021 09:38:00 GMT
UK Overseas Territories in support of COP26 and marine biodiversity
The Association of United Kingdom Overseas Territories has published a joint statement in support of COP 26 and its commitment to protecting 30% of the world's oceans by 2030. The UK and its OTs are described as the world's fif...
Fri, 05 Nov 2021 09:45:00 GMT
Environment top priority as Falklands elect new Legislative Assembly
Falkland Islands voters yesterday elected a new Legislative Assembly with a clear mandate to put the environment front and center of the coming legislature.
Thu, 04 Nov 2021 09:43:00 GMT
“Tommy” soldier silhouettes to commemorate Remembrance and Falklands' war 40th anniversary
More than 100 'Tommy' soldier silhouette figures have been installed at Victory Green in the Falkland Islands' capital Port Stanley as part of the Remembrance Observance Day and the 40th anniversary of the South Atlantic confli...
Thu, 04 Nov 2021 09:42:00 GMT
Ice Patrol HMS Protector sailing to Falklands and Antarctica; she called at St Helena and Rio
The Royal Navy's ice patrol ship HMS Protector on her trip to the Falkland Islands and Antarctica sailed past an old work colleague during a fuel stop in Rio de Janeiro earlier this week.
Thu, 04 Nov 2021 09:39:00 GMT
Falklands' annual service of Remembrance will take place Sunday 14 November
Gilbert House in the Falkland Islands has announced the arrangements for Sunday, 14 November 2021, Remembrance Sunday. The Annual Service of Remembrance, this year commemorating the 103rd anniversary of the end of the First Wor...
Thu, 28 Oct 2021 09:27:00 GMT
Closer to solving the mystery of the extinct Falklands' canid warrah
The team headed by Kit Hamley also extended its research into the warrah (Dusicyon australis), an extinct species of fox. The warrah was the only native and terrestrial mammal to reside on the Falkland Islands at the time of Eu...
Thu, 28 Oct 2021 09:23:00 GMT
Falkland Islands: Team discovers evidence of prehistoric human activity
The following piece was published by Phys/Org – Since its first recorded sighting by European explorers in the 1600s, scientists and historians have believed that Europeans were the first people to ever set foot on the Falkla...
Sat, 23 Oct 2021 09:30:00 GMT
Falkland Islands trade with the European Union and Rules of Origin
The Falkland Islands government has released the following, "Falkland Islands are not deemed part of the European Single Market. However, under the current OAD, the Islands have:
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 17:32:00 GMT
Falklands Election: Peter Biggs, “Our allegiance with the UK is vital; I hope Argentina will mature into a democracy”
Peter Biggs has announced his intention to stand for the Falklands General Election and is running for the circumscription of Stanley. Follows his manifesto: