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Mon, 24 Jan 2022 09:40:00 GMTSeize order for Crystal Symphony because of unpaid fuel
The cruise vessel Crystal Symphony that was supposed to dock in Miami sailed to the Bahamas instead after a U.S. judge granted an order to seize the vessel as part of a lawsuit over unpaid fuel.
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 10:56:00 GMTThe drifting giant A68 iceberg released billions of tons of fresh water in South Georgia ecosystem
Scientists monitoring the giant A68a iceberg from space reveal that a huge amount of freshwater was released as it melted around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. An estimated 152 billion tons of freshwater – equival...
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 09:05:00 GMTLet us celebrate Penguin Awareness Day with Falklands one of the world's great penguin capitals
Penguin Awareness Day is celebrated annually on the 20th of January and this year was on Thursday. The founder of Penguin Awareness Day is unknown, and there is no information on when this day was first celebrated.
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:01:00 GMTFalklands Senior Veterinary Officer is an woman Islander, born and educated in the Islands
The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) confirmed that following a recruitment process at the end of 2021, Zoe Fowler was offered and has accepted the post of Senior Veterinary Officer for the Falkland Islands Government.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 20:55:00 GMTFalklands' Maritime Heritage Trust resumes search for Shackleton's Endurance
Last week the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust announced the resumption of the search for Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance which lies in deep water beneath the ice of the Weddell Sea. A hundred years after his death Shackleton ...
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 09:50:00 GMTFalklands' War 40th anniversary: HMS Sheffield veterans raising money for a memorial
Veterans of the former Royal Navy destroyer HMS Sheffield are looking to raise £15,000 in just a couple of months – in time to install a memorial on the 40th anniversary of her loss during the Falklands war.
Fri, 14 Jan 2022 20:13:00 GMTFormer Spanish PMs support dialogue between Argentina, UK over Falklands
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday thanked former Spanish Prime Ministers for their support to resuming dialogue with the United Kingdom over the Falklands / Malvinas issue.
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:50:00 GMTFifty years since the air link between Falkland Islands and Comodoro Rivadavia
Half a century ago, on 12 January 1972, a seaplane from the Argentine Air Force landed in Stanley harbor establishing the first regular flight between Comodoro Rivadavia and the Falkland Islands. From then onwards, ”sanitary,...
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 09:59:00 GMTArgentina claims Wallace's remarks are “inappropriate and unacceptable”
The Argentine foreign ministry reacted strongly to Defense Secretary Ben Wallace's statements published on Monday in the Daily Telegraph arguing that his belligerent threats and denigratory remarks towards Argentina are not com...
Wed, 12 Jan 2022 09:49:00 GMTOn Margaret Thatcher Day, Secretary Wallace said “Britain will continue to stand up to bullies”
On Monday UK Defense secretary told the Falklands 40 Margaret Thatcher Day Lecture that Britain will continue to “stand up to bullies” wherever in the world they happen to be situated. He said: “Our enemies should not dou...