Falkland Islands
Sat, 26 Feb 2022 10:25:00 GMTProposal for symbolic Malvinas empty bench in Argentine Lower House, 'until the legitimate occupant arrives'
A group of Argentine opposition lawmakers is sponsoring a bill to create a bench in the Lower House dedicated to the Malvinas Islands, which will remain symbolically empty until its “legitimate occupant” finally arrives.
Sat, 26 Feb 2022 10:05:00 GMTThe Ukraine flag proudly flies alongside the Falklands flag
This Friday, members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly raised the flag of Ukraine in Stanley. The people and the government of the Falkland Islands stand with the people of Ukraine at this time. The Ukraine flag prou...
Thu, 24 Feb 2022 20:46:00 GMTApril deadline to get involved in key Falklands 40th events
Veterans of the Falklands War have until the end of April to register their interest for a 'liberation day' commemorative event, marking 40 years since the conflict.
Wed, 23 Feb 2022 23:59:00 GMTMemorial events to mark Falklands 40th anniversary take shape
Four decades to the day that the fighting in the South Atlantic conflict came to an end, the National Memorial Arboretum near Lichfield will be the setting for a Falkland Islands ‘Liberation Day’ commemorative event, organi...
Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:50:00 GMTSpanish sailors in Falklands honor their fellow crew members from Villa de Pitanxo lost off Newfoundland
Crew members from the Spanish fleet which operates with Falkland Islands licenses met on Monday in the capital Stanley for a poignant ceremony to honor their fellow mariners who went down with the fishing vessel Villa de Pitanx...
Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:50:00 GMTPrivate donation of £100,000 for expansion of Falklands Museum
The Staff and Trustees of the Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust announced on Tuesday that a donation of £100,000.00 has been made towards the Lookout Gallery & Exhibition Hall’s exhibitions and displays.
Sat, 19 Feb 2022 17:05:00 GMTWork to fully reopen Argentina's Petrel Base in Antarctica goes on
Argentine Navy's ARA Puerto Argentino sloop has sucessfully unloaded supplies and machinery this week at the Petrel Base in Antarctica, it was reported. A self-propelled pontoon built entirely at the Tandanor–CINAR shipyard w...
Fri, 18 Feb 2022 09:24:00 GMTFalklands' Chamber of Commerce organizes First Environmental Business Symposium
The Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce has announced the first Falkland Islands Environmental Business Symposium, will be held at 12:30 on the 18th of March. The Chamber is bringing together speakers from organizations across...
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:12:00 GMTPatagonia January inflation 3,6%, double the Falklands' annual retail prices index
Despite highly subsidized public rates, a long list of coerced consumer prices, relatively cheap fuel in the current global energy-short environment, the Consumer Price Index in Argentine Patagonia, mainly Tierra del Fuego, rea...
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:09:00 GMTLast living Yagan language speaker dies aged 93; members of her ethnicity lived in the Falklands
The last known living person who spoke Yagan, the language of the indigenous people who inhabited Tierra del Fuego, passed away this week in the Clinics Hospital from Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile. She was 93, and had to...