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Fri, 11 Nov 2022 10:45:00 GMT
Falklands Veterans mark the 40th anniversary of the Liberation of the Islands
The following arrangements have been made for Friday 11 November 2022 to enable Veterans of the Falkland Islands to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands.

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 10:20:00 GMT
Falklands residents demand “local and world leaders tackle climate change”
In the light and spirit of COP27 a group of Falklands residents have organized a demonstration to “demand action from leaders, both locally and worldwide to tackle the natural disasters we currently face,” organizer Mark Mc...

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 10:20:00 GMT
Falklands: additional funding for overseas students in higher education considered
Inflation is biting and additional funding for Falkland Islands students studying overseas for their higher or further education is being considered by Falkland Islands government as cost of living escalates globally, Penguin N...

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 10:50:00 GMT
Falklands' preparations for major Remembrance commemoration next Sunday
The Falkland Islands Government has announced the arrangements and details for the coming Remembrance commemoration, which this Sunday will be counting with the participation of a great number of Falklands' Veterans on a specia...

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 23:04:00 GMT
Travel expenses to Falklands' Darwin Cemetery are not “abroad,” Argentine taxpayer cries
An Argentine national who visited the Darwin Cemetery on the Falkland Islands to pay his respects to the combatants fallen in the 1982 war was outraged upon his return that his credit card was billing him the surcharges recentl...

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 10:40:00 GMT
Falkland Islander addresses the House of Commons from the dispatch
A Law student at Stoke-on-Trent became the first Falkland Islander to address his "peers" at the House of Commons last Friday during a special session of the United Kingdom's Youth Parliament, with Sir Lindsay Hoyle presiding t...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:20:00 GMT
Falklands and BOTs delegates invited to the Constituency Garden of Remembrance
The Speaker of the House Sir Lindsay Hoyle installed on Monday the opening of the Constituency Garden of Remembrance at the New Palace Yard in Parliament grounds and invited representatives from the Overseas Territories to part...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:10:00 GMT
Falklands' war landing craft, wins 2022 Flagship Award of the Year
Foxtrot 8 is one of the four vessels that won the 2022 Flagships of the Year Awards, for its public engagement program and media campaign in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflict, according to Heritage Machine...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 08:58:00 GMT
Falkland Islands lists Covid-19 as endemic, in the same manner as other viral illnesses
On Wednesday 29 June the Falkland Islands King Edward Memorial Hospital, KEMH, announced that as Covid-19 infection rates continued to be low, following the initial spike in cases seen in May 2022, Covid-19 is now considered en...

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 10:35:00 GMT
Foreign Office' Travel Advice on the Falklands: US$ 200,000 medical insurance
The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office updated last week its travel advice on the Falkland Islands, underlining that all visitors must have comprehensive travel and medical insurance, including at least US$ 200,000 f...



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