Falkland Islands
Sat, 12 Nov 2022 10:26:00 GMTEight UK students win competition to visit Falklands and explore areas of their interest
As part of the Fortieth Anniversary celebrations eight UK students via a competition were offered an all-expenses-paid visit to the Falkland Islands in February 2023. Ben Fogle, who headed the judging panel said: “The Falklan...
Sat, 12 Nov 2022 10:14:00 GMTRemembrance Sunday Service 13 November in the Falklands, broadcast live to UK
The Government of the Falkland Islands has announced the arrangements for Sunday 13 November 2022, Remembrance Sunday, which on this occasion will be a very special Remembrance service since it will be broadcast live from the F...
Sat, 12 Nov 2022 10:07:00 GMTCommemorative flight for 130 Falklands Veterans and next of kin, first time in the Islands in forty years
Many Veterans and relatives who lost loved ones in the Falklands war are back in the Islands, for the first time in four decades, in a commemorative flight funded by the UK Ministry of Defense. The 130 travelers will mark the c...
Fri, 11 Nov 2022 10:45:00 GMTFalklands 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 GMTFalklands 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 GMTFalklands: 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 GMTFalklands' 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 GMTTravel 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 GMTFalkland 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 GMTFalklands 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...