Falkland Islands / Malvinas
Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:38:00 GMTFalklands: good news for FIGAS, next NB Islander assembly "scheduled in the coming weeks"
Falkland Islands Government Air Service, FIGAS, Britten-Norman has confirmed that the first new Islander to be produced through its fully reshored UK production line has reached 75% completion at the company’s Bembridge faci...
Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:36:00 GMTFIG appoints Steve Dent as new Director of Development & Commercial Services
The Falkland Islands Government has announced the appointment of Steve Dent as the next Director of Development & Commercial Services. Steve joined FIG in 2023, and for the last three years has been Deputy Director of DCS, with...
Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:55:00 GMTFalklands celebrated Environment and Oceans awareness last Sunday
The Falkland Islands Environment Department, together with Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Maritime Authority joined SAERI and other related organizations in celebrating World Environment Day and World Ocean Day during the last...
Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:22:00 GMTFalklands: how important it is for UK electorate to have the Islands remaining British
This is a special week for the Falkland Islands and its people, Sunday is 14th June, the 44th anniversary of the Liberation of the Islands from the invading Argentine troops, which on that day definitively signed their surrende...
Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:52:00 GMTArgentina seeks a trade pact that would link it with the UK for the first time since 1982
Argentina has applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a step that, if completed, would place it for the first time since the 1982 Falklands War in a trade agreement tha...
Sun, 07 Jun 2026 07:56:00 GMTReport warns foreign fleets off Argentina catch up to four times the national industry's haul
Foreign fleets operating along the outer edge of Argentina's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) —the so-called Mile 201— extract up to four times the volume caught by the entire national fishing industry, according to a report b...
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:09:00 GMTFalklands’ public meeting Monday 8th June on the 2026/27 annual budget, with Secretary Clunie attending
The Falkland Islands Government will be holding a public meeting on Monday 8th June 2026 from 5-6pm in the Court & Assembly Chamber where the Financial Secretary, Pat Clunie will present the 2026-27 annual budget.
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:08:00 GMTArgentina warns it could 'fully exercise all actions' over Falklands oil drilling plans
Argentina's government warned that it could "fully exercise all" available actions over plans to develop an oil field near the Falkland Islands, in a fresh escalation of the sovereignty dispute. The Foreign Ministry declared th...
Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMTFalklands pass £216m budget under 'live within our means' principle amid fiscal pressures
The Falkland Islands Government presented its 2026/27 budget to the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, the first of the Assembly elected in December, with an Appropriation Bill of 216.3 million pounds and under the guiding prin...
Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:58:00 GMTFalklands approve accelerated housing scheme with 30 modular homes at Murray Heights
The Falkland Islands Government announced that its Executive Council had approved a plan to accelerate housing provision in Stanley, in response to the urgent need to expand the housing stock. The initiative provides for the de...