Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 22:37 UTC

  Falklands Legislative moves from Gilbert House to Sulivan House

  

  The Office of the elected Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly has formally relocated to Sulivan House on Ross Road, Stanley. Gilbert House is no longer in use for Assembly business. The Legislative Assembly thanks all involved in the process of moving offices, and making Sulivan House ready for use for the new Assembly.

• Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 10:59 UTC

  Argentina halts Jerusalem Embassy move amid Falklands oil drilling dispute

  

  Argentina has reportedly put on hold its plan to relocate its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem after diplomatic friction linked to offshore oil drilling near the Falkland Islands, Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 reported over the weekend.

• Saturday, January 10th 2026 - 18:40 UTC

  Italian PM Giorgia Meloni given Margaret Thatcher Award by EU Conservatives

  

  “I am a soldier in the service of an idea,” Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on receiving the Margaret Thatcher Awards, an event in mid- December organized at the Roman Aquarium by New Direction, the think tank of the European Conservative and Reformist family.

• Saturday, January 10th 2026 - 18:17 UTC

  Falklands celebrates Margaret Thatcher Day to honor the Islands’ Liberator

  

  Today January 10th is Margaret Thatcher Day in the Falkland Islands. The date remembers and celebrates when the former Prime Minister and victorious in the Falklands War spent a four-day visit to the Islands beginning precisely on 10 January 1983 only eight months after the end of the conflict with Argentina.

• Saturday, January 10th 2026 - 14:22 UTC

  Falklands, flags at half-mast to the memory of a much loved former legislator and historian

  

  As a mark of respect for the late Mr John Smith MBE, the flag at the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly Offices, Sulivan House, will be flown at half-mast on the day of his funeral, Tuesday the 13th of January.

• Wednesday, January 7th 2026 - 15:06 UTC

  Elisha Kent Kane Society awards Gold Medal to Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust trustee Mensun Bound

  

  At a recent black-tie dinner in Manhattan, the Elisha Kent Kane Historical Society, presented its Gold Medal to Mensun Bound, Trustee of the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust (FMHT). The prestigious award was in recognition of his role in discovering Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance that sank beneath the ice of the Weddell Sea on 21 November 1915. The search, which was directed by the FMHT, working in close collaboration with the deep-water robotics company Ocean Infinity, found the wreck at a depth of 3008 m on 5 March 2022.

• Wednesday, January 7th 2026 - 10:00 UTC

  Ascension’s Telecoms Turning Point and What It May Signal for the Falklands

  

  By OpenFalklands
  
  This post examines the latest milestone in Ascension Island’s telecommunications story, set against the accelerating global adoption of Starlink and its relevance for the Falkland Islands. If you are new to this unfolding saga, you may wish to begin with my two earlier OpenFalklands posts, which anticipated how similar dynamics could emerge in the Falklands.

• Monday, January 5th 2026 - 04:00 UTC

  Telecommunications: The One Constraint Touching Every Falklands Business

  

  By OpenFalklands
  
  On December 19th 2025, the Falkland Islands Development Corporation (FIDC) published its 2025 Business Climate Survey with the statement:

• Saturday, January 3rd 2026 - 22:03 UTC

  Falklands, Argentina recalls the 193 anniversary of UK “illegitimate” occupation and calls for bilateral dialogue

  

  In its annual routine statement, the Argentine Foreign ministry has recalled the 193rd anniversary of 3 January 1833, when ‘the illegitimate occupation of the Malvinas Islands’ and ‘has reaffirmed its legitimate and imprescriptible sovereignty rights over the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and their surrounding maritime spaces’.

• Wednesday, December 31st 2025 - 09:09 UTC

  FAO officially launches 2026 as the International Year of the Women Farmer

  

  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) officially launched The International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026, a global campaign aimed at recognizing women’s indispensable yet often overlooked contributions to global agri-food systems and to galvanize efforts to close persistent gender gaps.