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Montevideo, March 29th 2024 - 10:25 UTC

Falkland Islands

  • Wednesday, January 10th 2024 - 11:34 UTC

    Falklands Representative honors Margaret Thatcher on annual memorial day

    In observance of Margaret Thatcher Day, Richard Hyslop, Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK & Europe, paid respects to the late Baroness Thatcher. He laid a bouquet of flowers on her grave, representing the gratitude of the Falklands for her role in the liberation of the Islands during 1982 conflict in the South Atlantic.

  • Wednesday, January 10th 2024 - 11:26 UTC

    The Darwin 200 Project reached the Falkland Islands

    The Oosterschelde was the first Dutch commercial tall ship to sail to both the north and south poles and successfully tackle the infamous Cape Horn

    Eight soldiers from the British Parachute Regiment are joining the Darwin200 project for a week as the global voyage retracing Charles Darwin’s famous journey on HMS Beagle passes the Falkland Islands.

  • Saturday, January 6th 2024 - 10:39 UTC

    United Kingdom launches search to find the artist of a striking Falklands painting

    The artwork shows a graphic scene from the Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War. (MOD Crown Copyright)

    A search has been launched by the DIO for the artist of a striking painting that depicts the brutal reality of the Falklands War. The picture was found in a former classroom at HMS Raleigh by a staff member who works for the Defence Infrastructure Organization (DIO). With the classroom not currently in use, the painting had been all but forgotten about.

  • Friday, January 5th 2024 - 09:46 UTC

    Brazilian support for Argentine sovereignty claim over the Falklands

    Brasilia the modern capital of Brazil, the leading economy of Latin America

    On Wednesday, 3 January, the Brazilian government made an official statement in support of its second trade partner, and Mercosur associate, Argentina, and its sovereignty claim over the Falklands and other South Atlantic Islands.

  • Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:58 UTC

    Argentina: Malvinas claim recognizes Islanders “interests” and a “mature relation” with Britain

    Argentine Foreign minister Diana Mondino, “bilateral negotiations taking into account the interests of the inhabitants of the Islands”

    The third of January has been an iconic date for Argentina's claim over the Falkland Islands, since on that day but in 1833, the “United Kingdom forcibly occupied the Malvinas Islands over which ”a recently independent Argentine Nation was exercising sovereignty, given her condition of heir to such possessions of Spain in South America.”

  • Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

    The 1933 Whalebone Arch which commemorates British continuous rule in Falklands

    The Whalebone Arch in Stanley City, adjacent to the cathedral, the southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world, a must for visitors to enjoy and picture a souvenir

    One of the attractions when visiting the Falkland Islands' capital Stanley City is the Whalebone Arch, adjacent to the cathedral, the southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world. Locals, tourists and cruise visitors love to enjoy and picture the impressive mandibles of blue whales in the arch, but not many are aware it was erected in 1933, to commemorate the centenary of continuous British administration in the Falklands. The land and garden that forms the Arch Green (formerly Cathedral Green) was given by the Falkland Islands Company to the Falkland Islands Government for the leisure of the people of Stanley, and enjoyment of visitors.

  • Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:49 UTC

    Falklands Rockhopper set to receive huge sum because of an arbitration with Italy

    CEO Moody, “We are hopeful that this new funding will largely or entirely fulfill our equity requirements for Sea Lion”

    Falklands oil company, Rockhopper Exploration PLC has agreed with a regulated specialist fund to monetize the arbitration award. The award announced in August 2022 relates to arbitration against Italy involving Ombrina Mare oil field in the Adriatic. (*)

  • Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:30 UTC

    Ex head of Falkland Islands Defense Force becomes member OBE

    Justin was a member of FIDF since he was 18 and ended his career as Commanding Officer

    In the New Year Honors 2024 Overseas and International List, among those who became members of the Order of the British Empire, OBE, is a Falkland Islander, who for many years served with the Falkland Islands Defense Force, FIDF, and lately as Commanding Officer of the force.

  • Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:23 UTC

    Venezuela supports Argentina's claim to Malvinas

    “Just as the Essequibo is Venezuelan, the Malvinas are Argentine,” Gil insisted

    Despite criticizing a judge's decision to hand over to the United States the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 freighter aircraft seized in Buenos Aires, Venezuela's Foreign Ministry also issued Wednesday a declaration insisting that the Malvinas [Falkland] Islands were Argentine.

  • Sunday, December 31st 2023 - 23:20 UTC

    1982 South Atlantic War: Crippa launches fundraiser to bring back his plane

    The aircraft “was sold to an American arms dealer” due to budgetary issues, Crippa lamented

    Retired Argentine Navy pilot Owen Crippa launched this week a fundraiser to bring back from the United States the Italian-built Aermacchi MB-339 with which he attacked the HMS Argonaut on May 21, 1982, during a reconnaissance mission amid the South Atlantic war over the Falkland Islands. He reportedly needs US$ 50,000.