Falkland Islands

• Friday, December 15th 2023 - 08:12 UTC

  UK and Overseas Territories, “a modern partnership for a stronger British family”

  

  The Government of the United Kingdom, and democratically elected Governments of the British Overseas Territories of Anguilla, Ascension, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, St Helena, Tristan da Cunha, and Turks and Caicos Islands met on 14 to 15 November 2023 to decide the following Joint Declaration.

• Thursday, December 14th 2023 - 17:49 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government announces support scheme for tourist sector

  

  Following the approval at ExCo on Tuesday 12 December, the Falkland Islands Government will now be able to provide details on a support scheme designed specifically to mitigate the effects of site closures associated with the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as bird flu, on tourism businesses, operators and employees until 31 March 2024.

• Thursday, December 14th 2023 - 11:24 UTC

  “Frustration and dismay” over Falklands Exco ITQ fees decision for 2024

  

  The following release refers to a piece published in the Penguin News, December 8/2023, page 3, “Catches and changes to ITQ fees at Fisheries meeting”. The Falkland Islands Fisheries Companies Association, FIFCA note with dismay and real concern the announcement regarding ITQ fees for 2024.

• Tuesday, December 12th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

  “Britain has manipulated the principle of self-determination in the Falkland Islands”

  

  “If there is a people who are victims of colonialism, to whom the principle of self-determination can be applied, it is the Argentine people,” says Facundo D. Rodriguez (*). The following is a letter Mr. Rodriguez sent to The Guardian in reply to the piece by columnist Simon Jenkins, “Argentine firebrand president elect Javier Milei is right in one thing, British sovereignty of the Falklands must end.”

• Tuesday, December 12th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  Change of skipper for the Royal Navy Ice Patrol

  

  After 20 months and 54,500nm, Captain Maryla Ingham RN has handed over Command of the Ice Patrol HMS Protector to Captain Tom Weaver OBE RN in the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, December 8th 2023 - 12:06 UTC

  Friday, public holiday in Falklands; anniversary of the great naval battle 8 December 1914

  

  Gilbert House, seat of the Falkland Islands elected government has announced the following program for Friday 8 December 2023 to commemorate the victory of the Naval engagements of 8th December 1914 in the South Atlantic.

• Friday, December 8th 2023 - 09:03 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego Governor warns Milei against possible drop in Malvinas claims

  

  In a column published this week in Buenos Aires daily Clarín, Gustavo Melella, Governor of the Argentine Province of Tierra del Fuego which technically includes the South Atlantic Islands over which the South American country claims sovereignty, stressed that the future Libertarian administration of Javier Milei should not enact a U-turn in the state policies on that particular matter.

• Thursday, December 7th 2023 - 13:53 UTC

  Case of Malvinas conscripts tortured by officers admitted by International Human Rights Court

  

  A light of hope for the many Malvinas Veterans who for years have litigated in Argentine courts to have their own officers condemned for having abused, tortured, and committed all sorts of human rights violations against many of the green conscripts sent to fight a war in the Falkland Islands, four decades ago.

• Thursday, December 7th 2023 - 13:02 UTC

  Falklands announce new Director of Emergency Services and Island Security

  

  The Falkland Islands Government is pleased to announce the appointment of Justin McPhee as the new Director of Emergency Services and Island Security, who will take up the position in April 2024.

• Thursday, December 7th 2023 - 05:07 UTC

  Improved TV channel service for Falklands audience

  

  The British Forces Broadcasting Service and the Falkland Islands Government would like to inform the public that from Monday 11 December 2023 they will be replacing the BFBS Extra channel with ‘Channel 5’ on all Falklands services for the civilian audience. This new addition of Channel 5 offers a diverse range of programming.