Falkland Islands

• Friday, May 15th 2026 - 03:43 UTC

  Falklands, artists film on local talent and works

  

  Watch our new short film exploring arts and culture in the Falkland Islands. Released alongside the latest exhibition by celebrated Ceramicist and Islander Graham Bound, the film features local artists sharing their work and speaking about how the Falklands insp them.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2026 - 23:41 UTC

  Falklands representative meets Starmer at State Opening of UK Parliament

  

  The Falkland Islands Government Representative to the United Kingdom and Europe, Richard Hyslop, attended the formal opening of the British parliamentary year on Wednesday, 13 May, and held talks with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and the Minister for the UK Overseas Territories, Stephen Doughty, at the reception held after the ceremony. The meeting reaffirms the political alignment between London and Stanley at a moment of international diplomatic tension over the sovereignty of the archipelago.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2026 - 13:28 UTC

  UK Defense minister “sick and tired of journalists and armchair generals” talking our military are ‘unprepared’

  

  In a contradictory remark he would later retract, UK Defense Readiness & Industry Minister Luke Pollard said he was sick and tired of “journalists and armchair generals” talking down the military, as he was pressed in response to a BFBS Forces News audience poll.

• Monday, May 11th 2026 - 08:34 UTC

  Falklands: revised FIGAS Winter Flying Program, May/September 2026

  

  The Falkland Islands Government Air Service (FIGAS) will introduce a revised winter flying program from 11 May 2026 to 13 September 2026. This follows consideration of the proposal at the Transport Advisory Committee (TAC), and a briefing to Members of Legislative Assembly earlier this week. Under the revised program, scheduled FIGAS passenger flights will operate on: Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Sunday This represents a temporary reduction from the usual winter flying pattern.

• Friday, May 8th 2026 - 01:20 UTC

  Falklands brace for Middle East fallout with fuel, shipping and supply contingencies

  

  The conflict in the Strait of Hormuz and its consequences for the global supply of oil and other derivative products have not bypassed the Falkland Islands, which, as one local lawmaker put it, sit “at the tail end of global distribution.”

• Thursday, May 7th 2026 - 23:08 UTC

  Falklands students send special message to Sir David Attenborough on his 100th birthday

  

  Students from the Falkland Islands' schools have prepared a video message for Sir David Attenborough to mark the broadcaster and naturalist's 100th birthday, which he will celebrate on Friday, May 8. The initiative, announced by the Falkland Islands Government's London Office, seeks to recognise the influence Sir David's documentary series have had on the archipelago's younger generations and his career-long role in showcasing the islands' natural heritage internationally.

• Thursday, May 7th 2026 - 09:06 UTC

  Foreign Office statement on the Hantavirus outbreak and UKOTs under support

  

  A statement from Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper on the Hantavirus outbreak, “The outbreak of Hantavirus is very serious and deeply stressful for those affected and their families. The UK response is being led by the UK Health Security Agency working with the WHO.

• Thursday, May 7th 2026 - 08:43 UTC

  Falklands, financial advance for FIMCO and calcified kelp license to improve soil for cattle forage

  

  On 20th April the Falkland Islands’ Executive Council considered a closed paper from FIMCO, Falkland Islands Meat Company, requesting a cash advance, to be repaid by June 2027. The request is to support cash-flow challenges resulting from the recent shipping delays.

• Tuesday, May 5th 2026 - 22:18 UTC

  Falklands monitor MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak and clarify the route did not include the islands

  

  The Falkland Islands Government issued an official statement on Tuesday confirming that it is closely monitoring the hantavirus outbreak aboard the polar cruise ship MV Hondius — a vessel that frequently operates in the archipelago's waters — and took the opportunity to correct information reported by some international media outlets suggesting that the ship had stopped at the islands on its current voyage from Ushuaia. The Falkland Islands Maritime Authority clarified that this information is incorrect and that the Hondius's most recent visit to the archipelago was in mid-February, weeks before the journey that triggered the current health crisis.

• Tuesday, May 5th 2026 - 18:10 UTC

  Falkland House in London hosts an exhibition of ceramic work by Graham Bound

  

  Graham Bound, who was born and raised in the Falkland Islands, is widely known as a journalist and writer. Among his achievements, he founded the weekly newspaper Penguin News and he has authored several books focusing on the 1982 war and the present-day Falklands, from the perspective of the Islanders.