Entertainment

• Wednesday, March 5th 2025 - 09:55 UTC

  BAS invites to the Cambridge Festival, “Join us for an Antarctic Adventure”

  

  Come along to ‘Antarctic Adventure – Explore the Frozen Frontier’ – a talk aimed at anyone over 7 years old by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) polar scientist Kate Hendry and marine biologist Dr. Helen Scales.

• Wednesday, March 5th 2025 - 09:00 UTC

  Russian model Irina Shayk keeps heads turning at Rio's Carnival

  

  Rio de Janeiro's Carnival is an annual event for many. But for 39-year-old Russian model Irina Shayk, it was her first. She made a stunning debut on Monday, dressed in a spectacular rhinestone costume, as the guest of honor for the samba school Beija-Flor de Nilópolis, one of the most awarded schools in town.

• Wednesday, March 5th 2025 - 08:00 UTC

  Falklands, Town Hall car park and junction closures for the Stanley Marathon

  

  On your marks for the world’s most southerly marathon, of all places in the Falkland Islands next Sunday 9 March. For a real challenge don your running shoes for the world’s most southerly AIMS-certified marathon. The Standard Chartered Bank Stanley Marathon, now in its fifteenth year, is widely regarded as one of the most challenging marathon courses, but participants are rewarded with magnificent views around the Islands’ capital, Stanley.

• Monday, March 3rd 2025 - 19:20 UTC

  Brazilian production wins Oscar for Best Picture in Foreign Language

  

  Brazilians celebrated it as if it was another football title when Walter Salles' “Ainda Estou Aqui” (“I'm Still Here”) won the Oscar for Best Film in a Foreign Language. It was the first time a production from the South American country received such an accolade. The movie tells the story of a family during Brazil's military dictatorship (1964-1985).

• Monday, February 24th 2025 - 08:29 UTC

  Falklands: two Indian Navy women officers reach Stanley after successfully navigating Cape Horn

  

  Completing their longest and most challenging leg, the Indian Naval Sailing Vessel, INSV, Tarini arrived safely in Stanley, Falkland Islands after travelling 10,400km from New Zealand.

• Monday, February 24th 2025 - 07:56 UTC

  Falklands U15 girls and boys teams dispute Friendship Cup in Punta Arenas

  

  Punta Arenas city, southern Chile media is giving a great display to the international juvenile football competition that started on Sunday and has one of its main attractions the Falkland Islands Youth Football teams, both girls and boys.

• Monday, February 24th 2025 - 03:20 UTC

  Falklands: Standard Chartered Bank Stanley Marathon entry registry ends Friday

  

  This week, February 28th, is the closing date to register for the Falkland Islands, Stanley Marathon, sponsored by the Standard Chartered Bank to take place next 9 March 2025.

• Monday, February 24th 2025 - 02:57 UTC

  Attack on a penguin at Falklands, Volunteer Point receives international photography prize

  

  United States Princeton University Press, PUP, is delighted to be the publisher of Bird Photographer of the Year annual collections, and to present this showcase of the winning photographs from the 2024 competition.

• Sunday, February 9th 2025 - 10:44 UTC

  Falklands’ 17 girls’ team will play female international football in Punta Arenas

  

  On International Girls and Women in Sport Day, the focus is on the Girls Football Team coached by Troyd Bowles. They are about to embark on their biggest challenge yet with the first ever female international football tournament for the Falkland Islands in Punta Arenas.

• Sunday, February 9th 2025 - 10:15 UTC

  Falkland Islands Cricket team readies for weeklong tour of Costa Rica next March

  

  Falkland Islands and Costa Rica are pleased to announce that a weeklong tour by the Falklands cricket team to Central America has been confirmed, from 8-15 March 2025 for a five match T20 series.