Falkland Islands

Friday, July 1st 2022 - 10:35 UTC
Argentina insists Malvinas negotiations with UK are essential if bilateral relations are to advance

On a few occasions and at such level, has Argentina had the opportunity to say that if the relation between Argentina and UK is to increase, first we must address the Falklands/Malvinas question, otherwise “that relation will not advance”.
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Friday, July 1st 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Falklands War: nuke sub HMS Spartan honors heroes and crew members

Some thirty former crew members of Swift-sure Class nuclear submarine HMS Spartan gathered at the war memorial in Sunderland’s Mowbray Park, county of Durham, and paid their respects to fellow Falklands War heroes who did not make it home.
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Friday, July 1st 2022 - 08:06 UTC
Falklands will host the Red Ensign Group Conference next February

More than 50 maritime professionals from across the Overseas Territories, Crown Dependencies, and the UK are coming to the Falkland Islands for the Red Ensign Group Conference.
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Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Johnson disappointed Falklands issue was brought up by Fernandez, but described the meeting as frank and friendly

Boris Johnson has admitted he was “disappointed” that Argentine president Alberto Fernandez used the G7 summit bilateral meeting to bring up the issue of the Falklands/Malvinas dispute.
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Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Boris Johnson and Putin clash over “toxic masculinity” and Falklands' war

Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have started the military offensive in Ukraine if he was a woman, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said during the G 7 leaders summit in Germany.
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Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 09:34 UTC
Falklands new fisheries patrol vessel name: “Lilibet” in honor of Queen Elizabeth

The Falkland Islands Government's new Fishery Patrol Vessel (FPV) provided under a 15-year contract by Seagull Maritime Limited, beginning in 2023, finally has a name, “Lilibet”. The name was put forward by schoolchild Aimee Walker following an open competition at both Falkland Islands Schools in May.
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Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 09:00 UTC
South Georgia: Yacht Charter to support wandering albatross surveys

In 2024, the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) will be undertaking a census of wandering albatross on South Georgia alongside various complementary terrestrial monitoring activities. To support this, GSGSSI requires to charter a yacht. We invite operators to tender for the provision of this service.
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Monday, June 27th 2022 - 19:35 UTC
Johnson tells Fernández Falklanders and Ukrainians entitled to self determination

President Alberto Fernández Monday told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that more Britons were living in Argentina than in the Falkland Islands, but that did not change an iota the Conservative's leader stance that there was nothing to talk about in that regard because Falkland Islanders, like all people, have a right to self-determination, according to his post-meeting comments to the press quoted by Clarín.
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Monday, June 27th 2022 - 10:57 UTC
Falklands in agenda of Fernandez bilateral meeting with Johnson at G7

Argentine president Alberto Fernandez confirmed that this Monday afternoon, at the G7 summit in Munich he will be holding a fifteen minutes bilateral talk with UK prime minister Boris Johnson in which he plans to bring up the issue of the Falkland Islands.
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Monday, June 27th 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Uruguay Congress Falklands declaration expected first week of July; differences on the term 'usurpation'

The Uruguayan parliament is expected to make a legislative declaration relative to the Falkland Islands conflict and the 40th anniversary of the war during the first week of July. The initiative was presented by the opposition catch-all coalition (Broad Front) in April, but the final decision has been delayed since the senior member of the ruling coalition which supports president Luis Lacalle Pou, does not agree with the wording.
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