Falkland Islands

Friday, June 12th 2026 - 15:59 UTC
Falklands, Monday 15th June Public Holiday; Liberation Day celebrations on Sunday 14th June

Falkland Islands Government has notified that Monday 15th June 2026 will be a Public Holiday in lieu of Liberation Day which this year falls on Sunday 14th June. Therefore all Government Departments (other than those providing essential services) will be closed.
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Tuesday, June 9th 2026 - 23:38 UTC
Falklands: good news for FIGAS, next NB Islander assembly “scheduled in the coming weeks”

Falkland Islands Government Air Service, FIGAS, Britten-Norman has confirmed that the first new Islander to be produced through its fully reshored UK production line has reached 75% completion at the company’s Bembridge facility on the Isle of Wight, with final assembly scheduled in the coming weeks.
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Tuesday, June 9th 2026 - 21:36 UTC
FIG appoints Steve Dent as new Director of Development & Commercial Services

The Falkland Islands Government has announced the appointment of Steve Dent as the next Director of Development & Commercial Services. Steve joined FIG in 2023, and for the last three years has been Deputy Director of DCS, with direct line-management responsibility for a number of key FIG sections as well as commercial contracts within the directorate’s remit.
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Tuesday, June 9th 2026 - 19:55 UTC
Falklands celebrated Environment and Oceans awareness last Sunday

The Falkland Islands Environment Department, together with Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Maritime Authority joined SAERI and other related organizations in celebrating World Environment Day and World Ocean Day during the last weekend.
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Monday, June 8th 2026 - 23:22 UTC
Falklands: how important it is for UK electorate to have the Islands remaining British

This is a special week for the Falkland Islands and its people, Sunday is 14th June, the 44th anniversary of the Liberation of the Islands from the invading Argentine troops, which on that day definitively signed their surrender to the British Task Force sent to the South Atlantic to liberate the forcibly submitted Falklands people after 74 days.
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Sunday, June 7th 2026 - 23:52 UTC
Argentina seeks a trade pact that would link it with the UK for the first time since 1982

Argentina has applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a step that, if completed, would place it for the first time since the 1982 Falklands War in a trade agreement that also includes the United Kingdom. Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno announced the decision during a tour of Europe and handed the formal letter of intent to New Zealand, the treaty's depositary.
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Sunday, June 7th 2026 - 07:56 UTC
Report warns foreign fleets off Argentina catch up to four times the national industry's haul

Foreign fleets operating along the outer edge of Argentina's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) —the so-called Mile 201— extract up to four times the volume caught by the entire national fishing industry, according to a report by the Latin American Foundation for Fisheries Sustainability (FULASP) released on the International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. The organization called the activity one of the main threats to the fishery resources of the South-West Atlantic.
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Saturday, June 6th 2026 - 08:09 UTC
Falklands’ public meeting Monday 8th June on the 2026/27 annual budget, with Secretary Clunie attending

The Falkland Islands Government will be holding a public meeting on Monday 8th June 2026 from 5-6pm in the Court & Assembly Chamber where the Financial Secretary, Pat Clunie will present the 2026-27 annual budget.
Friday, June 5th 2026 - 07:08 UTC
Argentina warns it could 'fully exercise all actions' over Falklands oil drilling plans

Argentina's government warned that it could “fully exercise all” available actions over plans to develop an oil field near the Falkland Islands, in a fresh escalation of the sovereignty dispute. The Foreign Ministry declared the plans of Britain's Rockhopper Exploration “unlawful” and described that company and its Israeli partner, Navitas Petroleum, as “clandestine,” after the Sea Lion project moved from exploration into development.
Wednesday, June 3rd 2026 - 23:00 UTC
Falklands pass £216m budget under 'live within our means' principle amid fiscal pressures

The Falkland Islands Government presented its 2026/27 budget to the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, the first of the Assembly elected in December, with an Appropriation Bill of 216.3 million pounds and under the guiding principle of “living within our means.” The plan seeks to balance the territory's finances amid pressure on revenue and an ambitious infrastructure investment program.