Falkland Islands

• Friday, November 11th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Falklands: additional funding for overseas students in higher education considered

  

  Inflation is biting and additional funding for Falkland Islands students studying overseas for their higher or further education is being considered by Falkland Islands government as cost of living escalates globally, Penguin News was told by MLA Leona Roberts, portfolio holder for Education and Community.

• Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Falklands' preparations for major Remembrance commemoration next Sunday

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has announced the arrangements and details for the coming Remembrance commemoration, which this Sunday will be counting with the participation of a great number of Falklands' Veterans on a special invitation tour of the Islands because of the fortieth anniversary of the Liberation. The ceremony will also be live stream events to the United Kingdom.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 23:04 UTC

  Travel expenses to Falklands' Darwin Cemetery are not “abroad,” Argentine taxpayer cries

  

  An Argentine national who visited the Darwin Cemetery on the Falkland Islands to pay his respects to the combatants fallen in the 1982 war was outraged upon his return that his credit card was billing him the surcharges recently created by Superminister of Economy Sergio Massa for expenses abroad.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Falkland Islander addresses the House of Commons from the dispatch

  

  A Law student at Stoke-on-Trent became the first Falkland Islander to address his “peers” at the House of Commons last Friday during a special session of the United Kingdom's Youth Parliament, with Sir Lindsay Hoyle presiding the meeting.

• Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands and BOTs delegates invited to the Constituency Garden of Remembrance

  

  The Speaker of the House Sir Lindsay Hoyle installed on Monday the opening of the Constituency Garden of Remembrance at the New Palace Yard in Parliament grounds and invited representatives from the Overseas Territories to participate.

• Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  Falklands' war landing craft, wins 2022 Flagship Award of the Year

  

  Foxtrot 8 is one of the four vessels that won the 2022 Flagships of the Year Awards, for its public engagement program and media campaign in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflict, according to Heritage Machines and National Historic Ships UK.

• Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 08:58 UTC

  Falkland Islands lists Covid-19 as endemic, in the same manner as other viral illnesses

  

  On Wednesday 29 June the Falkland Islands King Edward Memorial Hospital, KEMH, announced that as Covid-19 infection rates continued to be low, following the initial spike in cases seen in May 2022, Covid-19 is now considered endemic in the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, November 7th 2022 - 10:35 UTC

  Foreign Office' Travel Advice on the Falklands: US$ 200,000 medical insurance

  

  The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office updated last week its travel advice on the Falkland Islands, underlining that all visitors must have comprehensive travel and medical insurance, including at least US$ 200,000 for medical evacuation.

• Monday, November 7th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Falklands forecasting record hake catch, plus 62,000 tons

  

  The Falkland Islands Department of Natural Resource has announced that the reception of application forms for the Illex packs for the 2023 season must be completed by 16th November 2022.

• Saturday, November 5th 2022 - 10:56 UTC

  Remembrance Sunday live from the Falkland Islands

  

  A Remembrance service will be broadcast live from the Falkland Islands on 13 November. Veterans of the 1982 conflict have returned to the Islands, many for the first time, to be part of the moving commemorations.