Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:55 UTC

  Detractor of Falklands people's rights, Argentina's candidate to the International Law Court of The Hague

  

  Dr. Marcelo Kohen is an Argentine lawyer who for more than three decades has been living in Switzerland where he is a professor of International Law at the University Institute of International High Studies in Geneva, He is also currently secretary of the prestigious International Law Institute created in 1843.

• Monday, August 1st 2022 - 08:40 UTC

  Falklands peaty soil spread in the main ring of the Palermo cattle show in Buenos Aires

  

  The main Argentine agriculture and business show is annually held on the grounds of Palermo, since Saturday in its major ring where the best cattle, sheep, and horses of the event are paraded, has in the center peaty soil from the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, August 1st 2022 - 08:12 UTC

  Falklands celebrates Daphne's win in Lawn Bowls and England's Euro Women's Cup

  

  Double celebration for the Falkland Islands. The Islands Lawn Bowls Ladies Single Daphne Arthur Almond beat India's Tania Choudhary in a very tense competition from 21 to 20.

• Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 09:41 UTC

  Praise for FIDF from UK Forces, “one of the best equipped reserve forces”

  

  The Falkland Islands are the UK's most remote overseas territory, being more than 8,000 miles away from Britain. The isolated nature of the Islands means that the troops stationed there must be almost self-sufficient.

• Friday, July 29th 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Dissertation: Spanish-English contact in the Falkland Islands

  

  By Yliana Rodríguez (*) for MercoPress – A cosmic coincidence happened to me some months ago. I was notified that my PhD defense committee only coincided on June 14, meaning that would be the date to defend my thesis about Falkland Islands English in contact with Spanish.

• Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands approves importation, possession, use and sale of Cannabidiol (CBD)

  

  The Executive Council of the Falkland Islands has approved that the importation, possession, use and retail sale of excepted products containing Cannabidiol (CBD) in the Falklands should be lawful. The announcement was reported on the Falklands government page.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 09:32 UTC

  Falklands extends oil licenses two years for farm-in Rockhopper/Navitas accord

  

  Positive news for Falklands' oil industry development. All regulatory consents for the transaction between Harbour Energy plc and Israel's Navitas Petroleum LP of its Falkland Islands offshore license interests have been approved by the Falkland Islands government and the United Kingdom minister of state.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands’ inshore waters recognized as globally significant seabird hotspot

  

  A Falklands Conservation project has identified the Falklands Islands’ inshore waters as globally recognized Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) for breeding seabirds, driving forward their aim for quality marine management practices in the Islands.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 09:05 UTC

  Crime and Policing in the Falkland Islands: have your say survey

  

  The Royal Falkland Islands Police (RFIP) has reminded that the month long Survey on Crime and Policing in the Falkland Islands runs until Sunday 31 July. The survey aims to gain insight into public perceptions of crime in the Islands and how the police have dealt with reported crime or incidents. It is intended to give the public an opportunity to provide feedback on their experiences of contact with the police since 2019, in both emergency and non-emergency situations. RFIP is seeking to hear from people across the Islands diverse community.

• Monday, July 25th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  The First Sea Lord warns: “We are focusing solely on the Russian bear risks missing the tiger in the room”

  

  In a wide-ranging 25-minute keynote address to the Council on Geostrategy at The Naval and Military Club in London, the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Ben Key, outlined the lessons of events in eastern Europe and their impact on the Navy and the nation it serves, emphasizing the ever-growing importance of maritime power as means to promote peace, security, and prosperity.