Falkland Islands

Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
South Georgia coin to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth

Issued on behalf of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands government, Pobjoy Mint has released a third coin to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The coin has been produced in Cupro Nickel Diamond Finish and Proof Sterling Silver.
Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
US has more civilian guns than people: 120,5 for every 100 Americans

United States is the only country in the world where civilian guns outnumber people, according to the Swiss base Small Arms Survey (SAS), and is also the country where at least one mass shooting takes place every year, as has tragically happened in Texas, where 19 school children and two teachers were killed by some mentally ill teenager.
Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:55 UTC
The Falklands Conflict – Then and Now

By Harold Briley for MercoPress (London) – The 40th anniversary of the Falklands Conflict is being commemorated all year with events in the Falkland Islands, the United Kingdom, and Argentina as MercoPress has reported.
Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:13 UTC
Falklands war: Plymouth and Liverpool remember UK merchant navy sailors killed

The city of Plymouth held a ceremony to remember British Merchant Navy sailors killed in the Falklands War and other conflicts. Wreaths were laid during the gathering at the Merchant Navy Monument on the city's Hoe seafront.
Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 10:13 UTC
Judge Simmons loves the Falklands; has the largest judicial jurisdiction in the world

“I have always had an interest in the Falkland Islands ever since, as a schoolboy in London in 1982, I watched the Task Force set sail. While the conflict in the Falklands was short, it had a huge impact on the people of the Falkland Islands and their relationship with Argentina,” said Judge Malcolm Simmons, senior judge and Coroner of the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands, and the British Antarctic Territory.
Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 09:46 UTC
Carmona makes UN C24 round before the coming Falklands/Malvinas debate in June

In anticipation of the coming annual meeting of United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization or C24, Argentina's Secretary of Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands, Guillermo Carmona was at UN headquarters for a couple of days with the “purpose of consolidating supports”, indicated Argentine pro government media.
Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:14 UTC
New Darwin Plus Initiative funding for Falklands' New Island Nature Reserve

Threatened species across the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are set to benefit from £6.4 million in government funding announced on Monday 23 May. Green turtles and the West Indian whistling duck are just some of the species that will be boosted by a share of the Darwin Plus Initiative. Likewise Falklands' New Island Nature Reserve and Peatlands.
Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 10:55 UTC
Argentine officials question city status awarded to Stanley, Falklands capital

Argentine Foreign Minister and the head of the Malvinas, South Atlantic Islands and Antarctica Office strongly questioned the Queen's decision to award city status to the capital of the Falkland Islands.
Saturday, May 21st 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Endurance Conquered: A conversation with Mensun Bound, Director of Exploration of the Endurance22 project

By Sean Kingsley for Wreckwatch magazine* – Mensun Bound is a fifth-generation Falkland Islander, born to the sea and its mysteries. By fusing academia with firing the public imagination, he creates buzz after buzz around underwater archaeology. In the 1980s he set up and directed Oxford University MARE, England’s first academic maritime archaeological unit, and in 1994 was appointed the Triton Fellow in Maritime Archaeology at St Peter’s College, Oxford.
Saturday, May 21st 2022 - 09:10 UTC
Falklands War, May 21: UK begins landing troops in San Carlos for the definitive recapture of the Islands

On 21 May 1982, following the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, the UK began landing troops in East Falkland, the first stage in Operation Sutton to recapture the British Overseas Territory.