Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 09:25 UTC

  RRS Sir Attenborough off to Antarctica; Falklands' call in three weeks and a half

  

  Britain’s new polar research ship, RRS Sir David Attenborough, departed the UK this week for its maiden voyage to Antarctica. She left Harwich on Tuesday, with 66 crew and personnel on board, for a short stop at Portsmouth to take on fuel before departing the UK by 18 November.

• Tuesday, November 16th 2021 - 09:48 UTC

  Chinese top scholar suggests resolving the Falklands dispute “by force”

  

  In recent years Beijing has incorporated itself into the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute debate between UK and Argentina siding with its South American increasingly political, financial and trade partner.

• Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Sukey receives her OBE “for services to the people of the Falkland Islands”

  

  Former Falkland Islands Government Representative at Falklands House in London, Sukey Cameron, received her OBE from HRH the Duke of Cambridge at Windsor Castle.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 08:19 UTC

  South Georgia releases Blue Belt Program stamps

  

  The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands is releasing a stamp set to celebrate its involvement in the UK Blue Belt Program.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 09:54 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: Red Cross presents final report after six Argentine soldiers are identified

  

  The International Committee of the Red Cross presented on Monday, in Geneva, its final report on forensic work to identify the remains of Argentine soldiers in the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  South Georgia invites comments on its five-year framework for managing the territory

  

  South Georgia’s government (GSGSSI) recently published ‘Protect, Sustain, Inspire’ (PSI), their five-year framework for managing the territory over the next few years. They are now developing a system of milestones and success criteria, by which their progress in implementing the aims of the framework can be gauged.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 08:44 UTC

  Antarctica cruise season 2021/22 launched in Ushuaia with National Geographic vessels

  

  Argentine Minister of Tourism Matias Lammens and Tierra del Fuego governor Gustavo Melella officially opened the 2021/22 cruise season this Monday, in Ushuaia, with the arrival of “National Geographic Endurance”, which tomorrow leaves for Antarctica.

• Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 08:11 UTC

  Falklands' Representative marks century of Remembrance with Speaker of Commons

  

  The Falkland Islands Representative, Richard Hyslop, joined the Speaker of the UK House of Commons at the planting of the first-ever ‘Constituency Garden of Remembrance’ in London.

• Monday, November 8th 2021 - 09:14 UTC

  Royal Navy Type 21 Association will honor HMS Ardent and HMS Antelope at Falklands' Remembrance Sunday

  

  The Royal Navy Type 21 Association will be represented both nationally and internationally on Remembrance Sunday with the laying of poppy wreaths bearing the Type 21 Association Crest in Remembrance of all those that lost their lives whilst serving on Type 21 ships, and all those that lost their lives in the service of their country in war and peace.

• Saturday, November 6th 2021 - 09:38 UTC

  UK Overseas Territories in support of COP26 and marine biodiversity

  

  The Association of United Kingdom Overseas Territories has published a joint statement in support of COP 26 and its commitment to protecting 30% of the world's oceans by 2030. The UK and its OTs are described as the world's fifth-largest marine estate.