Falkland Islands

• Friday, November 5th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Environment top priority as Falklands elect new Legislative Assembly

  

  Falkland Islands voters yesterday elected a new Legislative Assembly with a clear mandate to put the environment front and center of the coming legislature.

• Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  “Tommy” soldier silhouettes to commemorate Remembrance and Falklands' war 40th anniversary

  

  More than 100 'Tommy' soldier silhouette figures have been installed at Victory Green in the Falkland Islands' capital Port Stanley as part of the Remembrance Observance Day and the 40th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict next year.

• Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Ice Patrol HMS Protector sailing to Falklands and Antarctica; she called at St Helena and Rio

  

  The Royal Navy's ice patrol ship HMS Protector on her trip to the Falkland Islands and Antarctica sailed past an old work colleague during a fuel stop in Rio de Janeiro earlier this week.

• Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Falklands' annual service of Remembrance will take place Sunday 14 November

  

  Gilbert House in the Falkland Islands has announced the arrangements for Sunday, 14 November 2021, Remembrance Sunday. The Annual Service of Remembrance, this year commemorating the 103rd anniversary of the end of the First World War, will be held in Christ Church Cathedral commencing at 9.30 am.

• Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:27 UTC

  Closer to solving the mystery of the extinct Falklands' canid warrah

  

  The team headed by Kit Hamley also extended its research into the warrah (Dusicyon australis), an extinct species of fox. The warrah was the only native and terrestrial mammal to reside on the Falkland Islands at the time of European arrival. Subsequent hunting wiped the species out in 1856, making it the first extinct canid in the historic record, Hamley says.

• Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Team discovers evidence of prehistoric human activity

  

  The following piece was published by Phys/Org – Since its first recorded sighting by European explorers in the 1600s, scientists and historians have believed that Europeans were the first people to ever set foot on the Falkland Islands. Findings from a new University of Maine-led study, however, suggests otherwise; that human activity on the islands predates European arrival by centuries.

• Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Falkland Islands trade with the European Union and Rules of Origin

  

  The Falkland Islands government has released the following, ”Falkland Islands are not deemed part of the European Single Market. However, under the current OAD, the Islands have:

• Friday, October 22nd 2021 - 17:32 UTC

  Falklands Election: Peter Biggs, “Our allegiance with the UK is vital; I hope Argentina will mature into a democracy”

  

  Peter Biggs has announced his intention to stand for the Falklands General Election and is running for the circumscription of Stanley. Follows his manifesto:

• Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Falklands Election: Mark Pollard and Stacy Bragger after reelection

  

  The Falkland Islands Election is scheduled for Thursday, November 4th. So far MP has published the manifestos of the four candidates for the three benches corresponding to the Camp Circumscription in the Legislative Assembly.

• Wednesday, October 20th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands election: manifestos of candidates for Stanley's five benches

  

  The Falkland Islands General Election is scheduled for Thursday, 4 November, and in our previous edition, we published the manifestos of the four candidates for the three benches representing the Camp circumscription in the Legislative Assembly.