Falkland Islands

• Thursday, June 24th 2021 - 14:45 UTC

  Falkland Islands appeal to the humanity of the UN Special Committee on Decolonization

  

  Today the Falkland Islands made a heartfelt and very human entreaty to the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24). Chair of the Legislative Assembly, MLA Mark Pollard and Deputy Chair MLA Leona Roberts both stood before members of the committee and each delivered an ardent and sincere speech, which spoke of their personal histories as well as their hopes for the future of their children and the Falkland Islands as a whole.

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: Solá meets with UN chief Guterres ahead of the C24 conference

  

  Argentine foreign minister Felipe Solá requested United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to intercede before UK so that the British “consent to resume discussions” over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentina's purchase of Korean fighters falls through: UK's arms embargo

  

  Argentine defense minister Agustín Rossi is furious with the UK for having blocked the purchase deal of several Korean manufactured training jet fighters FA-50 to re-equip the Air Force and which he had anticipated last October. “A new display of imperial arrogance”, Rossi described the incident.

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 11:30 UTC

  Falkland Islands representatives arrive in New York for C-24

  

  Falkland Islands' Chair of the Legislative Assembly, MLA Mark Pollard, and Deputy Chair MLA Leona Roberts have arrived in New York in order to attend the main session of the Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24).

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 09:44 UTC

  Mitigating the impact of longline fisheries on seabirds: the South Georgia experience

  

  Seabird mortality in fisheries is a global problem and a major driver of the continued decline of many seabird populations. Unless appropriate mitigation is in place, longline fishing can cause high levels of seabird mortality.

• Monday, June 21st 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Scholarships for Falklands' alumni to continue their graduate and postgraduate studies in Argentina

  

  Argentina has launched a program of scholarships for Falkland Islands' students, who “have the full right to access the Argentine national education system”, announced Daniel Filmus, head of the Malvinas and Antarctica Department, and Jaime Perczyk chairman of the Ministry of Education University Policies.

• Saturday, June 19th 2021 - 12:15 UTC

  Brussels drops tariffs for 75,000 tonnes of Falklands squid

  

  The European Commission has reached an agreement to allow 75,000 tonnes of Falklands loligo to be imported tariff-free into the European Union, according to reports in Galician daily Faro de Vigo.

• Saturday, June 19th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Mines-free Falklands will remove fences of fields that remained out of bounds for almost forty years

  

  The Falkland Islands Executive Council (ExCo) approved a proposal to remove the fences which secured former minefield sites around the Islands over a three-year period of 2021 to 2024.

• Wednesday, June 16th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Falklands dispute: Solá heads the Argentine mission to the C24 conference

  

  June is a hectic month for the dispute between Argentina and UK regarding the British Overseas Territory Falkland Islands, with a string of remembrance dates referred to the ongoing disagreement.

• Wednesday, June 16th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Falklands' fisheries legislation reform, a view from Galicia

  

  A former Galician Fisheries Councilor has published a piece in a newspaper closely linked to the industry in the northwest of Spain, El Faro de Vigo, questioning the long term viability of new Falkland Islands' legislation, particularly the concept of Qualifying Companies and the fact that they must be at least 51% property of Falkland Islanders.