Falkland Islands

• Saturday, December 11th 2021 - 09:33 UTC

  Falklands' Government requests Argentina for compassionate charter flight to Chile

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) confirmed on Friday that in effect it has held conversations with the UK government about the possibility of putting on a charter flight for South American members of our community to visit family and friends during the festive season.

• Saturday, December 11th 2021 - 08:12 UTC

  “All Human, All Equal”, Falklands Government advocates Human Rights Day

  

  The Falkland Islands Government remembers Human Rights Day with the following statement, ”Today, Friday 10 December, is the United Nations Human Rights Day, which was established in 1950 to draw the attention of ‘the peoples of the world’ to the inalienable rights of individuals as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

• Friday, December 10th 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Falklands' flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough reaches “home”; anchored at Port William

  

  RRS Sir David Attenborough has completed the first leg of its journey to Antarctica, arriving in the Falkland Islands on 9 December. Since the draft of Britain’s new polar ship is too large for it to berth in Stanley harbor, so the ship will anchor north of the Narrows at Port William. However, the ship is visible from vantage points around the coastline.

• Thursday, December 9th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Argentina's Xmas present: Falklands offered two humanitarian flights for residents to visit relatives

  

  Britain allegedly thanked Argentina for its offer of two humanitarian flights so that Falkland Islands residents could visit relatives, mainly in Chile, or for other reasons during the holidays season, but the UK also recalled that air links with the Islands are the exclusive responsibility of the Falklands' elected government.

• Thursday, December 9th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Fresh air for Falklands' oil industry: Navitas to become operator with Rockhopper, and Harbour exits

  

  Encouraging news for the Falkland Islands budding hydrocarbons industry. Rockhopper Exploration officially announced on Wednesday that it had reached a new agreement with Navitas Petroleum by which its potential farm-in portion of the Sea Lion project increases significantly, while the current holder of the majority share, Harbour Energy exits the undertaking.

• Monday, December 6th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Unexpected call of Viking Jupiter to Uruguay; she's scheduled to visit the Falkland Islands

  

  The Atlantic coast resort Punta del Este received on Saturday the first cruise vessel since the start of the pandemic. The expedition cruise Viking Jupiter was scheduled to travel to Buenos Aires, but since it had stopped at Cape Verde islands in Africa, Argentina is demanding a fourteen day quarantine before letting anybody in the country.

• Monday, December 6th 2021 - 08:54 UTC

  Argentine Federal Court upholds Stanley landing ship must not be scrapped

  

  A Bahía Blanca Federal Court of Appeals has upheld a judicial ruling whereby the decommissioned destroyer ARA Santísima Trinidad which took part in the Apr. 2, 1982 landing at Port Stanley, can not be sold as scrap metal, despite its current state of deterioration.

• Friday, December 3rd 2021 - 07:51 UTC

  Falklands prepares to welcome state of the art RRS Sir David Attenborough on 9 December

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has invited the public to welcome the RRS Sir David Attenborough as it makes its maiden voyage into the Falkland Islands on Thursday 9 December 2021.

• Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Antarctica, Falklands and South Georgia will see a total and partial solar eclipse

  

  On Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, some people in the Southern Hemisphere, Falklands, South Georgia Islands, will have the chance to experience a total or partial eclipse of the Sun, according to US space agency NASA.

• Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  US, only country with more civilian weapons than citizens; in Falklands, 62 weapons per 100 people

  

  The United States is the only country in the world where there are more civilian weapons than citizens. In effect, there are 120 weapons for every 100 US citizens and according to researchers from the Swiss organization Small Arms Survey even when the exact number of civilian firearms is difficult to quantify for several factors, including unregistered and illegal trade, researchers estimates that US citizens account for some 393 million, which is about 46% of all civilian weapons in the world.