Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Argentine president again claims the Falklands before the UN General Assembly

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernández again called on the UK to resume dialogue on the South Atlantic Islands and iterated his country's legitimate and imprescriptible sovereignty rights over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands, during his Tuesday address to the United Nations General Assembly on its 75th anniversary.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  Falklands votes on Thursday on a single electoral constituency referendum

  

  Next Thursday, 24 September, Falklanders will be going to the polls to vote on a referendum on a Single electoral Constituency for the whole archipelago. Currently, there are two constituencies in the Falklands, Stanley the capital, which elects five of the eight members of the Legislative Assembly, and the so-called Camp, which represents the rest of the territory and sends three representatives.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 08:24 UTC

  Falkland Islands quarry enlists crushing and screening train from Sandvik

  

  The Falklands Pony’s Pass Quarry is a busy site at the heart of industrial operations and produces 160,000 tons per annum of quartzitic sandstone using a state-of-the-art mobile crushing and screening train.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 08:18 UTC

  The King to be who visited the Falkland Islands in 1881

  

  The website of the Dictionary of Falklands Biography has just added its 1500th illustration – an engagement photograph of Prince Albert Victor who visited Stanley in 1881.

• Saturday, September 19th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Argos Resources plans to request extension of North Falkland Basin license

  

  Falkland Islands' based Argos Resources Ltd said on Friday its interim loss widened on foreign exchange movements, but it has enough cash to continue for another year as some costs have been delayed.

• Saturday, September 19th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Falklands donates £5,000 for a Chilean NGO which works with homeless people

  

  The Falkland Islands Government confirmed that, as part of its efforts to contribute to the worldwide Coronavirus relief response, it is making a donation of £5,000 to Fundación Gente de la Calle, (Homeless), based in Santiago, Chile.

• Saturday, September 19th 2020 - 06:21 UTC

  Falklands conflict “iconic” collection of medals sold in auction for £130,000

  

  A collection of “iconic” Falklands War medals has been sold at auction for £130,000. Capt Pettinger served as Patrol Commander of D (Patrol) Company during 11 days of operations in and around the Mount Longdon area on East Falkland.

• Friday, September 18th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Falklands new port: contractors unveil details of the major infrastructure project

  

  The planned new port for the Falkland Islands to be constructed at Stanley Harbor was analyzed during a presentation this week to members of the public in the Town Hall, by a team from BAM Nuttall and Royal Haskoning, the companies responsible for the planning and construction of the project.

• Friday, September 18th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Falklands: Standard Chartered Bank donates £12,000 from its Covid-19 assistance fund

  

  Standard Chartered has announced further details on how the Bank is providing both short-term relief, and longer-term assistance, to communities across its British, European and American markets via the Bank’s recently launched US$ 50 million Covid-19 global charitable fund.

• Thursday, September 17th 2020 - 08:53 UTC

  Historic event: Falkland Islands' Junior Ambassadors appointed

  

  Penguin News reports that on Tuesday night at Government House a truly historic event took place with the appointment of the first-ever Falkland Islands Junior Ambassadors (FIJA), Hannah McPhee and India Clarke.