Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Anniversary of the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 December 1914

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has announced that following the centenary commemoration of the great naval battle and defeat of the Imperial German navy, held in 2014, both the Royal Navy and the Royal British Legion globally concluded the practice of marking the 8th December as a separate remembrance event.

• Monday, December 1st 2025 - 18:28 UTC

  Falklands, emergency exercises training at MPC and protection of East Cove Port

  

  Falkland Islands Mount Pleasant Complex, MPC, has been the center of emergency exercises involving personnel from the UK Royal Logistic Corps 460 Port Troop conducting response training with the Falkland Islands Resupply Ship (FIRS) over several days.

• Monday, December 1st 2025 - 18:21 UTC

  Falklands celebrates success of JMC week of discussions with UK and OTs officials

  

  Both hosts and participants underlined the success of the recent Join Ministerial Council 2925 held in London and which brings together UK ministers and officials with Overseas Territories’ representatives.

• Monday, December 1st 2025 - 18:04 UTC

  “Threats to British Overseas Territories are deemed to be a threat to the UK”

  

  The UK and Overseas Territories reaffirm the importance of respecting and promoting the right of self-determination for the peoples of the Territories, and “recognize that threats to the Overseas Territories are deemed to be a threat to the UK”, so reads the Joint Ministerial Council, JMC, communique chapter on “Security, Sovereignty and Resilience”, made public last week following November’s meeting in London.

• Monday, December 1st 2025 - 07:44 UTC

  UK Overseas Territories’ wildlife hotspots to benefit under new strategy

  

  For first time UK government and all our Overseas Territories unite behind a joint ambitious and actionable biodiversity strategy. This strategy is published as leaders from the UK Overseas Territories and UK Ministers gathered in London for the Joint Ministerial Council. UK’s Overseas Territories are home to 94% of the UK’s unique species and a quarter of the world’s penguins. In total over 1,800 endemic species live in the Overseas Territories.

• Monday, December 1st 2025 - 07:23 UTC

  Falklands welcomes publication of the UK Overseas Territories Biodiversity Strategy

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) welcomes the launch of the new UK Overseas Territories (UKOT) Biodiversity Strategy, developed jointly by the UK and Overseas Territories to protect some of the world’s most precious wildlife and ecosystems.

• Saturday, November 29th 2025 - 09:14 UTC

  “Malvinas are Argentine” again for Buenos Aires buses

  

  Buses in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) will resume featuring a sign reading that ”The Malvinas (Falklands) are Argentine” once again, it was reported Friday in the country's capital.

• Friday, November 28th 2025 - 00:45 UTC

  Falkland Islands Holding losses narrow but weakness persists in Falklands

  

  The Financial highlights of the Falkland Islands Holding Group, (FIH) indicate, despite a 4% increase in revenues to £18.9 million on the six months ending September 2025, that overall revenue was below prior year at £40.9 million (2024: £52.5 million).

• Thursday, November 27th 2025 - 08:30 UTC

  Fortuna completes acquisition of the Ocean Fish Group

  

  The Board of Fortuna Ltd are delighted to announce the acquisition of the Ocean Fish Group, as of 25th November 2025. Ownership of the Company is a further step towards growing Fortuna’s wider fishing and maritime-related interests.

• Wednesday, November 26th 2025 - 10:04 UTC

  Ex-PM Boris Johnson advisor: “Falklands should be looked at again as an asylum processing center”

  

  Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, has had a great ten days.