Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, April 11th 2018 - 09:39 UTC

  Falklands' meat company enters contract to supply defense facilities at MPC/MPA

  

  The Falkland Islands Meat Company - FIMCo - has entered into a supply contract with Ecolog – a key provider for UK Ministry of Defense facilities at MPC/MPA, to provide their high-quality Falkland Islands meats. The contract is for five years, delivering beef, lamb and mutton to the MOD’s and Ecolog’s exacting standards of price, availability and - of course - quality.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2018 - 08:08 UTC

  Falklands' parade on 21st April to celebrate Queen's birthday

  

  The Falkland Islands will be holding a parade to celebrate the birthday of the Queen at Victory Green on Saturday 21st April 2018. The parade will form up at Victory Green at 10.20 hours and Governor Nigel Phillips CBE will arrive at 10.30 hours.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2018 - 07:27 UTC

  HMS Protector expected in Buenos Aires

  

  The United Kingdom Ice Patrol HMS Protector is expected this week in Buenos Aires on her return trip from the Antarctica season. The visit is seen as evidence of the renewed and improved UK/Argentina bilateral relations, both politically and in defense issues.

• Monday, April 9th 2018 - 12:19 UTC

  Falkland Islands joins RAF centenary celebrations

  

  The Falkland Islands also joined Royal Air Force centenary celebrations. Despite poor weather the hangar event held at Mount Pleasant Complex, MPC, to celebrate RAF 100 the Royal Air Force Centenary (April 1) “went off perfectly,” according to spokesperson for the event.

• Sunday, April 8th 2018 - 21:16 UTC

  What does the new Falklands ‘Islands Plan’ mean for South America?

  

  Over the past decade it is has become customary for a newly elected Legislative Assembly in the Falkland Islands to publish an ‘Islands Plan’. As there are no political parties in the Falkland Islands, all eight members of the Assembly are independents. Therefore there is no collective manifesto when elected to office. This has traditionally been addressed via a consensus-based Islands Plan.

• Saturday, April 7th 2018 - 10:19 UTC

  Falkland Islands establishes Obesity Orientation Day next Monday 9 April

  

  To help people in the Falkland Islands to get fitter and healthier, the local hospital will be running a ‘Falklands Obesity Orientation Day’ on Monday 9 April, it was announced by Gilbert House.

• Friday, April 6th 2018 - 09:27 UTC

  Falklands: April sun outages with disruption to satellite reception

  

  The Falkland Islands have been advised by British Forces Broadcasting Services, that during April a series of sun outages which will cause disruption to satellite dish reception across the Falklands.

• Friday, April 6th 2018 - 08:00 UTC

  Argentine minister refers to Malvinas as Falklands, and triggers a political storm

  

  Argentina's Defense minister has sparked a political storm after appearing to imply the Falkland Islands are British. Oscar Aguad has been accused by the Buenos Aires media of suggesting that the Islands were not part of Argentine territory.

• Thursday, April 5th 2018 - 09:29 UTC

  Falklands included in Italy's Edison divesting of its oil and gas unit

  

  Italian energy group Edison, part of French utility EDF, is preparing the sale of its oil and gas unit, the latest power producer to abandon fossil fuels to focus on its retail business, four industry sources said, and quoted by Reuters. Its oil and gas unit includes interests in the Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, April 5th 2018 - 08:19 UTC

  Falklands' 14 strong team takes on the challenge of the Commonwealth Games

  

  Wednesday marked the opening ceremony of the 21st Commonwealth Games which are being held from 4 -15 April at the Gold Coast in Australia. This is the tenth Commonwealth Games that the Falkland Islands have participated in and this time they will be competing alongside more than 6,600 athletes and team officials from 70 Commonwealth nations and territories.