Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, May 15th 2018 - 07:19 UTC

  Falklands planned demining demolitions scheduled for next Friday

  

  The Falkland Islands Demining project has scheduled another planned demolition next Friday, 18 May and has set out preparations in a release.

• Monday, May 14th 2018 - 08:46 UTC

  Falklands' Olympic Games gold medal athlete who competed in 1908 London Games

  

  The only Falkland Islander to compete in the Olympic Games has entered the online version of the Dictionary of Falklands Biography (DFB).

• Monday, May 14th 2018 - 08:14 UTC

  Falklands students on a day off in London visited Archie, the giant squid

  

  Deputy Representative at the Falkland Islands Government office in London, Michael Betts and Public Relations Officer Matt Ware, welcomed five students from Chichester College and three from Peter Symonds College for a day visit to London on Sunday 29th April.

• Sunday, May 13th 2018 - 13:43 UTC

  Falklands attended the IAATO annual conference in United States

  

  Falkland Islands tourism ambassadors Steph Middleton and Carli Sudder are returning from the United States after attending this year’s International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators (IAATO) conference in Newport, Rhode Island. Steph Middleton is Executive Director of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board, while Carl Sudder is Tourism Coordinator at Sulivan Shipping and Chair of the Falklands Travel Association.

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 19:00 UTC

  Falklands: Brexit on the Brussels fish show menu

  

  Falkland Islands fishing companies may have attended the Brussels Seafood Show intermittently for over a decade, but the looming specter of Brexit lent this year’s attendance unprecedented significance. For James Bates, Falkland Islands Fishing Companies Association (FIFCA) Executive Secretary, Brexit gave the industry’s stand at the show a clear mandate this year, “it was about being visible at a time when we need to be.”

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 13:29 UTC

  Catches Variable but Falkland Islands Fishing Season Progressing Well

  

  Earlier this week Mercopress announced that a delegation from the Falkland Islands will be joining the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Argentina next week to discuss fisheries data exchange. This announcement comes shortly after a successful visit to the Brussels Seafood Show, where the important access of continued market access post-Brexit was discussed with partners by Falkland Islands fishing companies.

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 09:10 UTC

  Falklands celebrates birth of Prince Louis donating £5,000 to the Royal Foundation

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has announced that on 3 May 2018, £5,000 was donated to the Royal Foundation in celebration of the birth of His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge.

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 09:08 UTC

  Falklands Police issues search warrants for suspected drugs offences

  

  The Royal Falkland Islands Police would like to inform the public that, in the early hours of Friday 11 May 2018, three search warrants were issued under the Misuse of Drugs Act. These were executed at three separate addresses in Stanley.

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 07:31 UTC

  Falklands' Premier Oil figures commissioning three FPSOs in next seven years, reports GlobalData

  

  South America, including the Falkland Islands, has the highest number of planned and announced floating production, storage, and offloading units (FPSOs) to be commissioned by 2025, according to a report by GlobalData. World wide 74 planned and announced FPSOs are set to become operational for the outlook period between 2018 and 2025.

• Thursday, May 10th 2018 - 18:14 UTC

  Falklands delegation travels to Buenos Aires for fishery talks and data exchange

  

  Next Monday, 14 May 2018 four representatives from the Falkland Islands Government’s Natural Resources Department will be part of a UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office lead delegation meeting with the Government of Argentina, in Buenos Aires, to begin two days of discussions on fish and squid stocks in the South Atlantic, and the possibility of resuming the exchange of scientific fisheries data for the benefit of the region.