Falkland Islands

• Thursday, January 25th 2018 - 09:13 UTC

  Falklands will cease to accept the old UK £10 note on Monday 30 April 2018

  

  The Bank of England has recently introduced a new, more secure UK £10 banknote. The phasing out of the old UK £10 note will take effect in the Falklands as well.

• Wednesday, January 24th 2018 - 09:46 UTC

  Falklands announces appointment of new Director of Education

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has announced the appointment of Rachel Seddon as the new Director of Education for the Falkland Islands. Rachel has worked in education for the last twenty five years. In the last five years she has managed a wide curriculum at Assistant Principal level; led a sixth form college; and has been Director of Quality and Learner Support at a large London college.

• Wednesday, January 24th 2018 - 07:41 UTC

  Falklands praises remarkable ladies of globe-trotting Indian Navy INSV Tarini

  

  When the Indian Naval sailing vessel INSV Tarini sailed into Stanley Harbour at approximately 19:00 on Sunday 21 January it was warmly welcomed at the town’s public jetty by the Falkland Islands Governor Nigel Phillips and MLA Stacy Bragger.

• Monday, January 22nd 2018 - 09:51 UTC

  Falklands takes over Premier's Temporary Dock Facility until April

  

  An agreement has been signed by the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) with Premier Oil to secure the use of their Temporary Dock Facility until March 31, 2018. This pilot project is intended to test the market for additional berthing capacity within Stanley Harbor and to facilitate maintenance works on FIPASS.

• Monday, January 22nd 2018 - 09:44 UTC

  Falkland Islands geography a trap for pilot whales (*)

  

  Sasha Arkhipkin, Senior Fisheries Scientist talks about mass strandings of pilot whales.

• Monday, January 22nd 2018 - 08:12 UTC

  INSV Tarini is moored in Stanley, Falkland Islands

  

  We’re so proud to welcome these adventurous ladies and look forward to their time with us said the Falkland Islands Governement on tweeter.

• Monday, January 22nd 2018 - 07:45 UTC

  Falklands confirms appointment of Chief of Police

  

  The Falkland Islands government, FIG, announced on 16 January the permanent appointment of Jeff McMahon as Chief of Police within the Royal Falkland Islands Police (RFIP). Mr. McMahon arrived in the Falkland Islands in May 2017 and was promoted to Detective Chief Inspector in July.

• Sunday, January 21st 2018 - 11:47 UTC

  Go, TARINI Go...

  

  We all love to dream, and strive hard to achieve them, yet this voyage by the team of six Indian Naval Lady Officers is much bigger than a mere dream! It’s a daunting challenge posed by the stormy seas and fierce weather, which could deter the best of the seafarers! Yet, they chose something for which they had opted. Team Tarini, a name that will be attached to the six brave Navikas’ as they are termed for the rest of their life.

• Saturday, January 20th 2018 - 07:19 UTC

  Falklands expecting arrival of the all-woman Indian Navy team in INSV Tarini

  

  The all-woman Indian Navy team sailing in the INSV Tarini in one of the toughest feats, a global circumnavigation trip has successfully crossed the notoriously rough Drake Passage, rounding Cape Horn off the southern tip of South America and are en route to Stanley in the Falkland Islands, where they will be arriving any moment.

• Friday, January 19th 2018 - 09:18 UTC

  A Falklands' Caracara escapes from London Zoo and spends ten days on the loose

  

  A powerful bird of prey native to the Falkland Islands was captured on Wednesday after escaping from London Zoo and spending 10 days on the loose. There were repeated sightings of the two-foot tall raptor, called a Striated Caracara, in Camden this week, with one report that it was seen “ripping into a whole cooked chicken”.