Falkland Islands

• Friday, May 30th 2025 - 10:23 UTC

  Falklands, changes to Land Values and Service Provision Policy approved

  

  Changes to the Falkland Islands Government’s (FIG) Land Values and Service Provision policy were agreed by Executive Council this week. The Land Values and Service Provision policy sets out how FIG calculates the price it sells serviced plots, the price for un-serviced land and details the contribution to future servicing.

• Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 10:17 UTC

  Falklands, DarwinPlus project to analyze fresh water dynamics for Stanley

  

  Two scientists from SAERI, South Atlantic Environment Research Institute have been checking on the Falkland Islands capital city Stanley main fresh water supply at the Moody Brook River.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 20:17 UTC

  North Sea FPSO extension clears path for potential redeployment to Falklands

  

  Dutch offshore company Bluewater has reached an agreement in principle to extend the deployment of the Aoka Mizu FPSO on the UK’s Lancaster oilfield, a move that could set the stage for the vessel’s future redeployment to the Falkland Islands' Sea Lion project.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 16:12 UTC

  Falklands representative honors 1982 War dead at Cunard Memorial rededication in Liverpool

  

  The Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK and Europe, Richard Hyslop, took part in a solemn rededication ceremony at the Cunard War Memorial on Sunday, May 25, marking the 43rd anniversary of the sinking of the Atlantic Conveyor during the Falklands War.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 16:04 UTC

  Fortuna Ltd secures Tristan da Cunha lobster concession and transport contract

  

  Tristan da Cunha, the world’s most remote inhabited island, has awarded its prized lobster concession to Fortuna Ltd, a British Overseas Territory-based company with global seafood operations.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Argentina celebrates UK/Mauritius agreement on Chagos as a path to a Falklands dialogue

  

  This Monday, May 26, the Argentine Foreign Ministry published a release celebrating the Agreement between the governments of UK and of the Republic of Mauritius referred to the Chagos archipelago including the island of Diego Garcia.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 08:25 UTC

  Falklands, consultation on overseas driving licenses concludes next Friday

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) is undertaking a consultation in relation to the use of overseas driving licenses. The purpose of the consultation is to help identify whether there are public safety concerns around the use of overseas driving licenses and whether the current law needs to be changed.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 08:04 UTC

  Falkland Islands Liberation Day Anniversary from Argentine Occupation, on 14 June

  

  The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly has released an official communique to mark the anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands from Argentine occupation in 1982. The following program has been arranged for Saturday 14 June 2025.

• Monday, May 26th 2025 - 13:57 UTC

  Falkland Islands reaffirm self-determination at UN decolonization seminar

  

  At a United Nations seminar focused on decolonization in the Pacific, Falkland Islands lawmaker Teslyn Barkman appealed for international recognition of the Islands' right to self-determination, pushing back against Argentina's territorial claims.

• Monday, May 26th 2025 - 10:52 UTC

  South Georgia launching the Biosecurity Dog Program to check on rodents

  

  Some seven years ago this month, the island of South Georgia was declared free or rodents, rats and mice, becoming the world’s biggest and successful project to eradicate the dangerous, destructive invasive species. For nearly 250 years rodents had devastated the island’s wildlife.