Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:41 UTC

  Farewell program for governor Nigel Phillips CBE, who leaves July first

  

  His Excellency Governor Nigel Phillips CBE will be leaving the Falkland Islands on Friday 1 July 2022 at the end of his tour of duty. The following arrangements have been put in place for his farewell.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Mensun Bound will be the speaker of Endurance 22 in Cunard cruises

  

  Falkland Islander marine archaeologist, Mensun Bound, who became famous when the discovery last March of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, will be talking about the historical expedition to Cunard line passengers.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Airborne Forces remember the Falkland Islands' conflict at Aldershot

  

  The sacrifices and successes of those who took part in Operation Corporate, the Liberation of the Falkland Islands from the Argentine military forty years ago, were both commemorated and celebrated in the ‘Home of the British Army’, Aldershot.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Armed Forces Week: Making the UK the best place in the world to be a veteran

  

  An opinion piece by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, published in The Express to mark the start of Armed Forces Week. Cabinet Office for Veterans Affairs, Steve Barclay MP

• Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Argentine Army Panhard AML90 refurbished in time for Falklands 40th anniversary

  

  A French built armored reconnaissance vehicle which saw service during the 1982 Falklands conflict by the Argentine Army has been painstakingly refurbished in time for the Falklands 40th Anniversary.

• Monday, June 20th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  “Etched in Memory,” ambitious exhibit opens at the Falkland Islands Museum

  

  The largest ever and newest exhibit of the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust (FIMNT), “Etched in Memory,” opened at the Historic Dockyard Museum in the lead to Liberation Day.

• Monday, June 20th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  A numerous Argentine multi-party delegation to UN C24, arrives Wednesday to New York

  

  The Argentine government will be claiming this week before the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, or C24, the resumption of negotiations with the United Kingdom for a peaceful solution to the sovereignty dispute over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Monday, June 20th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  MLA Spink at Veterans massive parade in Portsmouth

  

  Falkland Islands lawmaker MLA Roger Spink was present at the Veterans gathering in Portsmouth on Sunday to remember their fallen comrades. The event has been described as the largest of its kind in the UK so far.

• Monday, June 20th 2022 - 08:17 UTC

  Falklands extends support schemes for businesses impacted by Covid-19

  

  The Falkland Islands government, FIG, has reviewed support schemes in place to assist businesses impacted by Covid-19 and has created a number of temporary measures to assist businesses and individuals under certain circumstances.

• Saturday, June 18th 2022 - 11:18 UTC

  1982: Falklands' Task Force removes Argentine base from South Sandwich islands

  

  Having recovered South Georgia at the end of April and defeated the Argentine forces in the Falklands marking Liberation of the Islands on June 14, the Task Force still had another job, this time in the South Sandwich Islands.