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Montevideo, October 20th 2025 - 12:44 UTC

Falkland Islands

  • Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    Schmidt Ocean Institute will explore South Atlantic Ocean in 2025

    The Institute’s research vessel, the Falcor(too), will map the waters surrounding the Antarctic Peninsula in the Bellingshausen Sea in early 2025.

    The California based Schmidt Ocean Institute (*) has announced its 2025 expedition schedule will take it to the South Atlantic Ocean, including Antarctica, South Georgia, Patagonian shelf, Mar del Plata and Uruguay.

  • Wednesday, November 27th 2024 - 07:20 UTC

    Greetings from the Falkland Islands

    In 1876 the Chilean corvette Chacabuco with Governor of Magallanes Diego Dublé Almeyda visited the Falklands, returning with an amount of sheep, thus initiating the Patagonian sheep farming

    By MLA Gavin Short for Infogate  - We have passed nearly through spring and are but a few days away from summer which has proved to be cooler and wetter than in previous years, which is a blessing after the dry seasons experienced over the last few years and I believe that despite the lower temperatures, grass growth is good which will be welcomed by our rural sector.

  • Tuesday, November 26th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Falklands, larger oil reserves at Sea Lion development; independent resource report contracted by operator Navitas

    The hydrocarbons will initially be produced through the redeployed FPSO with a peak production rate of some 55,000 bbls/d.

    Rockhopper Exploration plc, the oil and gas company with key interests in the North Falkland Basin (“NFB”), has reported on the recent update published by Navitas Petroleum LP on Sea Lion development progress, which includes an updated NFB independent resource report conducted by Netherland Sewell & Associates (“NSAI”) (the “October 2024 NSAI Independent Report”) on behalf of Navitas.

  • Tuesday, November 26th 2024 - 09:32 UTC

    The five principles guiding Overseas Territories association with UK, ‘as vital members of the global British Family’

    MLA Roger Spink with Minister Stephen Doughty MP

    The British Minister for the Overseas Territories and elected Leaders and Representatives of the UK Overseas Territories, met as the Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) on 19 to 21 November 2024 in London.

  • Tuesday, November 26th 2024 - 08:18 UTC

    Falklands Tussac House again delayed and no residents move in until New Year

    The Tussac House project for assisted living

    The Falkland Islands Public Works Department has announced that the handing over of Tussac House, the sheltered homes project, has been delayed again. The handover to the Health Directorate should have happened mid-November but is delayed due to mechanical and electrical issues.

  • Monday, November 25th 2024 - 09:00 UTC

    Falklands, public consultation on potential development of large-scale fish-farming

    Commercial fish farms in Chile and Scotland

    The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) is in the process of considering the potential for the development of large-scale commercial fish-farming activities in Falkland Islands waters.

  • Friday, November 22nd 2024 - 10:27 UTC

    Gibraltar Chief Minister first formal bilateral meeting with IK PM Starmer

    Chief Minister Picardo and Falklands MLA Roger Spink among the OTs representatives at the JMC with Overseas Territories Minister Stephen Doughty MP

    Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo held his first formal bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday. The ongoing negotiations for a UK - EU Gibraltar agreement and support for Gibraltar were the main issues discussed.

  • Friday, November 22nd 2024 - 08:47 UTC

    The grand finale for JMC 2024, with PM Starmer and King Charles

    King Charles III and Camila at the Diplomatic Corps Reception

    It was a grand finale for the two days Joint Ministerial Council held in London between the democratic representatives from Britain’s Overseas Territories and the new UK government’s cabinet ministers, chaired by Foreign minister Stephen Doughty. In effect, Prime Minister Keir Starmer addressed the group at the end of the event, reaffirming his government’s commitment to the OTs and the principle, “nothing about you, without you”. The Prime Minister also mentioned the Falkland Islands, when remembering his family’s despair during the 1982 war, after HMS Antilope went down with much loss of lives, and hours later it was reported that Starmer’s mother brother, miraculously survived.

  • Friday, November 22nd 2024 - 07:44 UTC

    Falklands, survey insights into waste management in Camp

    Some of the children with the cleanup bags

    As part of an ongoing effort to understand waste management practices in Camp, the Falkland Islands Environment Department, supported by FIDC, Falkland Islands Development Corporation conducted a comprehensive survey. This included gathering feedback from attendees at the Farmers Week Expo and responses from a questionnaire circulated to residents of Camp. The survey ran from the 30th June to the 16th September 2024, and collected valuable input from 49 respondents. These findings shed light on the current state of waste management, the challenges faced, and the support needed to create a more sustainable approach for the community.

  • Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 10:54 UTC

    “Stop making politics with Malvinas”, yelled a crowd against Tierra del Fuego officials

    Senator Maria Eugenia Dure

    “Stop making politics with Malvinas,” openly complained municipal staff from the city of Ushuaia, capital of Tierra del Fuego, who were obliged to attend a conference on the “Malvinas” issue, and allegedly had to stand for political comments from national Senator Maria Eugenia Dure.