Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, September 6th 2016 - 16:55 UTC

  “Why meet Falklands' neighbors”, competition for students from Uruguay, Brazil and Chile

  

  The Government of the Falkland Islands and the British Embassies in Uruguay, Brazil and Chile invite university students to participate in this regional competition to win the chance to visit the Falklands for a week, all expenses paid.

• Monday, September 5th 2016 - 16:42 UTC

  Falkland Islands produced 1.700 tons of wool, says 2015/16 Farming Statistics

  

  Falkland Islands farmers produced 1.7 million kilos of wool last year and also provided 44,000 sheep to the abattoir, according to the 2015/16 Farming Statistics recently compiled by the Department of Agriculture. This work was carried out by just 281 people recorded as living on the farms; 151 on the East, 105 on the West and just 25 scattered around the 11 farms on outer islands.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2016 - 07:00 UTC

  Argentina wants to make life easier for the Falklands: insists with air link to Buenos Aires

  

  Argentine ambassador in the UK, Carlos Sersale Di Cerisano said that ”an association with Argentina will be favorable for the Falklands Islanders (kelpers)“ and added that ”the Argentine government will try to make life easier for Islanders”.

• Saturday, August 27th 2016 - 04:40 UTC

  Falkland Islander voted as Chair of Cruise New Zealand, leading voice of the country's sector

  

  Falkland Islander Debbie Summers was this week voted in as Chair of Cruise New Zealand, the leading voice for the country’s cruise sector. Currently Executive Director of ID New Zealand Destination Management, Debbie left the Falklands nine years ago having progressed the Islands’ cruise ship industry as Tourism Manager for Sulivan Shipping Ltd.

• Friday, August 26th 2016 - 08:13 UTC

  Falklands and Montserrat sign marine spatial environment partnership accord

  

  UK Overseas Territories governments of the Falkland Islands and Montserrat have signed an agreement that facilitates a Territory to Territory partnership with the purpose of transferring knowledge and skills from the South Atlantic and the Caribbean. The skills and knowledge transfer will focus on information management and marine spatial planning.

• Wednesday, August 24th 2016 - 21:07 UTC

  Falklands' war: Israel sold weapons to Argentina during the conflict, say declassified documents

  

  The British Foreign Office has recently declassified documents that allegedly prove that Israel sold weapons to Argentina during the 1982 Falklands War between the Argentine military dictatorship and the UK.

• Tuesday, August 23rd 2016 - 10:02 UTC

  “Time to recover Falklands/Malvinas dialogue”

  

  Discussions between the UK and Argentina in 1980 referred to the Falkland Islands dispute have been reconstructed by an Argentine researcher bringing together recent documents from Britain's National Archives and the memoirs of two prominent members of the military government of the time in Buenos Aires, Finance minister Jose Alfredo Martinez de Hoz and the ambassador in the UK, Carlos Ortiz de Rozas.

• Tuesday, August 23rd 2016 - 06:37 UTC

  Premier Oil currently drafting a Project Proposal for oil production in the Falklands

  

  The commercialisation of the Sea Lion Oil Field off the Falkland Island’s continues to take steps forward as Premier Oil prepares a detailed project proposal to be submitted to the Falkland Island’s Government (FIG). Premier Oil has been undertaking public consultations in the Falklands over the past week as part of their Environmental Impact Assessment, which will support their application to FIG to proceed with oil development.

• Monday, August 22nd 2016 - 07:09 UTC

  La Nacion attacked for publishing that La Sanmartiniana “is returning from Malvinas to Argentina”

  

  Buenos Aires daily La Nación is in the midst of a controversy and has suffered a barrage of criticisms following its announcement that the yacht “La Sanmartiniana”, closely linked to Kirchnerism militant activities, “currently in the Malvinas Islands will return to Argentina”.

• Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 01:50 UTC

  Falklands allows return of abandoned Argentine yacht rescued in Islands waters last October

  

  The Argentine flagged yacht “La Sanmartiniana” which was rescued in October 2015 while abandoned and adrift, by a Falkland Islands Fisheries Protection Vessel and towed to Stanley, where it has remained since waiting for claimants, has finally been released, after the Argentine group FIPCA complied with all the formalities for its recovery.