Falkland Islands

• Thursday, June 20th 2024 - 18:21 UTC

  Falklands Representative attends services for Liberation Day

  

  Last week, the Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK & Europe, Richard Hyslop, visited St Paul’s Cathedral, London, and attended the annual Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving at the Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel, Pangbourne College in order to mark Liberation Day.

• Thursday, June 20th 2024 - 15:55 UTC

  Falklands: Consultation to begin on Sea Lion offshore oil development, north of the Islands

  

  Following an extraordinary sitting of Executive Council on Monday 17 June, the Falkland Islands Government has agreed that there will be a public consultation from Monday 24 June to Monday 5 August 2024, on the Environmental Impact Statement for the Sea Lion Field Northern Development Area, Phase 1 and 2, which has been submitted by Navitas Petroleum Development and Production Limited.

• Thursday, June 20th 2024 - 15:29 UTC

  “If you have to deny the existence of a people, your argument does not work”, Falklands reply to Mondino

  

  “If you have to deny the existence of a people to make your argument work, your argument doesn’t work,” has been the public reply of Falkland Islands lawmaker MLA Teslyn Barkman to the piece of Argentina's foreign minister Diana Mondino addressed to Falkland Islanders, during this week's session of the Special Decolonization Committee, or C24, held at the United Nations, New York.

• Wednesday, June 19th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

  Falklands tells Decolonization Committee C24, “Our voice is all that matters”

  

  By MLA Teslyn Barkman
  
  The Falklands people are not the UK officials that have administered the Islands. However, Argentina don’t accept this, and requested again to be our colonial masters at the UN C24-decolonisation committee. MLA Short and I attended the UN meeting of the “question of the Falklands” on Tuesday 18th June to point to the obvious - Our voice is all that matters.

• Wednesday, June 19th 2024 - 10:57 UTC

  “Requesting UK and Argentina talk bilaterally about Falklands future is entirely colonial,” MLA Teslyn Barkman

  

  A group of elected assembly members from the Falkland Islands presented an address to the United Nations Special Committee on the situation regarding the implementation of the declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples.

• Wednesday, June 19th 2024 - 07:05 UTC

  “We want to be us, a free people, practicing self-determination in a democratic country”, Falklands MLA Short

  

  Address to the United Nations Special Committee on the situation with regard to the implementation of the declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples. Also known as the Committee or C24, 18 June 2024. Petition by MLA Gavin Short, member of the Falkland Islands elected Legislative Assembly.

• Tuesday, June 18th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

  Falklands, Liberation Day, Normandy heroes and awards in the King's Birthday Honors List

  

  June is a most poignant month for the Falkland Islands since on the 14th, the community commemorates the Liberation of the Islands in 1982 after 74 days of occupation by Argentine forces.

• Saturday, June 15th 2024 - 09:00 UTC

  Falklands, team of Royal Navy engineers maintain war memorials across the Islands

  

  UK Defense Journal is reporting that the Naval Engineering Falkland Islands (NEFI) team at the East Cove Military Port, Mare Harbor, an 11-member unit, is responsible for providing round-the-clock engineering support for Royal Navy vessels like patrol ship HMS Forth and cargo ships with supplies for the Mount Pleasant Complex.

• Saturday, June 15th 2024 - 08:19 UTC

  Multicultural Falklands celebrates Philippines Day with a colorful display from the community

  

  Despite Philippines being some 10,000 miles away, Filipinos since recent years have become an increasing part of the Falkland Islands community. It is estimated that over 5% of the island's population are of Filipino origin.

• Friday, June 14th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands anniversary of Liberation Day 2024

  

  To mark the Anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands from the Argentine occupation in 1982, the following program has been arranged for Friday 14 June 2024 by Gilbert House, the seat of the elected autonomous government of the Falklands.