Falkland Islands

• Saturday, June 14th 2025 - 08:38 UTC

  Falklands’ lawmakers call for end of hostilities and humanitarian access to Gaza

  

  Responding to a local group to act on their behalf in response to the situation in Gaza, Members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly gave a statement. They stated: “We join with the governments of the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and others in calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities and full unfettered humanitarian access to those in need.

• Saturday, June 14th 2025 - 08:13 UTC

  Final farewell for an Iconic Falklands War destroyer HMS Bristol

  

  A Royal Navy destroyer that participated in the Falklands War left Portsmouth Harbor on Friday, June 13th, and is travelling to Turkey, where she will be recycled. A small group of spectators came to see HMS Bristol, the only Type 82 ever built of her class, being towed out of Portsmouth Harbor to start her journey to an EU-approved recycling yard in Turkey.

• Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 23:30 UTC

  Starmer is teeing up Gibraltar for another Overseas betrayal, Falklands next?, RUSI scholar

  

  Dr. Samuel Ramani is a distinguished scholar from UK think-tank RUSI, (Royal United Services Institute), and has written a piece of the Gibraltar Agreement, which place him close to the Conservative’s position which asks if the Falklands could probably be next.

• Wednesday, June 11th 2025 - 18:02 UTC

  Falkland Islands highlight environmental leadership at annual UK reception

  

  The Falkland Islands Government hosted its Annual Parliamentary Reception on 10 June at the House of Commons, spotlighting the territory’s growing role as a globally significant hub for environmental research and biodiversity.

• Monday, June 9th 2025 - 08:07 UTC

  Sustainable Fisheries at South Georgia MPA

  

  Sue Gregory has worked as the GSGSSI Senior Marine & Fisheries Manager for the past 8 years. Prior to that Sue worked as a fisheries ecologist on the South Georgia Project at the British Antarctic Survey for many years, including overwintering on South Georgia, conducting research surveys and acting as a scientific observer on Southern Ocean commercial fishing vessels In the following GSGGSSI Newsletter, Sue relates her experience.

• Friday, June 6th 2025 - 20:11 UTC

  Falklands agrees to education facilities for secondary age children from MPC

  

  Falkland Islands Executive Council (ExCo) has agreed that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) be signed between the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) and the UK Ministry of Defense (MOD) that will allow secondary-age children from Mount Pleasant Complex (MPC) to board at Stanley House and study at the Falkland Islands Community School (FICS) from the start of the 2025 academic year.

• Friday, June 6th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  Historic polar ship SS Terra Nova revisited in first-ever wreck survey

  

  An expedition led by the motor yacht MY Legend has completed the first visual survey of the wreck of the SS Terra Nova, offering new insight into one of the most emblematic ships of polar exploration. Located off the coast of Greenland, the wreck was first discovered in 2012, nearly 70 years after the ship sank during World War II.

• Wednesday, June 4th 2025 - 14:44 UTC

  Falkland Islands welcome UK’s strategic defence review and ongoing security commitment

  

  The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly has welcomed the UK Government’s newly released Strategic Defence Review, highlighting it as a key affirmation of Britain’s enduring defence obligations toward its Overseas Territories.

• Tuesday, June 3rd 2025 - 10:45 UTC

  Falklands, “a modern relationship with UK built on the principle of self-determination”

  

  Falklands Government London Office Representative, Richard Hyslop also underlined the significance and merits of UK Overseas Territories Day in a brief speech.

• Monday, June 2nd 2025 - 19:53 UTC

  Falkland's Legislative Assembly celebrates Overseas Territories Day

  

  The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly joined fellow British Overseas Territories in celebrating Overseas Territories Day on 2 June 2025, highlighting the strength, diversity, and common values that unite the UK’s territories across the globe.