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Montevideo, December 15th 2025 - 16:57 UTC

Falkland Islands

  • Thursday, June 27th 2024 - 22:45 UTC

    Visitor Related Fee Increases For South Georgia South Sandwich Islands

    Emmanuele Grimaldi heads one of the largest shipping passenger transport operators in Northern Europe and the Mediterranean

    The Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, GSGSSI, has published the fees and charges for the 24/25 austral summer season, which will take effect from July first 2024.

  • Thursday, June 27th 2024 - 20:39 UTC

    Falklands MLAs in US and Canada, including “moving the dial at C24” on self determination

    Falklands team with Canadian chapter of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

    The Falklands team has ended its successful tour and contacts in Canada, following on a very busy June in the US holding meetings with members of the US Congress, State Department, and NGOs, plus the annual farce of the United Nations Special Decolonization Committee, or C24, where its members, many of them with governments in open violation of the UN charter principles, particularly when it comes to human rights and peoples' rights, have the time to openly support Argentina's claim over the Falkland Islands.

  • Wednesday, June 26th 2024 - 09:12 UTC

    Falklands Museum Sea Harrier and Lynx Helicopter presented in UK media

    Lynx XZ725, which attacked an Argentine submarine with her GPMG in 1982, returns to the Falklands to enjoy a more peaceful life (Picture: Royal Navy)

    Forces.net, a UK armed forces platform has published that a Royal Navy Sea Harrier and a Lynx helicopter – a combat veteran of the Falklands War – have completed their 8,000-mile journey to the Falkland Islands. The Sea Harrier ZH801 and Lynx XZ725 were taken by road on the final leg of their trip to Stanley where they will become main exhibits in the city's museum.

  • Wednesday, June 26th 2024 - 08:49 UTC

    Falklands, consultation on Sea Lion offshore oil development has started

    The development, located 220km to the north of the Falkland Islands, involves drilling 23 wells and the production of over 300 million barrels of oil over 30 years

    Following the approval at an extraordinary sitting of the Executive Council on Monday 17 June, the Falkland Islands Government has begun a public consultation from Monday 24 June to Monday 5 August 2024, on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Sea Lion Field Northern Development Area, Phase 1 and 2, which Navitas Petroleum Development and Production Limited have submitted.

  • Monday, June 24th 2024 - 21:07 UTC

    “Politicians keep us apart”: Insights from Lisa Watson, editor of the Falklands' Penguin News

    “When I meet people from Argentina, I always think it would be so easy to understand each other... However, it's a political issue and it's the politicians who keep us apart,” Watson stated.

    In an interview with Argentine media outlet DEF, Lisa Watson, the general editor of the Penguin News, the sole newspaper in the Falkland Islands, shared her perspectives on the relationship between Argentina and the islanders, potential oil exploitation, and recent developments in the archipelago. Watson, born and raised in the Falklands, offers a unique viewpoint shaped by her personal and professional experiences

  • Monday, June 24th 2024 - 18:23 UTC

    Falklands, Lay members sought to help on direction and influence on future of the Islands

    The Falklands Government Secretariat

    The Planning and Building Committee is looking for new lay members to assist, deliberate, and discuss, and provide direction and influence on key aspects relating to the development of the Falkland Islands.

  • Saturday, June 22nd 2024 - 15:40 UTC

    Dr. Graham Pascoe’s comprehensive history of the Falkland Islands is now available

    Volume 3 (1852-1982): 732 pages, with maps, tables, 229 illustrations in colour and black & white.

    The Falklands Saga describes the history and legal status of the Falkland Islands in four A4 volumes, with illustrations, tables of population and shipping, and a compendium of hundreds of historical and legal documents, in English and also (where different) in their original languages, Spanish, French, German, Latin or Dutch. There is a full apparatus criticus: each volume contains over 2,500 footnotes, a glossary, an appendix and a bibliography.

  • Saturday, June 22nd 2024 - 10:53 UTC

    Argentina arming for a new Falklands War? United States can probably prevent it

    Milei has made his intentions clear, drawing parallels to the UK’s return of Hong Kong to China and asserting that Argentina's claim to the Islands is non-negotiable.

    By George Allison (*) - Recent moves by Argentina to renew and expand its military capabilities, including aspirations to acquire amphibious assault ships and a deal to buy retired F-16 fighter jets from Denmark, have raised eyebrows. The Falklands War of 1982 remains a defining event in the histories of the United Kingdom and Argentina.

  • Saturday, June 22nd 2024 - 09:55 UTC

    Falklands War: Maj General Julian Thompson prepared for Mission Impossible in four days

    “Everyone was caught with their trousers down quite frankly, because this wasn’t on the menu at all,” Maj General Thompson said.

    After returning from Denmark and heading to bed, Major General Julian Thompson OBE, commanding 3 Commando Brigade, received a phone call.

  • Saturday, June 22nd 2024 - 07:07 UTC

    Job Opportunities: Chief Executive - Falkland Islands Government

    The Secretariat, where the Falkland Islands Government main offices are located

    Starting salary up to £142.7k gross per annum, (with more for exceptional candidates). Whether providing strategic advice and policy guidance to Members of the Legislative Assembly, offering advice and support to the Governor, or leading and directing the Falkland Islands Government Public Service, this is a multi-faceted role offering stretch and challenge to an accomplished leader used to working effectively at the political interface and with a broad and diverse range of stakeholders.