Falkland Islands

Tuesday, July 13th 2021 - 07:43 UTC
South Georgia welcomes a new Chief Executive Officer, Laura Sinclair Willis

After a thorough and competitive recruitment process, the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands announced that the next Chief Executive will be Laura Sinclair Willis.
Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 09:56 UTC
Argentina takes action against foreign oil companies operating on South Atlantic continental shelf

Argentina's Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Energy Wednesday announced sanctions were to be imposed on three companies for operating illegally in the South Atlantic.
Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 09:48 UTC
Three companies (two UK and one Israel) involved in Falklands' oil industry, added to Argentina's sanctions list

Argentina announced it has launched a sanctions process against several foreign oil companies, the UK based Chrysaor Holdings Ltd, Harbor Energy Plc, and Israel's Navitas Petroleum for involvement in hydrocarbons activities, with illegitimate Falkland Islands licenses, in the Argentine continental shelf, more precisely at the Sea Lion project in North Malvinas basin
Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 07:09 UTC
Falklands' government awards contract for improvement of Stanley airport terminal

The Falkland Islands Government has informed that after a competitive tender, the contract for the construction of a new terminal entrance at Stanley Airport has been awarded to Falkland Building Services (FBS), a subsidiary of the Falkland Islands Company (FIC). Materials for the work should arrive in Stanley in early September 2021 and construction will then begin.
Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 10:15 UTC
Search at Falklands' Teal Inlet for more possible Argentine soldiers interments

Falkland Islands' Chief Police Officer Superintendent Jeff McMahon is heading an inquiry to find the remains of Argentine soldiers who are still unaccounted for and maybe in unmarked interments in the north of East Falkland at a place called Teal Inlet.
Sunday, July 4th 2021 - 23:00 UTC
Endurance22: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust organizes expedition to find and film Shackleton's ship sunk in Antarctica in 1915

The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust (FMHT) is planning an expedition – Endurance22 – to locate, survey and film the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s iconic ship, Endurance, which sank in the Weddell Sea in November 1915.
Monday, June 28th 2021 - 22:19 UTC
Falklands English with a Uruguayan flavor, “Chay”

By Yliana Rodríguez (*) – An English variety with an Uruguayan flavour Falkland Islands English has called my attention for more than a decade since my dear friend George Stewart once told me about the Spanish words used down there. I flew home to tell my Dad, who to my surprise remained unruffled at the news and went on to tell me about Uruguayan gauchos in the Falklands.
Monday, June 28th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
OBE awarded to Argentine businessman Eurnekian for his involvement in building of 1982 war cemetery

In what was probably his last public appearance, British Ambassador to Buenos Aires Mark Kent Friday bestowed – on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II – the Medal of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on Argentine businessman Eduardo Eurnekian for his services to the relations between the two countries. cemetery
Monday, June 28th 2021 - 09:05 UTC
Filmus insulted by a passenger in his return trip and for flying first class in American; “UN sent the tickets”

Argentina's Malvinas and Antarctica secretary was rebuked and insulted in his return trip from New York in a first-class American Airlines flight. The passenger recorded the incident on his cell phone which he then twitted and immediately went viral.
Monday, June 28th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Drones to census Falklands Albatrosses and Rockhopper penguins

The implementation of drones to monitor large seabird colonies can be as effective as traditional on-the-ground methods while reducing costs, labour, and the risk of human error, a new study has found.