Falkland Islands

• Monday, December 8th 2025 - 09:02 UTC

  Falklands’ oil development, Navitas has contracted a floating production vessel, UK media

  

  The UK media is reporting that Navitas, the lead operator of the Falkland Islands Sea Lion field, has told investors it has signed contracts to move the Aoka Mizu floating production vessel from Shetland to the South Atlantic and plans a formal “final investment decision” this month.

• Saturday, December 6th 2025 - 09:45 UTC

  South Georgia welcomes the UK/Oversea Territories’ biodiversity strategy

  

  The Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, GSGSSI, welcomes the publication of the UK OT biodiversity strategy which reaffirms the commitment of the UK government to work with OT territory governments to conserve, protect, and restore biodiversity in the Overseas Territories and to champion the benefits of nature.

• Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Falklands, feasibility report for a marina in Stanley Harbor

  

  The Falkland Islands Development Corporation (FIDC) has contracted U.K.-based maritime civil, structural, architectural, and environmental engineering services company Arch Henderson to conduct and provide the feasibility report for a marina in Stanley Harbor.

• Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Anniversary of the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 December 1914

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has announced that following the centenary commemoration of the great naval battle and defeat of the Imperial German navy, held in 2014, both the Royal Navy and the Royal British Legion globally concluded the practice of marking the 8th December as a separate remembrance event.

• Monday, December 1st 2025 - 18:28 UTC

  Falklands, emergency exercises training at MPC and protection of East Cove Port

  

  Falkland Islands Mount Pleasant Complex, MPC, has been the center of emergency exercises involving personnel from the UK Royal Logistic Corps 460 Port Troop conducting response training with the Falkland Islands Resupply Ship (FIRS) over several days.

• Monday, December 1st 2025 - 18:21 UTC

  Falklands celebrates success of JMC week of discussions with UK and OTs officials

  

  Both hosts and participants underlined the success of the recent Join Ministerial Council 2925 held in London and which brings together UK ministers and officials with Overseas Territories’ representatives.

• Monday, December 1st 2025 - 18:04 UTC

  “Threats to British Overseas Territories are deemed to be a threat to the UK”

  

  The UK and Overseas Territories reaffirm the importance of respecting and promoting the right of self-determination for the peoples of the Territories, and “recognize that threats to the Overseas Territories are deemed to be a threat to the UK”, so reads the Joint Ministerial Council, JMC, communique chapter on “Security, Sovereignty and Resilience”, made public last week following November’s meeting in London.

• Monday, December 1st 2025 - 07:44 UTC

  UK Overseas Territories’ wildlife hotspots to benefit under new strategy

  

  For first time UK government and all our Overseas Territories unite behind a joint ambitious and actionable biodiversity strategy. This strategy is published as leaders from the UK Overseas Territories and UK Ministers gathered in London for the Joint Ministerial Council. UK’s Overseas Territories are home to 94% of the UK’s unique species and a quarter of the world’s penguins. In total over 1,800 endemic species live in the Overseas Territories.

• Monday, December 1st 2025 - 07:23 UTC

  Falklands welcomes publication of the UK Overseas Territories Biodiversity Strategy

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) welcomes the launch of the new UK Overseas Territories (UKOT) Biodiversity Strategy, developed jointly by the UK and Overseas Territories to protect some of the world’s most precious wildlife and ecosystems.

• Saturday, November 29th 2025 - 09:14 UTC

  “Malvinas are Argentine” again for Buenos Aires buses

  

  Buses in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) will resume featuring a sign reading that ”The Malvinas (Falklands) are Argentine” once again, it was reported Friday in the country's capital.