Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, June 3rd 2026 - 08:12 UTC

  Falklands, South Atlantic Airbridge will change UK terminal to East Midlands for four months

  

  The Royal Air Force and British Forces South Atlantic Islands have informed to the Falkland Islands community of temporary changes to the South Atlantic Airbridge, SAA, which links the Islands with RAF Brize Norton in England.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2026 - 06:49 UTC

  Falklands to mark 44th anniversary of Liberation Day on 14 June

  

  The Falkland Islands will mark the 44th anniversary of Liberation Day on Sunday, June 14, commemorating the end of the 1982 Argentine occupation. The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has released the official program of events, which will combine a religious service, a military parade and a civic reception in Stanley.

• Monday, June 1st 2026 - 13:39 UTC

  Falklands Legislative Assembly marks Overseas Territories Day and start of Pride Month

  

  The Falklands Legislative Assembly on 1 June marked British Overseas Territories Day with an institutional ceremony at Victory Green, in Stanley, in which the archipelago's flag flew alongside that of the United Kingdom throughout the day. The annual commemoration brings together the fourteen British Overseas Territories scattered across the Caribbean, the South Atlantic, the Antarctic, and the Pacific under a shared agenda of self-government and links with the administering power.

• Monday, June 1st 2026 - 08:27 UTC

  Falklands, Territorial integrity and selfdetermination dominate discussions,… but oil may change that

  

  The following piece from The Conversation was presented Vicky Kapogianni Lecturer in EU and International Law, University of Reading and Eric Loefflad, Lecturer in Law, LLM Pathway Director for Human Rights Law and International Law with International Relations, University of Kent

• Thursday, May 28th 2026 - 07:57 UTC

  Falklands has a new officer qualified in Environmental Management QLS Level 5

  

  Falkland Islands Development Corporation, FIDC, Business Development Officer, Clare Guest has been congratulated for having recently completed an Advanced Diploma in Environmental Management QLS Level 5 through Bristol Opus Leadership College.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2026 - 23:20 UTC

  Legislator Goss takes Falklands' voice to the UN: “We have nothing to hide”

  

  The Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly Michael Goss on Tuesday presented the archipelago's position before the Regional Seminar of the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation, known as the Committee of 24, held in Managua, Nicaragua. In his address, Goss defended the right to self-determination of the inhabitants of the archipelago, reiterated the Legislative Assembly's invitation for the body to send a visiting mission to the Islands, and questioned Argentina's failure to comply with the bilateral cooperation package agreed with the United Kingdom in September 2024.

• Friday, May 22nd 2026 - 00:03 UTC

  UN C 24 previous seminar in Nicaragua; main meeting in New York 15/26 June

  

  The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization will hold the Caribbean Regional Seminar in Managua from 25 to 27 May within the framework of the fourth International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2021-2030).

• Thursday, May 21st 2026 - 23:36 UTC

  Reader's letter: a Head of the Bay farmer recalls the 1982 British landing

  

  MercoPress this week received a letter from reader Michael (“Ted”) Jones, a farmer at Head of the Bay —a settlement located in the immediate vicinity of the site where British forces landed on 21 May 1982—, in response to the Landing Day ceremonies led on Thursday by the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly. Both Jones and his wife Shelia were at Green Beach Port San Carlos during the war between the United Kingdom and Argentina over sovereignty of the archipelago. We publish his message below.

• Thursday, May 21st 2026 - 20:07 UTC

  Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly pays tribute to 1982 British landing

  

  The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly on Thursday issued an official statement commemorating Landing Day, the date that recalls the arrival of British forces at San Carlos Bay on 21 May 1982, during the war between the United Kingdom and Argentina over sovereignty of the archipelago. The institutional declaration pays tribute to “the courage and sacrifice of those who came to restore our freedom and right to self-determination” and emphasizes that “the service of all who supported the liberation of our Islands will never be forgotten.”

• Thursday, May 21st 2026 - 18:41 UTC

  Gentoo Penguins Are Actually Four Different Species, Latest Scientists Research, Smithsonian Magazine

  

  A new study indicates that the adaptable marine birds evolved into distinct lineages as isolated populations shifted to match their environmental conditions over time. The work has implications for how conservationists assess threats to Gentoos. (Piece by Carlyn Kranking, Associate Web Editor, Science, Communications Biology)