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Montevideo, May 17th 2025 - 11:23 UTC

Falkland Islands

  • Wednesday, June 21st 2023 - 11:27 UTC

    Argentina again calls on UK for peaceful solution to Falklands/Malvinas dispute

    Santiago Cafiero with part of the Argentine delegation addressing C24

    As announced the Argentine foreign minister Santiago Cafiero on Tuesday morning, in New York, before the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization again called on the United Kingdom for bilateral negotiations with Argentina for a pacific and definitive solution to the sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas Islands.

  • Tuesday, June 20th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

    Falklands, Expanded eligibility for the Family Allowance

    Last Tuesday 30 May the Falkland Islands ExCo approved an amendment to the Family Allowances Ordinance. This means that from 1 July 2023 families who have been ordinarily resident in the Falkland Islands for at least three years will now be eligible for Family Allowance. This is in addition to those with Permanent Residence Permits (PRP) or Falkland Islands Status, who are already eligible.

  • Tuesday, June 20th 2023 - 09:08 UTC

    Argentine Foreign Minister heads numerous delegation to the C 24 debate

    Minister Santiago Cafiero is heading the Argentine delegation to the UN C24 debate

    Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero is heading the delegation to the United Nations to participate at the Special Committee on Decolonization or C24, which will address the Argentine dispute with UK over the Falklands and other South Atlantic Islands and is hopeful of a resolution calling on both sides, Argentina and UK, to begin sovereignty negotiations over what is identified as the Malvinas Islands question.

  • Friday, June 16th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

    UK Parliament consulting Falklands Legislative Assembly on Overseas Territoires

    There is an inquiry by UK Parliament into Overseas Territories status in the 21st Century and the Falklands Legislative Assembly intend to make a submission

    There is currently an inquiry by UK Parliament into the status of the Overseas Territories in the 21st Century and the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly intend to make a submission, confirmed MLA Teslyn Barkman to Penguin News this week.

  • Friday, June 16th 2023 - 10:14 UTC

    Falklands: Record Loligo catch, 53,578 tons, fifth year in a row

    Dr Clausen had said the run of high catches of Loligo was the result of a suite of management measures applied to make commercial stock sustainable.

    Falkland Islands Director of Natural Resources Dr. Andrea Clausen reported there was another high catch of Loligo squid during this year’s first season, the fifth year in a row. Dr Andrea Clausen said in her report for the Fisheries Committee, meeting on June, that the total catch of Loligo had been 53,578 tons.

  • Friday, June 16th 2023 - 09:30 UTC

    Falklands Defense Force live firing exercises to the south of Stanley

    HQ and facilities of the FIDF in Stanley

    Port Harriet Range Area, to the south of Falklands capital Stanley will be in use by the Falkland Islands Defense Force (FIDF) on Saturday 17th June from 0900-2000 hours.

  • Thursday, June 15th 2023 - 11:52 UTC

    Falklands Liberation Reception in London

    Stephen Doughty Shadow Minister for the Falklands, John Birmingham MLA, Rt. Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP Speaker of the House of Commons, David Lammy MP Shadow Foreign Secretary

    At the invitation of the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Rt. Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, who visited the Falklands last year, the Falklands Liberation Reception was held this year in the magnificent surroundings of the Speakers House at Westminster.

  • Wednesday, June 14th 2023 - 12:14 UTC

    14 June 2023, marks the 41st Anniversary of the Liberation from Argentine occupation

    In a resolute display of solidarity, the Falkland Islands have once again voiced their unwavering commitment to their political status as a British Overseas Territory. As the nation commemorates the 41st anniversary of its liberation from Argentine forces, the islanders have reiterated their desire to remain part of the UK family. The Falkland Islands held a landmark referendum in March 2013, in which an overwhelming majority voted in favor of their continued association with the United Kingdom.

  • Wednesday, June 14th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Falklands 41st anniversary of Liberation from Argentine military occupation

    Liberation Monument in downtown Stanley. Following the ceremony FIG will host a civic reception for residents and military personnel (Pic file)

    Today June 14th is a public holiday in the Falkland Islands, the 41 anniversary of the liberation of Falkland Islanders from Argentine military invasion and occupation, and the end of the South Atlantic conflict. To mark the Anniversary of the Liberation.

  • Tuesday, June 13th 2023 - 11:12 UTC

    It's official: Tierra del Fuego planning a multipurpose port in Rio Grande

    Shaanxi Chemical Industry and Tierra del Fuego Peronist governor Gustavo Melella in August last year signed an MoU which has been kept mostly secret

    Argentina's general elections next October are focusing mainly on inflation (150% this year, cost of living and food prices), plus security and street violence, but for those a bit better off and with time to think a semi-hidden issue, plus the overall influence of China in the country.