Falkland Islands

• Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Argentina again requests UN Secretary General's good offices in the Malvinas sovereignty dispute

  

  Ahead of his address to the United Nations Special Decolonization Committee, C24, this Thursday, demanding sovereignty talks with the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands sovereignty, Argentine foreign minister Santiago Cafiero met on Wednesday with US Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Freedom of the Falklands granted to South Atlantic Medal holders

  

  As part of the Falklands40 commemorations, the South Atlantic Medal Association 82 Holders were awarded the Freedom of the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  Gibraltar minister attends Falkland Islands remembrance ceremony

  

  Gibraltar Minister for Housing, Employment, Youth and Sport, Steven Linares MP, represented the Rock in marking the 40th anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands from Argentine occupation in 1982.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:41 UTC

  Farewell program for governor Nigel Phillips CBE, who leaves July first

  

  His Excellency Governor Nigel Phillips CBE will be leaving the Falkland Islands on Friday 1 July 2022 at the end of his tour of duty. The following arrangements have been put in place for his farewell.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Mensun Bound will be the speaker of Endurance 22 in Cunard cruises

  

  Falkland Islander marine archaeologist, Mensun Bound, who became famous when the discovery last March of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, will be talking about the historical expedition to Cunard line passengers.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Airborne Forces remember the Falkland Islands' conflict at Aldershot

  

  The sacrifices and successes of those who took part in Operation Corporate, the Liberation of the Falkland Islands from the Argentine military forty years ago, were both commemorated and celebrated in the ‘Home of the British Army’, Aldershot.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Armed Forces Week: Making the UK the best place in the world to be a veteran

  

  An opinion piece by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, published in The Express to mark the start of Armed Forces Week. Cabinet Office for Veterans Affairs, Steve Barclay MP

• Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Argentine Army Panhard AML90 refurbished in time for Falklands 40th anniversary

  

  A French built armored reconnaissance vehicle which saw service during the 1982 Falklands conflict by the Argentine Army has been painstakingly refurbished in time for the Falklands 40th Anniversary.

• Monday, June 20th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  “Etched in Memory,” ambitious exhibit opens at the Falkland Islands Museum

  

  The largest ever and newest exhibit of the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust (FIMNT), “Etched in Memory,” opened at the Historic Dockyard Museum in the lead to Liberation Day.

• Monday, June 20th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  A numerous Argentine multi-party delegation to UN C24, arrives Wednesday to New York

  

  The Argentine government will be claiming this week before the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, or C24, the resumption of negotiations with the United Kingdom for a peaceful solution to the sovereignty dispute over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.