Falkland Islands

• Monday, April 18th 2022 - 15:24 UTC

  Refit Sikorsky S61N helicopter arrives at MPC in Falklands

  

  Mount Pleasant Complex in the Falkland Islands welcomed the arrival of G-FLKI, a Sikorsky S61N helicopter, which recently arrived via the Falkland Islands Resupply Ship. G-FLKI is operated by British International Helicopters

• Monday, April 18th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Malvinas and joint condemnation of Russia, the trade off that never was at the EuroLat assembly

  

  Last week the European-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly, EuroLat, met in Buenos Aires, hosted by Argentina, and the final declaration included as normally happens in this kind of meetings compromises agreed beforehand.

• Monday, April 18th 2022 - 09:21 UTC

  Forty Years on, the legacy of the Falklands War continues to show

  

  In the 40th anniversary year of the Falklands War, Derek Twigg writes just how the legacy of the war continues to impact Islanders and Veterans 40 years on, and what the future holds for the Islands. 

• Saturday, April 16th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  EuroLat joins calls for resumption of dialogue between Argentina and UK

  

  The European-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat) closed its Buenos Aires convention Thursday with a statement from both co-Speakers calling for the resumption of dialogue between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falklands/Malvinas Question, in accordance with the resolutions of the United Nations.

• Saturday, April 16th 2022 - 08:26 UTC

  Canadian appointed South Georgia new Visitor Management Officer

  

  After a thorough recruitment and selection process, and in anticipation of the coming tourist season, the Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands have announced the appointment of Allison Kean as the new Visitor Management Officer.

• Saturday, April 16th 2022 - 07:33 UTC

  Moskva, the first major surface combatant vessel sunk since the Falklands' war

  

  When the Russian missile cruiser Moskva sank on Thursday, allegedly hit by two anti/ship missiles (Ukrainian version), it was the largest warship lost at sea since World War II, and the first major surface combatant ship sunk since the Falklands War in 1982. Moskva was the flagship of the Russian navy in the Black Sea and was involved in the attack and capture of Ukrainian ports.

• Friday, April 15th 2022 - 10:33 UTC

  Forty years after the war, Falklands remain an Argentine obsession

  

  By Henry Srebrnik (*) – Forty years since Argentina launched its disastrous invasion of the South Atlantic archipelago in early April of 1982, its claim to the Falkland Islands remains a national obsession, even enshrined in the country’s 1994 constitution.

• Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 21:34 UTC

  Russia urges Argentina, UK to resume sovereignty talks over Falkland Islands

  

  Russia's Foreign Ministry has released a statement from Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova urging for the resumption of negotiations between Argentina and the United Kingdom regarding sovereignty over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  “Argentina never created conditions for Falkland Islanders to become Argentine citizens”, lawmaker Milei

  

  “Malvinas sovereignty negotiations are going to be very long. it's a complicated issue”, and although a territorial claim, “Argentina never created the conditions for Falkland Islanders to want to become Argentine citizens”, said Javier Milei, an Argentine member of the Lower House who was the sensation of last October's midterm election

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Commemorative £2 coin to mark 40th anniversary of Falklands' Liberation

  

  Pobjoy Mint has announced the release of a brand new produced on behalf of the Falkland Islands Government, as this year marks the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the Islands.