Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, July 13th 2022 - 09:39 UTC

  Falklands' SAERI project on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems of the Southwest Atlantic

  

  Research from the Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VME) project has been showcased at the GeoHab Conference held at The Venice International University in Italy during the month of May 2022.

• Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 18:34 UTC

  End of Falklands War: Euphoric home welcome for SS Canberra and returning troops in Southampton

  

  On Monday 11 July 1982, forty years ago, the SS Canberra – an ocean liner requisitioned by the British Ministry of Defense to transport personnel - returned from the Falklands conflict to Southampton, where she was escorted by a fleet of small vessels and some 2,500 members of the Armed Forces were greeted by cheering crowds.

• Friday, July 8th 2022 - 10:28 UTC

  Argentina protests the designation of Protected Areas in South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

  

  The Argentine government in a protest note addressed to the United Kingdom pointed out its complete rejection of UK's intended designation of the entire landmass of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) as Specially Protected Areas.

• Thursday, July 7th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  “Falklands offers a different lifestyle, but if you love it, you tend to really love it,” MLA Leona Roberts

  

  “The Falklands Islands are a funny place, it's not for everybody, it's quite a different lifestyle, but if you love it, you tend to really love it. People who come to the Falklands and make the Islands their home generally stay,” MLA Leona Roberts told the Spanish news agency EFE, in an interview at the Falklands House in London.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  US ambassador in Argentina, “would like to see negotiations on Malvinas question, but it is a complicated issue”

  

  United States ambassador to Argentina, Mark Stanley admitted he would like to see negotiations between Argentina and the United Kingdom on the Falklands/Malvinas question, but “I admit it is a very complicated issue”.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands designated landmass Protected Areas

  

  The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) announced on Tuesday the designation of the entire landmass of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) as Specially Protected Areas, fulfilling the commitment it made in the “Pathway to Protection”

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Carmona: air link with Sao Paulo is 'dead'; Aerolineas will finally fly directly to Falklands

  

  Argentina might be in the midst of a major political and cabinet conflict of yet unknown consequences, but certainly not positive given the precarious situation of the economy, but there is always time to address the claim obsession, Malvinas Islands.

• Monday, July 4th 2022 - 08:36 UTC

  LATAM air link to Falklands from Chile normalized after 30 months

  

  The commercial air link between Punta Arenas, southern Chile, and the Falkland Islands resumed last Saturday after an absence of more than two years because of the Covid 19 pandemic.

• Friday, July 1st 2022 - 10:35 UTC

  Argentina insists Malvinas negotiations with UK are essential if bilateral relations are to advance

  

  On a few occasions and at such level, has Argentina had the opportunity to say that if the relation between Argentina and UK is to increase, first we must address the Falklands/Malvinas question, otherwise “that relation will not advance”.

• Friday, July 1st 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Falklands War: nuke sub HMS Spartan honors heroes and crew members

  

  Some thirty former crew members of Swift-sure Class nuclear submarine HMS Spartan gathered at the war memorial in Sunderland’s Mowbray Park, county of Durham, and paid their respects to fellow Falklands War heroes who did not make it home.