Falkland Islands

Saturday, February 26th 2022 - 10:25 UTC
Proposal for symbolic Malvinas empty bench in Argentine Lower House, 'until the legitimate occupant arrives'

A group of Argentine opposition lawmakers is sponsoring a bill to create a bench in the Lower House dedicated to the Malvinas Islands, which will remain symbolically empty until its “legitimate occupant” finally arrives.
Saturday, February 26th 2022 - 10:05 UTC
The Ukraine flag proudly flies alongside the Falklands flag

This Friday, members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly raised the flag of Ukraine in Stanley. The people and the government of the Falkland Islands stand with the people of Ukraine at this time. The Ukraine flag proudly flies alongside the Falklands flag.
Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 20:46 UTC
April deadline to get involved in key Falklands 40th events

Veterans of the Falklands War have until the end of April to register their interest for a 'liberation day' commemorative event, marking 40 years since the conflict.
Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 23:59 UTC
Memorial events to mark Falklands 40th anniversary take shape

Four decades to the day that the fighting in the South Atlantic conflict came to an end, the National Memorial Arboretum near Lichfield will be the setting for a Falkland Islands ‘Liberation Day’ commemorative event, organized by the Royal British Legion on June 14.
Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Spanish sailors in Falklands honor their fellow crew members from Villa de Pitanxo lost off Newfoundland

Crew members from the Spanish fleet which operates with Falkland Islands licenses met on Monday in the capital Stanley for a poignant ceremony to honor their fellow mariners who went down with the fishing vessel Villa de Pitanxo, off Newfoundland.
Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Private donation of £100,000 for expansion of Falklands Museum

The Staff and Trustees of the Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust announced on Tuesday that a donation of £100,000.00 has been made towards the Lookout Gallery & Exhibition Hall’s exhibitions and displays.
Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 17:05 UTC
Work to fully reopen Argentina's Petrel Base in Antarctica goes on

Argentine Navy's ARA Puerto Argentino sloop has sucessfully unloaded supplies and machinery this week at the Petrel Base in Antarctica, it was reported. A self-propelled pontoon built entirely at the Tandanor–CINAR shipyard was used for the reconstruction of this base, which is returning to permanent service after nearly 50 years.
Friday, February 18th 2022 - 09:24 UTC
Falklands' Chamber of Commerce organizes First Environmental Business Symposium

The Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce has announced the first Falkland Islands Environmental Business Symposium, will be held at 12:30 on the 18th of March. The Chamber is bringing together speakers from organizations across the Falklands to share knowledge and discuss what businesses can do to reduce or offset their environmental impacts.
Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 10:12 UTC
Patagonia January inflation 3,6%, double the Falklands' annual retail prices index

Despite highly subsidized public rates, a long list of coerced consumer prices, relatively cheap fuel in the current global energy-short environment, the Consumer Price Index in Argentine Patagonia, mainly Tierra del Fuego, reached 3,6% in January, according to the latest report from the official stats office, Indec.
Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 10:09 UTC
Last living Yagan language speaker dies aged 93; members of her ethnicity lived in the Falklands

The last known living person who spoke Yagan, the language of the indigenous people who inhabited Tierra del Fuego, passed away this week in the Clinics Hospital from Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile. She was 93, and had to be transported urgently from Puerto Williams to the Magallanes Region capital.