Falkland Islands

Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 10:00 UTC
At Falklands Thursday sunset, Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacon will be lit

Falkland Islands Chief Fire Officer announced spectators are invited and are welcome to the lighting of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacon which will take place at Moody Brook on the site of the old Hovercraft slipway and hangar at 16:51 on June 2nd.
Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 09:57 UTC
Crown coin commemorating the Liberation of the Falklands for every child in the Islands

The Falkland Islands Commissioners of Currency and the 40th Anniversary Committee are delighted to announce the issue of a Crown Coin to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands.
Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 20:48 UTC
Children from the Falklands say “Thank you” in a video to veterans who liberated the islands in 1982

As part of the commemoration events for the 40th anniversary of the Falklands war, school children from both the Junior and Secondary schools in the Falkland Islands have created special “Thank you” messages to all the veterans involved in liberating the Falkland Islands in 1982. The school children are keen that their messages are seen by as wide an audience as possible, so that as many veterans and their families and families of those 255 lost, get to see them and know that what they did 40 years ago is still greatly appreciated and not forgotten, even by the most recent generation of young Islanders.
Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 10:45 UTC
Falkland Islands Veterans Reunion in Gosport and Portsmouth

As the Falkland Islands Liberation Day approaches, on 14 June, commemoration events and services are being held across the United Kingdom and the Falklands, and over last weekend it was Gosport and Plymouth that marked the 40th anniversary of the 1982 War and honored those who did not return from the South Atlantic.
Monday, May 30th 2022 - 09:09 UTC
House of Commons Speaker and Minister Milling at Goose Green Liberation ceremony

On Sunday, marking the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of Goose Green, East Falkland, and despite a brisk wind blowing snow across the monument, a service of commemoration was held to remember those who gave their lives in the battle.
Monday, May 30th 2022 - 09:05 UTC
British Antarctic Survey field season has finished; RRS Sir Attenborough returns to UK after seven months

RRS Sir David Attenborough departed Rothera Research Station for the final time earlier in May and is now making its way back to the UK, marking the end of the BAS Antarctic summer field season.
Monday, May 30th 2022 - 08:30 UTC
Key dates of Falklads June Calendar and the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

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Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:10 UTC
Falklands' Government publishes Budget for 2022/23: “stability and continuity”

Stability and continuity are at the heart of the Falkland Islands Government Budget for 2022/23. The Budget recognizes these two themes are essential in the time of continued uncertainty stemming from the global COVID-19 pandemic and the work on global recovery.
Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:04 UTC
House of Commons Speaker will attend Goose Green Liberation service Sunday

Sir Lindsay Hoyle Speaker of the House of Commons, currently on a visit to the Falkland Islands announced he will attend Sunday's Goose Green Liberation commemoration, called on the Falklands Legislative to take advantage of his chairmanship to promote initiatives for the benefit of the Islands, and underlined that Islanders can only decide Islanders' self-determination and future.
Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
South Georgia coin to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth

Issued on behalf of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands government, Pobjoy Mint has released a third coin to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The coin has been produced in Cupro Nickel Diamond Finish and Proof Sterling Silver.