Falkland Islands

Saturday, October 29th 2022 - 10:26 UTC
Lecture on Falklands Liberation Anniversary at Queen's University in Belfast

As part of the Falkland Islands' 40th anniversary year of events in the UK, a delegation from Falkland House visited Belfast and Northern Ireland.
Friday, October 28th 2022 - 10:17 UTC
Falklands' ExCo pledges more openness and transparency

The Falkland Islands Executive Council, ExCo, has agreed some amendments to their Standing Orders relating to ‘Openness, Transparency and Publication’.
Friday, October 28th 2022 - 10:13 UTC
Falklands approves package to support the community with the cost of living

This week the Falkland Islands Executive Council, ExCo approved a paper which looks to support our community with the increased cost of living. The current programs which support those in need have been reviewed and targeted changes will be made to them. A new temporary scheme has also been developed to assist households with rising fuel and electricity prices.
Friday, October 28th 2022 - 10:08 UTC
Falklands extends Travel Credit Scheme to include domestic tourism accommodation

This week the Falkland Islands Executive Council (ExCo) approved the extension of the Travel Credits Scheme to include domestic tourism accommodation.
Friday, October 28th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Dual nationality and right to vote in Falklands: Assembly's Speaker draft statement

This week, Falkland Islands’ Legislative Assembly Speaker Keith Biles gave a draft statement on the matter of persons holding dual nationality to vote in elections or to hold office.
Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 09:38 UTC
Several Falklands' fauna pictures at the Comedy Wildlife Photography awards

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards just released a gallery of their 2022 Finalists, and the list is as wholesome and heartwarming as can be for a conservationist competition. The 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards finalists provide a brief respite from the horrors of a politically unstable post-plague world, but they also carry an important message of conservation--.
Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 19:55 UTC
Milei: “Hong Kong solution for Falklands? Remember Islanders live in a developed country and not a miserable one as Argentina”

A rising far-right wing star in Argentine politics, promising orthodox economic policies, and with ascending presidential chances among a population fed up with rampant corruption, inflation and government handouts instead of jobs, Javier Milei, has pledged a Hong Kong similar solution for the disputed Falkland Islands, if he makes it to the Pink House in Buenos Aires, next year.
Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 08:06 UTC
Life satisfaction in Falklands: on a scale 0 to 10, residents provided an average 7,9 rating

On Tuesday some key findings from the Falkland Islands 2021 Census were advanced with promises of further thematic reports on census data to be published at regular intervals, focusing on areas of interest to the Islands, the community, and the economy. The census provides a snapshot in time of the people living in the Islands, building a picture of the social and cultural life of the community.
Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 07:43 UTC
Falklands' Health and Social Services logo competition

The Falkland Islands' Health and Social Services Department would like to invite budding artists or technical designers to help design a new logo for the directorate.
Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 01:05 UTC
“The ship beneath the Sea”, Shackleton's Endurance

“Well, what about the Endurance,” was the seed of the challenge suggested by a good friend of maritime archeologist Mensun Bound when they met in south Kensington at Caffe Nero, for a coffee in the summer of August 2012.