Falkland Islands

• Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina's National Sovereignty Day: “We won't trade the islands for vaccines,” President says

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday insisted the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands belonged to his country, which would never trade them “neither for vaccines nor for debts.”

• Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 07:35 UTC

  “OTs are an integral part of Global Britain and benefit from a confident UK”, Liz Truss

  

  At the conclusion of a two-day meeting at the Foreign Office, the Joint Ministerial Council, JMC, which brings together UK ministers and Overseas Territories leaders agreed on a joint communiqué which included the agenda of issues addressed. Previous to the JMC the Overseas Territories Association held a meeting of their Political Council.

• Friday, November 19th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  “Significant plans” to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Falklands' campaign

  

  “There are significant plans underway to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Falkland Islands' campaign” and will be soon announced, UK Minister for Defense People and Veterans, Leo Docherty MP said.

• Friday, November 19th 2021 - 09:02 UTC

  Construction boom: FIH wins contract to build 70 houses in the Falklands

  

  FIH group plc the AIM quoted international specialist services group with businesses in the Falkland Islands and the UK, has announced an important new contract secured by its Falkland Islands business “FIC”.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 23:29 UTC

  Arrival of first expedition vessels into the Falkland Islands

  

  The Falkland Islands will see the arrival of its first expedition vessel as part of a scaled down summer tourist season on Thursday 25 November 2021. The vessel, Silver Explorer, will call to Bleaker Island and Bull Point for the day and passengers will be permitted to disembark and visit the areas.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 22:43 UTC

  Falklands' delegation participates in first JMC presential meeting since 2018

  

  Falklands had a most busy week in London with ministerial meetings, contacts, speeches, addressing an agenda full of issues in different fields most of them of interest for the Islands and shared with colleagues from the Association of Overseas Territories.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentine sixth-graders supplied educational material reading “East and West Falkland” in English

  

  Education authorities in the Argentine Province of Santa Fe were placed under investigation Tuesday after it was found that a booklet distributed among sixth-grade schoolchildren featured a map where the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands were depicted as British territory despite the country's claim otherwise.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 09:25 UTC

  RRS Sir Attenborough off to Antarctica; Falklands' call in three weeks and a half

  

  Britain’s new polar research ship, RRS Sir David Attenborough, departed the UK this week for its maiden voyage to Antarctica. She left Harwich on Tuesday, with 66 crew and personnel on board, for a short stop at Portsmouth to take on fuel before departing the UK by 18 November.

• Tuesday, November 16th 2021 - 09:48 UTC

  Chinese top scholar suggests resolving the Falklands dispute “by force”

  

  In recent years Beijing has incorporated itself into the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute debate between UK and Argentina siding with its South American increasingly political, financial and trade partner.

• Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Sukey receives her OBE “for services to the people of the Falkland Islands”

  

  Former Falkland Islands Government Representative at Falklands House in London, Sukey Cameron, received her OBE from HRH the Duke of Cambridge at Windsor Castle.