Falkland Islands

• Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Falklands' annual service of Remembrance will take place Sunday 14 November

  

  Gilbert House in the Falkland Islands has announced the arrangements for Sunday, 14 November 2021, Remembrance Sunday. The Annual Service of Remembrance, this year commemorating the 103rd anniversary of the end of the First World War, will be held in Christ Church Cathedral commencing at 9.30 am.

• Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:27 UTC

  Closer to solving the mystery of the extinct Falklands' canid warrah

  

  The team headed by Kit Hamley also extended its research into the warrah (Dusicyon australis), an extinct species of fox. The warrah was the only native and terrestrial mammal to reside on the Falkland Islands at the time of European arrival. Subsequent hunting wiped the species out in 1856, making it the first extinct canid in the historic record, Hamley says.

• Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Team discovers evidence of prehistoric human activity

  

  The following piece was published by Phys/Org – Since its first recorded sighting by European explorers in the 1600s, scientists and historians have believed that Europeans were the first people to ever set foot on the Falkland Islands. Findings from a new University of Maine-led study, however, suggests otherwise; that human activity on the islands predates European arrival by centuries.

• Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Falkland Islands trade with the European Union and Rules of Origin

  

  The Falkland Islands government has released the following, ”Falkland Islands are not deemed part of the European Single Market. However, under the current OAD, the Islands have:

• Friday, October 22nd 2021 - 17:32 UTC

  Falklands Election: Peter Biggs, “Our allegiance with the UK is vital; I hope Argentina will mature into a democracy”

  

  Peter Biggs has announced his intention to stand for the Falklands General Election and is running for the circumscription of Stanley. Follows his manifesto:

• Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Falklands Election: Mark Pollard and Stacy Bragger after reelection

  

  The Falkland Islands Election is scheduled for Thursday, November 4th. So far MP has published the manifestos of the four candidates for the three benches corresponding to the Camp Circumscription in the Legislative Assembly.

• Wednesday, October 20th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands election: manifestos of candidates for Stanley's five benches

  

  The Falkland Islands General Election is scheduled for Thursday, 4 November, and in our previous edition, we published the manifestos of the four candidates for the three benches representing the Camp circumscription in the Legislative Assembly.

• Tuesday, October 19th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Falklands election: manifestos of the four Camp candidates

  

  The Falkland Islands are scheduled for next Thursday 4 November and four are the candidates for the three benches that represent the Camp constituency at the Legislative Assembly. Candidates are Ana Crowie running for the first time, John Birmingham who is a former lawmaker of the Legislative Council, before it became the Legislative Assembly, plus Ian Hansen and Teslyn Barkman, both running for reelection. Follows their manifestos:

• Monday, October 11th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Fragments of Argentine aircraft downed in Falklands donated to museum

  

  British soldier David Richardson, who found the fragments of a downed Argentine Air Force Dagger downed by a British Harrier during the 1982 Falklands War, has donated the items to be exhibited at a museum in the province of Córdoba, Argentine ambassador to the United Kingdom, Javier Figueroa announced.

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 17:14 UTC

  Last Man Standing: A talk with the captain who spent 688 days on board a longliner

  

  688. That is the number of days that the captain of the FV Nordic Prince, Arvid Olai Mjønes, spent on board the vessel without returning home. On the final leg of the voyage, the Norwegian captain spoke to MercoPress on board the vessel in the port of Montevideo and shared his experience during the Patagonian Toothfish fishing season in the Ross Sea during the Covid-19 pandemic.