Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, January 12th 2021 - 11:57 UTC

  Falkland Islands to receive Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine next month

  

  The Falkland Islands Government informed on Tuesday in a Press Release that it is “pleased” to announce that 3,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are expected to be received in the first week of February 2021.

• Saturday, January 9th 2021 - 09:58 UTC

  Falklands has established a Vaccination Plan Group; Gibraltar first OT to receive the Pfizer vaccine

  

  The Falkland Islands government, FIG, has established a vaccination planning group, although there is not a delivery date for the Covid 19 doses to be sent from the United Kingdom.

• Friday, January 8th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Falkland Islands admits disappointment and frustration with Brexit deal

  

  Falkland Islands European Union exports are now subject to tariffs due to the UK not obtaining an agreement on behalf of the Falklands in relation to Brexit. On Wednesday, Legislative Assembly members released an opinion piece that expressed disappointment and frustration.

• Friday, January 8th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Falklands fishing companies anticipated the instant impact of the Brexit deal

  

  In anticipation of events to the new tariffs the Falkland Islands exports to the European Union must pay as the United Kingdom failed in obtaining an agreement on behalf of the islands in relation to Brexit, the Falkland Islands Fisheries Association released the following statement last December 12:

• Friday, January 1st 2021 - 22:16 UTC

  Falklands' Borders & Southern Petroleum announces board changes and offshore licenses expire 31 Jan 2022

  

  Borders & Southern Petroleum, a company with oil and gas exploration assets offshore the Falkland Islands, announced at the end of the year board changes. The London based independent oil & gas exploration company announced the retirement of Nigel Hurst-Brown from the Board of Directors. His departure will take effect on January 1, 2021.

• Monday, December 28th 2020 - 09:39 UTC

  Malvinas Veteran in tears after his Argentine military ID was sold on the UK eBay website

  

  By Heather Briley for MercoPress
  
  LONDON, UK – Almost forty years after the Falklands conflict the identity document of an Argentine soldier has been sold on the UK eBay website. It belongs to the director of the Malvinas Museum in Buenos Aires, Edgardo Esteban, 58. He expressed his dismay at the sale and was moved to tears that it had surfaced after all this time.

• Monday, December 28th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands fishing companies first reaction to the UK/EU post Brexit agreement

  

  The Falklands Islands Fishing Companies Association have made public a first reaction to the post Brexit agreement announced by the UK and the European Union, in which they assess the impact of the deal which excludes any consideration of exports from the Falklands to the EU:

• Thursday, December 24th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  A year that will go down in Falklands history

  

  For many people, 2020 has been a year they would like to forget. But it’s a year that will go down in Falklands history for one very positive reason.

• Wednesday, December 23rd 2020 - 09:37 UTC

  Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust website features historic shipwrecks

  

  A website has been launched to celebrate historic shipwrecks around the Falkland Islands, including underwater footage of the German WW1 cruiser SMS Scharnhorst, sunk in December 1914 and located only in 2019.

• Monday, December 21st 2020 - 09:32 UTC

  Advancing Falklands' sovereignty claims, one of Argentina's objectives as chair of Mercosur

  

  Argentina is holding the pro tempore rotating chair of Mercosur during the next six months and three are its main objectives during that period according to foreign ministry sources in Buenos Aires. They include Bolivia, the Falklands/Malvinas claim and trade accords and negotiations with other countries.