Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, January 27th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Falklands currently has seven Covid-19 positive cases, but with no need of hospital admission

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has offered an update of Covid-19 swabbing results as of Tuesday 26 January, indicating that of 6,685 processed tests, seven are currently positive, completing quarantine, but none of them has required hospital admission.

• Monday, January 25th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Falklands' majestic King penguins at Volunteer Point

  

  STANLEY, Falkland Islands – The Falkland Islands have become a paradise for wildlife enthusiasts. Decades of good management and conversation policies have helped the different species to advance under this shield. One of those, emblematic, and identified to the image and spirit of the Falklands are penguins. Although not included in the Islands' crest they are virtually everywhere, souvenirs, stamps, badges, pictures, T shirts, and particularly in Volunteer Point, relatively close to Stanley, where the majestic King penguins enjoy a growing rookery, shared with their Gentoo and Magellanic cousins.

• Monday, January 25th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  South Georgia Patagonian toothfish fishery recertified with flying colors

  

  Following its five-yearly Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) assessment, the South Georgia Patagonian toothfish longline fishery has, for the third time, been certified as a sustainable and well-managed fishery, according to the newsletter from the government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

• Monday, January 25th 2021 - 08:51 UTC

  Gentoo penguins in South Georgia enjoying an enlarged no-fishing zone

  

  Gentoo penguins are benefiting from a newly enlarged no-fishing zone (known as a No-Take Zone NTZ) around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia following British Antarctic Survey (BAS) tracking research commissioned by the RSPB.

• Saturday, January 23rd 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Germany denies change of policy regarding the Falklands dispute

  

  Germany said that its position on the Falkland Islands dispute has not changed, following claims by Argentina that Lufthansa's request for two flights to the Islands, in support of a polar research expedition, implied recognition of the archipelago as Argentine territory.

• Saturday, January 23rd 2021 - 07:38 UTC

  Peat slips in the Falkland Islands and the unimaginable destruction of Stanley

  

  Penguin News published on the 15 January edition a historic piece on the two peat slips suffered by Stanley in 1878 and 1886, which caused unimaginable destruction and cut the settlement in two.

• Friday, January 22nd 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  Argentina rejoiced with Germany's position on the Falklands/Malvinas dispute

  

  Argentina is rejoicing because Germany's flag carrier Lufthansa formally requested the Civil Aviation National Administration and the Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands provincial government over flight and landing authorization for two charter flights to the Malvinas Islands from Hamburg.

• Friday, January 22nd 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Covid-19 positive cases in some vessels expected in Falklands for the Loligo season

  

  The Falkland Islands government and local industry have given reassurances following cases of Covid-19 identified on Loligo fishing ships due to the Falklands from Galicia. Penguin News investigated reports of positive cases on vessels bound for the Islands and asked for comment from FIG, who responded in writing:

• Thursday, January 21st 2021 - 09:38 UTC

  Coronavirus in several Spanish fishing vessels delays departure to the Falklands squid season

  

  The departure of several fishing vessels scheduled to leave from Vigo, Galicia to the Falkland Islands' squid season, has been delayed because a few crew members tested positive for the coronavirus. Companies involved have undertaken the necessary and isolation measures, reports the local media.

• Thursday, January 21st 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  La Nacion editorial “Brexit and Malvinas”, a weaker UK and a blow to Falklands' finances

  

  Argentina must closely monitor the evolution of the Falkland Islands' economy as a result of the UK's exit from the European Union since this strategic error means a new chapter can be opened in the long sovereignty conflict between Argentina and UK.