Falkland Islands

Friday, September 3rd 2021 - 08:04 UTC
South Georgia stamp release to celebrate the return of whales to the recovered ecosystem

The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands announced the release of a new stamp set to celebrate the recovering ecosystem of the Territory and in particular whales, according to the latest edition of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Government Newsletter.
Saturday, August 28th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Genetic material of Argentine 1982 combatants lands in Córdoba for DNA testing

Argentine forensic anthropologist Luis Fondebrider, at the service of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Thursday landed in Córdoba in a private flight from the Falkland Islands carrying genetic material to be used in determining the identity combatants buried in grave C.1.10 at Darwin's military cemetery.
Friday, August 27th 2021 - 08:15 UTC
Argentina and Uruguay ladies love and celebrate the Falklands

Ladies support for the Falkland Islands in the River Plate is expanding. As happened just a few weeks ago in Buenos Aires when two historians, one of them with an international reputation, acknowledged the Falklands belong to the Falkland Islanders and doubt Argentina's claim, in Uruguay a member from a ruling coalition junior party last 14 August twitted the hashtag “HappyFalklandsDay”.
Thursday, August 26th 2021 - 11:55 UTC
Falkland’s ExCo agrees to proceed with improved ITQ scheme

Yesterday the Executive Council (ExCo) approved the referral of the Fisheries (Conservations and Management) (Amendment) Bill 2021 to the Legislative Assembly next month.
Thursday, August 26th 2021 - 08:50 UTC
Project with Falklands' SAERI to safeguard South Georgia’s Blue Belt

Following a horizon scanning exercise that identified marine invasive species as a key threat, the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) is embarking on a marine bio-security project with the Falkland Islands based South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute (SAERI).
Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 09:02 UTC
Falklands Police finds no evidence of human remains at Teal Inlet; Red Cross satisfied with excavation results

The Royal Falkland Islands Police (RFIP) has continued to investigate reports of a burial site at Teal Inlet, alleged to contain the remains of unidentified Argentine soldiers.
Monday, August 23rd 2021 - 09:21 UTC
Patagonia Top Gear cars with Falklands' war plate number reference, crushed by Argentina

Have you ever wondered what happened to Jeremy Clarkson and his Top Gear crew cars involved in the Argentine Patagonia incursion, which triggered a major diplomatic controversy since the number plate of the Porsche 928 read H982 FKL and was interpreted in Argentina as referring to the 1982 Falklands conflict?
Friday, August 20th 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Red Cross team says body parts unearthed from Falkland Islands Darwin cemetery belong to at least five soldiers

The International Committee of the Red Cross team working on the identification of Argentine soldiers fallen in the 1982 Falkland/Malvinas Islands conflict Thursday announced at least one additional body had been found at grave C.1.10.
Friday, August 20th 2021 - 09:38 UTC
Argentine writer who pointed out cemetery inconsistencies at peace because families will find some comfort after all

Argentine writer Alicia Panero has been for quite some time now the closest thing to an answer to relatives of fallen unidentified Argentine combatants in the 1982 conflict have had.
Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 08:50 UTC
Argentine congress fearful Falklands' new port could overshadow Ushuaia

The Argentine congress is restless and is concerned since the Falkland Islands started to build its new deep water port, fearing, besides the usual cacophony of claims, that the Islands could replace Ushuaia as the main access to Antarctica.