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Montevideo, October 11th 2024 - 00:27 UTC

Falkland Islands

  • Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:47 UTC

    Falklands home to the largest population of South American fur seals

    The census, timed to coincide with the peak pupping season, focused on pups as an index for the population in general due to their distinctive black natal hair

    The Falkland Islands is home to the largest population of South American fur seals (Arctocephalus asutralis australis) in the world, according to a recent scientific paper.

  • Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:45 UTC

    How we recruited albatrosses to patrol the high seas for illegal fishers

    An albatross colony in the Falkland Islands

    By Samantha Patrick (*) – Wandering albatrosses have long been considered exceptional creatures. They can fly 8.5 million kilometers during their lifetimes – the equivalent of flying to the Moon and back more than ten times. Their three-and-a-half-meter wing span is the same length as a small car and they can weigh as much as 24 puffins. Their body shape means they can effortlessly glide over the ocean waves, flying in some of the strongest winds on Earth. Now research led by the Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé in France has found that these seabirds may have promising careers in the fight against overfishing.

  • Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 20:14 UTC

    Brexit: Falklands makes public UK's “absolute commitment to BOT's safety and prosperity”

    Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon emphasized in his message that: the UK was “absolutely committed to the safety and prosperity of each of our British OTs.”

    EU funding for British Overseas Territories organisations and the impact of Brexit on business and travel are all subjects covered in a Brexit update from the Minister for the Commonwealth, the UN and South Asia this week, according to the transcript published by the Falkland Islands weekly “Penguin News”.

  • Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

    Argentina/Falklands fisheries talks: what happened and what can be expected

    On Monday 20 January, the South Atlantic Scientific Committee was scheduled to meet in Buenos Aires, one of the regular meetings agreed

    Last week there was intense diplomatic activity regarding the Falkland Islands: the meeting of the Fisheries Subcommittee to be held in Buenos Aires on Monday 20 was suspended; the ambassadors before Great Britain and before the international organizations in Geneva, Renato Sersale di Cerisano and Carlos Foradori, were displaced and the secretary of Matters Related to the Falkland Islands, Daniel Filmus, made his presentation in New York in the Decolonization Committee, urging that a negotiation instance be promoted from the UN.

  • Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:44 UTC

    Margaret Thatcher’s secret dealings with the Argentine military junta that invaded the Falklands

    Both Thatcher’s government and the Labour governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan (1974-79) sold arms to the Argentine dictatorship.

    By Grace Livingstone (*) – Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is often lauded in the UK for standing up to the Argentine military junta during the Falklands War, but declassified British documents show that her government had far more cordial relations with this regime than her wartime rhetoric suggests. The following article was published by Daily Maverick, a South African online newspaper.

  • Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:19 UTC

    Falklands hosting Red Ensign Group Conference in February

    The event is being supported by the Falkland Islands Government, and the Red Ensign will fly at Victory Green during the Conference.

    More than 50 maritime professionals from across the Overseas Territories, Crown Dependencies and the UK are coming to the Falkland Islands for the Red Ensign Group Conference.

  • Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 07:28 UTC

    Falklands names new Director of Development and Commercial Services

    Catherine Silva Donayre is currently Deputy Director of Development & Commercial Services and has been closely involved in successful launch of the new commercial flight route between Falkland Islands

    The Falkland Islands Government has announced the appointment of Catherine Silva Donayre as the new Director of Development and Commercial Services when the current Director, Ian Robertson, leaves in June 2020.

  • Monday, January 27th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

    Sarah Whitby takes oath as Falklands, South Georgia Senior Magistrate

    Sarah Whitby takes the oath as Senior Magistrate before Governor Nigel Phillips

    Sarah Whitby was officially sworn in as the Falkland Islands Senior Magistrate at a ceremony at Government House. Mrs Whitby, previously Crown Counsel for Civil and Safeguarding, will fulfill the role of Senior Magistrate and Coroner for the Falklands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, and the British Antarctic Territory, as well as acting Judge for the Falkland Islands.

  • Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:57 UTC

    Falklands' January storm causes massive loss of Rockhopper penguin chicks

    The colony is at the south west end of Sea Lion. Rockhopper penguins are among the smaller species of penguin: at full growth, they are about 20 inches in height. (Pic M. Reeves)

    84% of Rockhopper chicks on Sea Lion Island have died as a result of a storm that hit the Falkland Islands on January 14/15. Strong easterly winds on the island, which lies southeast of East Falklands, launched sea spray on to the colony for more than 48 hours, to deadly effect, said owner Mickey Reeves.

  • Friday, January 24th 2020 - 09:34 UTC

    Filmus reaffirms before C24, Argentina's legitimate rights over the Falklands

    The release said that during his trip to New York, Filmus reiterated Argentina's support for C24, emphasizing that the Malvinas Question is a State policy

    The Argentine foreign ministry reported that on Thursday it had reaffirmed before UN Decolonization Committee, C24, the country's 'legitimate rights' over the South Atlantic Islands and surrounding maritime spaces, and called on the United Kingdom to resume negotiations for a peaceful solution to the dispute.