Falkland Islands

• Friday, February 21st 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Argentina pressing Uruguay on Falklands' RAF flights landing in Carrasco

  

  Argentina is again putting pressure on Uruguay, this time on the incoming government which takes office next March first, insisting no UK military aircraft linked to the Falkland Islands be allowed to land in the country's airports and Falklands should not be treated as state with which Uruguay has extensive trade and business exchanges.

• Friday, February 21st 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Falklands will have a new port in three/four years; FIG can afford the “indicative pricing”

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) last week announced that it has chosen BAM-Nutall as its development partner to build a new port with a lifetime of fifty years. This week more details of the major project, to be developed in three stages and which is expected to be completed in three/four years were revealed by members of the local government.

• Friday, February 21st 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Falklands' women offer a vivid picture of a “small community's” culture to visiting CPA delegates

  

  The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Women’s Conference, hosted by the Falkland Islands and attended by some twenty delegates, opened in Stanley last Tuesday by Deputy Speaker of the House Hon Claudette Prior MBE.

• Wednesday, February 19th 2020 - 06:39 UTC

  South Georgia readying the wharf to support “Sir David Attenborough”

  

  The island of South Georgia is preparing to support the new British Polar Research Vessel, “Sir David Attenborough” with the construction of a new wharf at King Edward Point, reports the latest editions of the South Georgia Newsletter.

• Tuesday, February 18th 2020 - 13:40 UTC

  Falklands completes successfully Badminton Cup, despite Argentina; Canada wins both categories

  

  The Falkland Islands female team competing at the Badminton Pan Am Cup in Brazil gallantly completed its participation in the four-day event, despite protests and bullying from Argentina. Meanwhile Canada successfully defended both titles on finals day at the Pan Am Male and Female Cup.

• Tuesday, February 18th 2020 - 06:38 UTC

  Falklands' port development partner is also modernizing BAS Rothera station and a new wharf for RRS Sir David Attenborough

  

  BAM Nuttall Ltd, which has been selected by the Falkland Islands Government, FIG, as the development partner to design and build a new port in Stanley Harbour is no adventurer in the South Atlantic and is closely linked to the UK efforts and investments in Antarctica. In effect, BAM Nuttall is involved in the building of the British Antarctic Survey's largest facility at Rothera Research station.

• Tuesday, February 18th 2020 - 00:25 UTC

  Falkland Islands Falkland Islands expenses figures for 2019

  

  Gilbert House, seat of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly has released its expenses figures for 2019, detailing the money paid on claims by each of the Members of the Legislative Assembly. The expenses are broken down into headings such as flights, accommodation, meals, telephone, and internet.

• Monday, February 17th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Talks in Geneva for further remains identifications at the Falklands' Argentine military cemetery

  

  Argentina and the United Kingdom are holding talks in Geneva, with the International Red Cross for a new agreement on the identification of soldiers' remains in the Argentine Memorial cemetery at Darwin in the Falkland Islands, where there is still at least one grave with uncertainty as to the name/names of who are buried.

• Friday, February 14th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  British forces during Falklands' war benefited from CIA Crypto AG decoded messages

  

  The Royal Navy, RAF, and British Army benefited from the CIA's secret ownership of a code-making machine company during the Falklands' War, a new investigation has claimed.

• Friday, February 14th 2020 - 07:23 UTC

  Falkland Islands announces partner to develop new port

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) announced on Thursday it has selected a development partner to design and build a new port in Stanley Harbour. After an extensive global procurement process, FIG is pleased to announce that it has agreed to BAM Nuttall Ltd as its development partner, subject to successful conclusion of contract. The aim is for the contract to be agreed and signed by the end of March 2020.