Falkland Islands

• Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 10:50 UTC

  Argentina asks Ireland's support to exclude the Falklands from any post Brexit EU-UK accord

  

  The Argentine foreign minister Felipe Solá held a round of talks with his counterparts from Australia, Ireland and Armenia to address issues of special significance for an Argentine foreign policy such as the current Coronavirus pandemic, and its impact on the global economy, and the European Union position regarding the Falkland Islands in a post Brexit scenario.

• Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:05 UTC

  Falklands announces the appointment of a new Director of Education

  

  The Falkland Islands Government announced the appointment of Marie Horton as the new Director of Education, taking up her position from the 27 May 2020. Ms Horton is an experienced education professional and holds an initial degree from Cardiff University, a Master’s degree from Bristol University and has undertaken further professional qualifications from Liverpool Hope University.

• Friday, May 22nd 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  Falklands' next tourist season “very tough, very late, if there is one at all”

  

  Falkland Islands lawmaker MLA Mark Pollard this week said that the coming tourist season is likely to be, “very tough, and a very late one if there is one at all.” However MLA Pollard emphasized that he was expressing his own opinion, and described any expectation that the cruise ship season will start as normal in October as fanciful.

• Friday, May 22nd 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Falklands' restriction measures will not be reviewed for another month, despite swabbing capacity

  

  The Falkland Islands' government this week confirmed that it will be a month before there is any review of current social distancing measures even if Covid-19 tests continue to return negative results.

• Friday, May 22nd 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Falkland Islands commemorates Landing Day, 38 years ago, in San Carlos

  

  The Falkland Islands commemorated on Thursday Landing Day, 38 years ago when British Forces took several beaches in San Carlos settlement beginning the recovery of Islands territory.

• Tuesday, May 19th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Falklands' lab can undertake on-Islands Covid-19 testing; no need to send swabs to UK

  

  The Falkland Islands government on Monday reported that the latest test results received by the Stanley hospital KEMH are all negative for Covid-19.

• Friday, May 15th 2020 - 11:03 UTC

  A Falklands' milestone: opening of Mount Pleasant airport 35 years ago

  

  May 12 was the 35th anniversary of the opening of Mount Pleasant Airport in the Falkland Islands. A milestone that definitively changed the life and future of the Islands, helping to boost trade and tourism.

• Thursday, May 14th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Premier Oil suspends Falklands' Sea Lion project; Navitas remains interested in farm out project

  

  UK-based oil and gas operator Premier Oil has said it has suspended the Sea Lion-1 oil project offshore the Falkland Islands. The company said the US$1.8 billion offshore oil project would be suspended to minimize ongoing spend in light of the current market conditions.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2020 - 08:54 UTC

  Falklands' civilian population with no Covid-19 cases; normal return to schools and nurseries

  

  Given the successful compliance of self-isolation and social distancing and other measures implemented by the Falkland Islands Government, FIG, the civilian population of the Islands remains with no positive cases of coronavirus, according to the Monday situation report.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2020 - 07:47 UTC

  Charles Darwin HMS Beagle unearthed dock in Essex under Historic England protection

  

  The remains of a rare 19th Century dock built for Charles Darwin's ship HMS Beagle has been recognized as a site of national importance. The submerged mud berth on the River Roach in Rochford, Essex, will now be protected against unauthorized change.