Falkland Islands

Friday, January 1st 2021 - 22:16 UTC
Falklands' Borders & Southern Petroleum announces board changes and offshore licenses expire 31 Jan 2022

Borders & Southern Petroleum, a company with oil and gas exploration assets offshore the Falkland Islands, announced at the end of the year board changes. The London based independent oil & gas exploration company announced the retirement of Nigel Hurst-Brown from the Board of Directors. His departure will take effect on January 1, 2021.
Monday, December 28th 2020 - 09:39 UTC
Malvinas Veteran in tears after his Argentine military ID was sold on the UK eBay website

By Heather Briley for MercoPress

LONDON, UK – Almost forty years after the Falklands conflict the identity document of an Argentine soldier has been sold on the UK eBay website. It belongs to the director of the Malvinas Museum in Buenos Aires, Edgardo Esteban, 58. He expressed his dismay at the sale and was moved to tears that it had surfaced after all this time.
Monday, December 28th 2020 - 09:20 UTC
Falklands fishing companies first reaction to the UK/EU post Brexit agreement

The Falklands Islands Fishing Companies Association have made public a first reaction to the post Brexit agreement announced by the UK and the European Union, in which they assess the impact of the deal which excludes any consideration of exports from the Falklands to the EU:
Thursday, December 24th 2020 - 09:15 UTC
A year that will go down in Falklands history

For many people, 2020 has been a year they would like to forget. But it’s a year that will go down in Falklands history for one very positive reason.
Wednesday, December 23rd 2020 - 09:37 UTC
Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust website features historic shipwrecks

A website has been launched to celebrate historic shipwrecks around the Falkland Islands, including underwater footage of the German WW1 cruiser SMS Scharnhorst, sunk in December 1914 and located only in 2019.
Monday, December 21st 2020 - 09:32 UTC
Advancing Falklands' sovereignty claims, one of Argentina's objectives as chair of Mercosur

Argentina is holding the pro tempore rotating chair of Mercosur during the next six months and three are its main objectives during that period according to foreign ministry sources in Buenos Aires. They include Bolivia, the Falklands/Malvinas claim and trade accords and negotiations with other countries.
Monday, December 21st 2020 - 08:45 UTC
French mayor threatens with a “Falklands' war” if no accord is reached on UK/EU fishing waters

The French Mayor Frederic Couvillier, of the city of Boulogne-sur-Mer, has threatened the UK with a “Falklands War” pertaining the dispute over the fishing waters with the European Union. Furthermore, the mayor warned of the threat of an armed conflict in light of the looming Brexit deadline.
Saturday, December 19th 2020 - 09:50 UTC
Argentina asks Portugal to consider the Falklands a litigation issue and not a British Overseas Territory

Argentina and Portugal foreign ministers agreed on a fluid dialogue and standing contact during the next six months to address bilateral issues, the Mercosur/European Union trade deal and the Falklands/Malvinas question.
Saturday, December 19th 2020 - 09:50 UTC
A68a iceberg heading for South Georgia shifts direction and loses a chunk of mass

Strong currents have taken hold of a massive Antarctic iceberg that is on a collision course towards South Georgia Island, causing it to shift direction and lose a major chunk of mass, a scientist tracking its journey said on Friday.
Saturday, December 19th 2020 - 09:10 UTC
Chicago aquarium celebrates Rockhopper penguin Wellington, 33th birthday

For a penguin to make it to age 33, a lot of things have to break right. Predator avoidance. Good genes. And, sometimes, cataract surgery. And this was part of the longevity recipe for Wellington, Chicago's Shedd Aquarium’s oldest and best-known rockhopper penguin, which marked the milestone birthday on Friday as a guest of honor at an 8:30 a.m. Facebook Live event.