Falkland Islands

• Friday, August 30th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego protests Falklands display at the coming agricultural show in Uruguay

  

  The extreme south Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego has sent letters to the Foreign Ministry and to the Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic Department expressing concern about a Falkland Islands stand at the British pavilion in the coming international agriculture show in Prado, Montevideo, Uruguay to take place between September 3 and 15.

• Friday, August 30th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Falklands will be disputing the Hockey LATAM Cup in Miami

  

  The Falkland Islands will be participating in the LATAM hockey Cup, to be played in Miami, on September 6/7, with semifinals and finals on the following two days. Sam Cockwell a forward of the main team, and a promising journalist will keep Islanders informed about the events through the Penguin News.

• Wednesday, August 28th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Falklands' Debbie Summers reelected as New Zealand Cruise Association chairperson

  

  Falkland Islands born New Zealand Executive Director Debbie Summers is entering her fourth year as chairperson of the New Zealand Cruise Association following the seventh annual conference in Auckland August 22-23.

• Friday, August 23rd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Premier Oil trying to sell part of its Falklands' Sea Lion project

  

  Premier Oil is selling its stake in a “world-class” project off the coast of Mexico and wants to reduce its holding in a long-awaited scheme north of the Falkland Islands as it tries to lighten its US$ 2bn debt burden, reports the Financial Times.

• Thursday, August 22nd 2019 - 10:58 UTC

  Falklands' competition for students criticized by University of Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina's leading tertiary institution and one of Latin America's highest-rated for academic excellence, the University of Buenos Aires, UBA, has again, rejected the announced cultural project, “Why I would like to meet my neighbours from the Falkland Islands”, organized by the disputed Islands' government and the British embassy.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2019 - 09:32 UTC

  Falklands organizes Cultural Competition for students from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile

  

  The Government of the Falkland Islands and the British Embassies in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay invite university students to participate in the Cultural Competition which offers winners the chance to visit the Falkland Islands for a week with all the costs covered.

• Monday, August 19th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Falkland Islander will be one of the captains of Australia's new state of the art icebreaker

  

  Australia’s new icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, is scheduled to make its maiden voyage to Antarctica in 2020-21. Two captains have already been named to lead the alternating crews operating the new vessel. They are Captain Scott Laughlin and Falkland Islander Captain Paul Clarke, both with experienced track records working in the Southern Ocean.

• Saturday, August 17th 2019 - 09:22 UTC

  Falklands' wildlife recorded on the book “Britain's Distant Lands”

  

  The author of the bestselling book Britain’s Treasure Islands is releasing a new work, with a section dedicated to the Falkland Islands. Britain’s Distant Lands by Stewart McPherson is a 208 page, landscape-format examination of the wildlife of all the UK Overseas Territories.

• Friday, August 16th 2019 - 06:44 UTC

  Falklands' referendums on single constituency will he held Thursday 26 March 2020

  

  The Falkland Islands Government announced on Thursday that a referendum will be held on Thursday, 26 March 2020. On that date, the electorate will be asked to vote on whether there should be two constituencies, Stanley and Camp, or if there should be one constituency for the whole of the Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, August 15th 2019 - 07:30 UTC

  Falklands' Day, recalls when John Davis first sighted the Islands on 14 August 1592

  

  Falklands Day is the celebration of the first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis in 1592, and is commemorated on 14 August. It was once seen as the National Day of the Falklands but has largely been replaced by Liberation Day which commemorates the end of the Falklands War.