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Montevideo, May 13th 2026 - 08:55 UTC

Falkland Islands

  • Monday, September 28th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

    Islands Games in Guernsey postponed because of coronavirus

    The IIGA said it will work with the organizers of Guernsey 2021 and Orkney 2023, the next hosts, to find a new date.

    Next year's Island Games in Guernsey have been postponed because of coronavirus, the International Island Games Association has confirmed. The event, which was due to be held between 3-9 July 2021, has not been canceled altogether but a decision is yet to be made on when it will now take place.

  • Saturday, September 26th 2020 - 08:22 UTC

    Falklands announce COVID-19 relief donation for Uruguayan charity

    CEPRODIH is a non profit association which assists vulnerable people in situations where they are at risk of harm, particularly women and children

    The Falkland Islands Government has confirmed that, as part of its efforts to contribute to the worldwide Coronavirus relief response, it has made a donation of £5,000 to Centro de Promoción por la Dignidad Humana (CEPRODIH), based in Uruguay.

  • Friday, September 25th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

    Falkland Islands votes to remain a two electoral constituency

    Voters could decide between the status quo, the Falklands retaining two constituencies, or alternatively voting for it to become one single constituency

    The Falkland Islands Referendum held on Thursday, resulted in a defeat for the concept of a single constituency. Neither of the two current constituencies Camp or Stanley, garnered the two thirds support for a single constituency.

  • Thursday, September 24th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

    Falklands announces support schemes for the tourism industry

    Tourism is an increasingly important sector for the Falkland Islands: prior to Covid-19, the sector generated approximately £16 million in annual sales.

    The Falkland Islands Government provided details on Wednesday of a range of support schemes designed specifically to mitigate the effects of the global pandemic on tourism businesses, operators, and employees over the next twelve months, as well as prepare the sector to take advantage of renewed demand in 2021 and beyond.

  • Thursday, September 24th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

    Falklands Committee on the 40th anniversary of the Liberation of the Islands

    Ex MLA Phyl Rendell will chair the Committee for the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands

    The Falkland Islands Government is pleased to announce the establishment of a Committee for the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands. Chaired by former MLA Phyl Rendell, the Committee will be responsible for agreeing the framework for what will be a year-long programme of celebration and commemoration in 2022. The Committee will ensure that events and activities are coordinated and that everyone across the Falkland Islands – as well as friends overseas – can contribute.

  • Thursday, September 24th 2020 - 08:14 UTC

    Planning for the Falklands 2021/22 season and beyond

    Among projects are a new “Welcome to Stanley” sign

    The Falkland Islands Tourist Board has also worked alongside the Government to identify ways in which it too could assist with helping position the sector to take advantage of demand in 2021/22 and beyond. To this end the tourist board has reallocated existing budgets and earmarked funds totaling £380,000 as follows:

  • Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 08:55 UTC

    Argentine president again claims the Falklands before the UN General Assembly

    Fernandez recalled that this year is also the 55th anniversary of Resolution 2065, the first adopted by the UN relative to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands question

    Argentine president Alberto Fernández again called on the UK to resume dialogue on the South Atlantic Islands and iterated his country's legitimate and imprescriptible sovereignty rights over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands, during his Tuesday address to the United Nations General Assembly on its 75th anniversary.

  • Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 08:45 UTC

    Falklands votes on Thursday on a single electoral constituency referendum

    The Single Constituency Bill would amend Falklands' Constitution to replace two constituencies with one and voters would elect all eight Members of the Assembly.

    Next Thursday, 24 September, Falklanders will be going to the polls to vote on a referendum on a Single electoral Constituency for the whole archipelago. Currently, there are two constituencies in the Falklands, Stanley the capital, which elects five of the eight members of the Legislative Assembly, and the so-called Camp, which represents the rest of the territory and sends three representatives.

  • Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 08:24 UTC

    Falkland Islands quarry enlists crushing and screening train from Sandvik

    To meet the logistically challenging requirements of this process, Sandvik Mobile Crushers and Screens were enlisted to ensure production

    The Falklands Pony’s Pass Quarry is a busy site at the heart of industrial operations and produces 160,000 tons per annum of quartzitic sandstone using a state-of-the-art mobile crushing and screening train.

  • Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 08:18 UTC

    The King to be who visited the Falkland Islands in 1881

    Arthur Felton (centre) with W A Ellision RNR (left) - Chief Officer of the RRS William Scoresby - and E R Gunther (right) - photographed in March 1932 by Carl Skottsberg

    The website of the Dictionary of Falklands Biography has just added its 1500th illustration – an engagement photograph of Prince Albert Victor who visited Stanley in 1881.