Falkland Islands

• Friday, November 1st 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Falklands concern over environmental funding following Brexit

  

  Concern over environmental funding for the Falkland Islands following Brexit was once again raised in parliament last week, after Baroness Hooper submitted a question asking the Government “how much, if any, of the funding announced by the Prime Minister for the Darwin Initiative on 23 September will replace EU funding for wildlife in the Falkland Islands and other Overseas Territories?”

• Friday, November 1st 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Falklands' catches for calamari squid and hake have risen sustainedly

  

  Falkland Islands' catches for calamari squid and hake have risen substantially over five years. Statistics were outlined at Legislative Assembly on Thursday.

• Thursday, October 31st 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Fernandez thanks Johnson's message but insists he will claim Falklands sovereignty

  

  Argentine president-elect Alberto Fernandez thanked British prime minister Boris Johnson for his congratulation message but also cautioned that he will not give up the sovereignty claim over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.

• Thursday, October 31st 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  Falklands' conflict reconciliation: Pope blesses exchange of Virgin of Lujan images

  

  In a conciliatory gesture 37 years after the Falklands War, military bishops from Great Britain and Argentina exchanged images of the Virgin Mary on Wednesday in St. Peter’s Square, blessed by Pope Francis.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2019 - 17:06 UTC

  Falklands announces arrangements for observance of Remembrance Sunday

  

  Gilbert House, seat of the Falkland Islands elected government has announced the arrangements for Sunday 10 November 2019, Remembrance Sunday.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands wildlife and tourism promoted by French news agency

  

  Waddling up the beach in single file, their heads held high with an almost self-important demeanor, king penguins are a major draw in the Falkland Islands' tourism industry. Their fluffy brown chicks are nearly fearless of humans, meaning tourists at Volunteer Point, a peninsula on East Falkland Island might get almost close enough to touch one.

• Tuesday, October 29th 2019 - 19:04 UTC

  Start date for new flights between the Falkland Islands and São Paulo

  

  LATAM Airlines Brazil’s new weekly flight between the Falkland Islands and São Paulo will begin operating on 20 November 2019. This service will allow passengers to make onward connections to multiple destinations in South and North America, Europe, Africa and Asia.

• Friday, October 25th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Falklands oil industry has three planned and announced three FPSOs

  

  South America, including the Falkland Islands, has the highest number of planned and announced floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) additions globally between 2019 and 2025, with 27 projects. This is followed by Africa, Asia and Europe with a respective 15, eight and seven FPSOs, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

• Friday, October 18th 2019 - 17:41 UTC

  Thousands of Spanish jobs depend on the Falkland Islands fishery

  

  The close links between the Falkland Islands and the Galician fishing and shipbuilding industries were outlined by James Bates, Executive Secretary of the Falkland Islands Fishing Companies Association, (FIFCA), who recently attended the Conxemar 2019, in Vigo, Galicia, the largest frozen seafood exhibition in Europe after Brussels.

• Friday, October 18th 2019 - 10:59 UTC

  UK assurances to the Falklands in the event of a “no deal” Brexit

  

  In the event of a 'no deal' Brexit the UK Government assures it will, “seek to negotiate the best possible access to the EU market for Falklands fish and meat products as part of the future relationship with the EU.”