Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, February 6th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Falklands approves funding for a new aircraft to meet local demand

  

  The Falkland Islands Government Air Service has received funding approval from the Executive Council and the Standing Finance Committee for a new aircraft to replace Islander VP-FBM which incurred substantial structural damage while landing at Beaver Island in June.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  UK seminar for Overseas Territories on safe maritime trade and seabed mapping

  

  The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) have launched a five-day capacity building seminar to help UK Overseas Territories, including the Falkland Islands, support safe maritime trade. The seminar, delivered as part of the government’s Overseas Territories Seabed Mapping Program, will focus on international regulations, with sessions on maritime safety information training, best practice governance and maritime law.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Falklands Sao Paulo air link to become operational next October to coincide with tourist season

  

  Argentina and the UK have agreed that the second commercial air link between the Falkland Islands and South America, with a stopover at Cordoba, Argentina, will begin operational next October in coincidence with the South Atlantic summer tourist season, according to Martin Dinatale, an Argentine journalist who specializes in diplomatic affairs.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2019 - 07:40 UTC

  Falklands' government and BFSAI plan to build 70 new houses in the next three years

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) with the support of British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) are seeking expressions of interest from developers and investors wanting to find out more about an ambitious range of housing development opportunities in the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, February 1st 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  Falklands' official RPI reached 2.9% in 2018; complaints of “inaccurate inflation”

  

  The Falkland Islands' retail price index RPI increased by 2.9% in the 12-month period ending on December 2018, members of the Legislative Assembly were informed. The increase is broadly in line with previous quarters’ year-on-year increases.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 10:23 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government Representative in London is retiring after forty years service

  

  After forty years in the service of the Falkland Islands, Sukey Cameron, the Falklands Representative in London is to retire in October. The Penguin News chatted with Ms Cameron about her long and distinguished career.

• Saturday, January 26th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Argentina/UK resume joint South Atlantic fisheries scientific assessment cruises

  

  Next February first and after fourteen years Argentina and the United Kingdom will again be involved in a scientific assessment cruise of the Illex squid in the South Atlantic.

• Saturday, January 26th 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  Number of Argentine soldiers buried in the Falklands and identified now total 110

  

  The number of Argentine unknown soldiers buried in the Falkland Islands has fallen by three as those identified and with full names now total 110 out of the original 121/122 remains buried inat the Argentine military cemetery close Darwin.

• Friday, January 25th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Falklands Chief Executive contract extended for a year

  

  The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly has confirmed that Barry Rowland has agreed a year-long contract extension as Chief Executive, taking his term of employment to October 2020.

• Friday, January 25th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Argentina announces identification of the 107 unknown combatant, buried in the Falklands

  

  An Argentine 18 year old conscript from the northern province of Chaco has become the 107 combatant, with remains resting at the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin, in the Falklands, to be fully identified. The announcement was made by Argentina's Human Rights Secretary, Claudio Avruj who visited the family of Ruben Horacio Gomez, in the city of Ressistencia.