Falkland Islands

• Friday, October 26th 2018 - 08:48 UTC

  Falklands: Brexit and Argentina's plan for closer links with the Islands

  

  Brexit brings a chance to strengthen ties between Argentina and the Falkland Islands, the country's foreign minister Jorge Faurie said in London. Faurie met with Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and the pair discussed increasing trade and travel links between the Falkland Islands and South America.

• Friday, October 26th 2018 - 08:34 UTC

  Falklands receives visit of US Congressmen's chief of staff and advisors

  

  A delegation from the United States including a Chief of Staff for a Congressman and a Foreign Policy Adviser in the office of a senator will arrive in the Falkland Islands on Friday October 27 leaving November 3.

• Friday, October 26th 2018 - 07:58 UTC

  Falkland appoints new Officer Commanding the Islands' Defense Force

  

  After 35 years’ service with the FIDF, Major Peter Biggs will shortly retire as Officer Commanding, Falkland Islands Defense Force (FIDF), a role he has fulfilled for over 16 years.

• Thursday, October 25th 2018 - 07:08 UTC

  Falklands' family will host an Argentine student of International Relations

  

  Nicolás Aguiar, a 24-year International Relations student at the University of Rosario in central Argentina will be spending a week next February in the Falkland Islands, with a local family, following his successful video presentation replying to the competition question, “Why I would like to meet my neighbors in the Falkland Islands?”

• Wednesday, October 24th 2018 - 20:05 UTC

  Argentina - UK: Foreign ministers meet in London

  

  On Minister Faurie’s first official visit to the UK he held talks with his counterpart, Jeremy Hunt, on the most salient issues of the broad bilateral agenda.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2018 - 08:55 UTC

  Falklands' calamari catches this year among the most productive

  

  The Falkland Islands calamari, Loligo, season has been one of the best in recent years with catches totaling some 78.913,81 tons, which represents a 25% over the previous season, according to reports in the Galician media, and confirmed by the Islands Natural Resources Department.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 07:06 UTC

  England's Football Association XI team to visit the Falkland Islands: two matches scheduled

  

  England's Football Association (FA) is participating in a goodwill visit to the Falkland Islands in November, where they will play two football matches, one against the Falkland Islands national team in Stanley and the British Forces South Atlantic Islands XI. The party will also participate in coaching sessions with the two schools in Stanley and the junior school at the Mount Pleasant.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 06:15 UTC

  Ten Falkland Islands tourist lodgings gain Green Seal status

  

  Ten tourist accommodation establishments in the Falkland Islands have been awarded ‘Green Seal status’, an award related to being environmentally responsible, following assessments by the Falkland Islands Tourist Board (FITB).

• Monday, October 22nd 2018 - 06:42 UTC

  Identification process of Argentine remains in the Falklands will be praised by Red Cross in Geneva

  

  Next month, on the 21st the International Committee of the Red Cross will be holding a special ceremony in Geneva to acknowledge the identification process of the unknown Argentine combatants buried at the Argentine military cemetery in the Falkland Islands, a legacy of the 1982 South Atlantic conflict.

• Thursday, October 18th 2018 - 23:45 UTC

  Falklands expecting some 41 ship visits this cruise season, which begins on Saturday with “Ushuaia”

  

  Some 41 ships are expected to visit the Falkland Islands this coming cruise season which begins on Saturday with expedition vessel “Ushuaia”. Total calls in Stanley are estimated in 108 while some 170 in the Camp, but much will depend on the weather.