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Falkland Islands

  • Friday, March 31st 2017 - 07:59 UTC

    Falklands Tourist Board launches new website

    “This website is our window to the world and we want to show the Falklands off in the best light”, said acting CEO of FITA, Stephanie Middleton (Pic FITB)

    The Falkland Islands Tourist Board (FITB) launched its new website earlier this week. Acting CEO of FITB Stephanie Middleton said: ”We are delighted to finally launch this site. It is driven by a detailed database of accommodation, restaurants, shops, attractions and events, which allows us to make changes and keep it fresh on a regular basis.

  • Friday, March 31st 2017 - 04:55 UTC

    Falklands includes a new island in its EEZ with UN support

    The unnamed island is just within the Falklands Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and a 200-mile circumference extension to the zone has been agreed with the UN.

    The Falklands have added a new island. A representative of the United Nations Commission on the Law of the Sea, Lithuanian geologist Professor Loof Lirpa, has confirmed to Penguin News that a new island has emerged in the South Atlantic Ocean, about 150 miles north of Steeple Jason.

  • Wednesday, March 29th 2017 - 10:46 UTC

    Falklands was awarded nine MPA contracts in five years

    The question was asked by Wes Streeting, MP for Ilford North, who visited the Falkland Islands last month in a delegation of four MPs.

    The UK Ministry of Defense has awarded nine direct contracts to locally-based businesses in the Falkland Islands over the last five years including marine services, waste management, logistics and education.Harriet Baldwin, UK Under-Secretary of State for the MoD gave the statistics in response to a question in the House of Commons by Wes Streeting, MP for Ilford North, who visited the Falkland Islands last month in a delegation of four MPs.

  • Wednesday, March 29th 2017 - 07:59 UTC

    Netherlands prepared to help with Falklands' dialogue, once UK leaves the EU

    President Macri and Dutch PM Rutte toast at the official reception for the Argentine delegation on a state visit to Holland

    Holland is prepared to contribute to the Falklands/Malvinas dialogue between Argentina and UK, once Britain has definitively left the European Union, said on Tuesday foreign minister Susana Malcorra who is part of the official delegation of president Mauricio Macri state visit to the Netherlands.

  • Tuesday, March 28th 2017 - 08:24 UTC

    Argentine government offices can't stop calling the Islands... Falklands

    One of the several misses on the Falklands

    Argentine government offices and dependencies don't seem to be able to get things right. When they publish maps of Argentina including the disputed South Atlantic Islands, on several occasions they have identified them as the Falkland Islands, and when not simply forgot to include them.

  • Tuesday, March 28th 2017 - 08:12 UTC

    Argentina defines continental shelf limits with the exception of the Falklands and Antarctica areas

    Minister Malcorra and the panel of government officials which made the announcement on Argentina's definitive continental shelf external limits

    Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra has announced that Argentina has definitive international support for its defined continental shelf limits, with the exception of the Falklands/Malvinas, South Georgia, in dispute with the UK, and those covered by the Antarctic Treaty, which are not considered by the UN because of a sovereignty litigation or an international treaty.

  • Monday, March 27th 2017 - 08:32 UTC

    Falklands announces changes to UK currency; new £ 1 coin at the end of March

    The new UK £1 coin will be introduced in the UK on 28 March, 2017.

    The Bank of England has recently introduced a new, more secure UK £5 banknote, and plans to introduce a new UK £1 coin that will replace the existing the existing coins.

  • Monday, March 27th 2017 - 08:15 UTC

    Falklands' large farms report better 2016/17 clip and lambing

    FLH general manager Andy Pollard said it was an excellent wool clip and was an increase of nearly 11,000 kg or 130 bales from an extra 3,000 sheep shorn.

    Falklands Landholdings, FLH, has managed an excellent 2016/17 wool clip in a year with bullish prices, reports the Penguin News latest edition. A total of 138,302 sheep have been shorn producing 342,980 kilos of clean wool and all packed into 2,653 bales over the last five months.

  • Monday, March 27th 2017 - 07:45 UTC

    Brazilian meats' scandal: China, Egypt, Chile limit imports ban to the 21 processing plants involved

    The world's largest meat exporter has been reeling since police announced the conclusion of the two-year “Operation Weak Flesh”

    Brazil won a major victory as it battles to restore credibility amid a tainted meat scandal, with China, Egypt and Chile lifting their bans on its products. The three countries, which had totally closed their markets to Brazilian meat at the start of last week, said they would open them to all but the 21 Brazilian processing plants under investigation.

  • Saturday, March 25th 2017 - 10:20 UTC

    Falklands' Government sends Letter of Condolences to London

    Flag at the seat of the Falklands' government flies at half mast for London victims

    The Falkland Islands Government has sent a letter of condolences to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, expressing sympathy and support from all members of the Falkland Islands community following the Wednesday attack at Westminster bridge and attempt to break into Parliament.