Falkland Islands

• Friday, December 6th 2024 - 09:25 UTC

  Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust appoints first chief operating officer

  

  The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust (FMHT) has announced the appointment of Elena Lewendon as its first Chief Operating Officer, marking a pivotal moment in the charity’s history. Lewendon, currently CEO of The Apsley Paper Trail, will assume her new role on January 1, 2025.

• Thursday, December 5th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

  Falklands, 140 next of kin visit the Argentine Military Cemetery at Darwin

  

  A hundred and forty next of kin of Argentine combatants fallen during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict this Wednesday arrived at the Falkland Islands to visit the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin to honor the graves of their loved ones.

• Wednesday, December 4th 2024 - 06:11 UTC

  Patagonian Shelf Waters Abloo in austral spring, NASA Earth Observatory

  

  An austral spring 2024, a phytoplankton bloom off the coast of Argentina painted the waters blue and green. Blooms are common in the region this time of year, but clouds often block the view from above.

• Monday, December 2nd 2024 - 09:07 UTC

  Falklands, construction of a new HMS Sheffield, a state of the art Type 26 Frigate

  

  Construction has begun on the Royal Navy's latest Type 26 frigate, HMS Sheffield, with the first steel being cut in a ceremony in Glasgow. The official beginning of construction was marked by an event attended by Defense Procurement Minister Maria Eagle.

• Sunday, December 1st 2024 - 21:25 UTC

  Battle of Falklands, commemoration of the 110th anniversary of the great naval engagement of 8 December 1914

  

  Next Sunday, the 8th December 2024, the Falkland Islands commemorate the 110th anniversary of the first great victory of the Royal Navy in the First World War. The Falklands naval engagement took place to the south east of the Islands, chasing and sinking the pride of the German Imperial Navy, the East Asia squadron led by Admiral Graf von Spee.

• Friday, November 29th 2024 - 23:06 UTC

  Falklands, upcoming visit to the Islands by next of kin of Argentine fallen soldiers

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has announced that on Wednesday 04 December, a private charter is scheduled to arrive at Mount Pleasant Airport, carrying the next of kin of fallen Argentine soldiers during the 1982 conflict..

• Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:18 UTC

  Falklands Argos Group receives freezer trawler to catch squid

  

  Just a few weeks after the delivery of Prion to its Spanish-Falklands joint venture owners, the Nodosa Shipyard in Marín has delivered a second 85-metre freezer trawler designed to catch squid in the South Atlantic.

• Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:07 UTC

  Falklands: Responses to Equality and Discrimination survey

  

  The Falkland Islands Government would like to thank everyone who responded to the Community Views Survey on Equality and Discrimination in the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

  Falklands’ lawmakers meet the farming community

  

  Falkland Islands members of the Legislative Assembly, heads of Government Departments, and advisors are visiting Camp this weekend to meet the Farming community for a session of questions and answers.

• Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

  Schmidt Ocean Institute will explore South Atlantic Ocean in 2025

  

  The California based Schmidt Ocean Institute (*) has announced its 2025 expedition schedule will take it to the South Atlantic Ocean, including Antarctica, South Georgia, Patagonian shelf, Mar del Plata and Uruguay.