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Montevideo, October 28th 2025 - 06:26 UTC

Falkland Islands

  • Thursday, August 29th 2024 - 08:24 UTC

    Falklands closer to having a National Park at Hill Cove Mountains

    A total of 67% of respondents agreed with the concept of designating a national park in the Falklands, and 54% agreed with the proposed location for the park

    The Falkland Islands is closer to having a national park in the Hill Cove Mountains to the north of West Falkland. This is the result of a public consultation held by the Falkland Islands Government Environment Department from February to April 2024 on the proposed designation of such a national park.

  • Thursday, August 29th 2024 - 08:18 UTC

    Falklands travelers to benefit with seats for the Ascension/St Helena Airlink

    The Falkland Islands Government has informed that an agreement has been signed with Ascension Island Government to guarantee travelers from the Falkland Islands ten seats on each flight connecting Ascension and St Helena – known as the St Helena Airlink. This agreement removes the risk of travelers from the Falklands not being able to book a seat by guaranteeing availability.

  • Wednesday, August 28th 2024 - 06:41 UTC

    Falklands, instructions for pensioners receiving payments from overseas

    If you have not received your pension payment by 30 August 2024 please contact fips@sec.gov.fk or call the Pensions Office on +500 28417 or +500 28442

    Due to unforeseen circumstances, the overseas payment system, Straight to Bank, is experiencing an issue. The Falkland Islands Government are working with Standard Chartered to urgently investigate this issue and an update will be provided as soon as we have more information.

  • Wednesday, August 28th 2024 - 06:39 UTC

    Falklands: Love Penguins, Gypsy Cove and Yorke Bay guidance

    Respect the wardens’ instructions. Wardens have been employed to look after the penguins’ welfare. Photo: Proefdier

    With the upcoming cruise ship season approaching, the Falkland Islands Government Environment Department has been working in partnership with Falkland Islands Tourist Board to create and implement a set of guidelines for operators and tourists visiting the Gypsy Cove and Yorke Bay penguin colonies on cruise ship days.

  • Tuesday, August 27th 2024 - 07:39 UTC

    Falklands, expect a week of Islands television and radio services outages

    The outages are due to disruption of the signal from the satellite to BFBS receivers by the sun’s rays and are completely unavoidable

    Falkland Islands residents of Stanley and Camp are advised that there will be a disruption to TV and radio services due to sun outages affecting satellite reception in late August into September.

  • Tuesday, August 27th 2024 - 06:26 UTC

    Falklands' Governor Alison Blake returns to the Islands next week

    Governor Alison Blake will also resume her duty as Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

    The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly and Government House announced on Monday 26th August that the Governor of the Falklands, Alison Blake, CMG will be back in the Islands next week,

  • Saturday, August 24th 2024 - 07:19 UTC

    Falkland Islands Community School Celebrates Outstanding GCSE Results

    Principal of FICS, Sebastian St John, praised the students, “results are well deserved, and testimony of the hard work pupils have put into their studies...”

    The Falkland Islands Community School (FICS) is thrilled to announce the excellent GCSE results achieved by its 2024 Year 11 cohort. These remarkable achievements will enable many students to pursue their educational and career aspirations with a solid foundation for future success.

  • Tuesday, August 20th 2024 - 07:52 UTC

    Falklands: Dave Morgan back as Acting Governor

    A photo panel of the many activities of Adam Pile during his brief tenure

    The Falkland Islands Acting Governor Dave Morgan is back in Stanley following a brief (boreal summer) holiday and has retaken his appointment. This means that Adam Pile OBE, Deputy Director Overseas Territories (FCDO) who replaced Dave in his absence will be returning to London.

  • Monday, August 19th 2024 - 10:46 UTC

    Sunshine at Mount Pleasant Airport in July way above average

    July was slightly windier than usual, it was reported

    July of 2024 saw the Mount Pleasant Airfield record a total of 90.3 hours of sunshine against an average of 70.1 hours, Falklands Radio reported citing Met Office data. The broadcaster also mentioned that lying snow was present for 18 days, partially due to the heavy snowfall at the end of June, despite temperatures being around average.

  • Monday, August 19th 2024 - 07:12 UTC

    Falklands cancels second season of Loligo squid for conservation reasons

    Despite the fishing industry agreeing with reasons not to open the second Loligo season, this will have a significant impact on the fishing sector

    In July 2024 the Falkland Islands Fisheries Department conducted a routine pre-season survey prior to the second Loligo season, working in close partnership with local fishing companies. The survey results showed the lowest second pre-season biomass estimate since 2008, with the lower end of the estimate being below the Fisheries Department safe stock replenishment threshold of 10,000 tonnes.