Falkland Islands

• Saturday, January 17th 2026 - 03:33 UTC

  Historic Endurance model unveiled in Stanley

  

  A scale model of the Endurance, the legendary polar ship of Ernest Shackleton, was officially unveiled on Thursday at the Jetty Visitor Centre in Stanley, becoming a new long-term public exhibit, according to the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust (FMHT).

• Thursday, January 15th 2026 - 09:04 UTC

  Falklands, Legislative Assembly portfolio assignments

  

  The Falkland Islands elected Legislative Assembly has agreed a revised portfolio system for the 2025-2029 term. Following the December 2025 General Election, Members reviewed the structure to improve focus, and align related policy areas.

• Wednesday, January 14th 2026 - 01:57 UTC

  Falklands’ oil industry expansion, Navitas to farm adjacent Sea Lion development

  

  Eco (Atlantic) Oil &Gas Ltd, the Canadian exploration company focused on the offshore Atlantic Margins, announced that Navitas Petroleum LP (“Navitas”), with whom Eco signed a Framework

• Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 22:37 UTC

  Falklands Legislative moves from Gilbert House to Sulivan House

  

  The Office of the elected Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly has formally relocated to Sulivan House on Ross Road, Stanley. Gilbert House is no longer in use for Assembly business. The Legislative Assembly thanks all involved in the process of moving offices, and making Sulivan House ready for use for the new Assembly.

• Tuesday, January 13th 2026 - 10:59 UTC

  Argentina halts Jerusalem Embassy move amid Falklands oil drilling dispute

  

  Argentina has reportedly put on hold its plan to relocate its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem after diplomatic friction linked to offshore oil drilling near the Falkland Islands, Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 reported over the weekend.

• Saturday, January 10th 2026 - 18:40 UTC

  Italian PM Giorgia Meloni given Margaret Thatcher Award by EU Conservatives

  

  “I am a soldier in the service of an idea,” Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on receiving the Margaret Thatcher Awards, an event in mid- December organized at the Roman Aquarium by New Direction, the think tank of the European Conservative and Reformist family.

• Saturday, January 10th 2026 - 18:17 UTC

  Falklands celebrates Margaret Thatcher Day to honor the Islands’ Liberator

  

  Today January 10th is Margaret Thatcher Day in the Falkland Islands. The date remembers and celebrates when the former Prime Minister and victorious in the Falklands War spent a four-day visit to the Islands beginning precisely on 10 January 1983 only eight months after the end of the conflict with Argentina.

• Saturday, January 10th 2026 - 14:22 UTC

  Falklands, flags at half-mast to the memory of a much loved former legislator and historian

  

  As a mark of respect for the late Mr John Smith MBE, the flag at the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly Offices, Sulivan House, will be flown at half-mast on the day of his funeral, Tuesday the 13th of January.

• Wednesday, January 7th 2026 - 15:06 UTC

  Elisha Kent Kane Society awards Gold Medal to Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust trustee Mensun Bound

  

  At a recent black-tie dinner in Manhattan, the Elisha Kent Kane Historical Society, presented its Gold Medal to Mensun Bound, Trustee of the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust (FMHT). The prestigious award was in recognition of his role in discovering Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance that sank beneath the ice of the Weddell Sea on 21 November 1915. The search, which was directed by the FMHT, working in close collaboration with the deep-water robotics company Ocean Infinity, found the wreck at a depth of 3008 m on 5 March 2022.

• Wednesday, January 7th 2026 - 10:00 UTC

  Ascension’s Telecoms Turning Point and What It May Signal for the Falklands

  

  By OpenFalklands
  
  This post examines the latest milestone in Ascension Island’s telecommunications story, set against the accelerating global adoption of Starlink and its relevance for the Falkland Islands. If you are new to this unfolding saga, you may wish to begin with my two earlier OpenFalklands posts, which anticipated how similar dynamics could emerge in the Falklands.