Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, February 28th 2024 - 00:31 UTC

  Falklands Fortuna Ltd. shows its state of the art stern trawler Prion

  

  Fortuna Ltd are delighted to welcome the new stern trawler Prion down the slip in Marin, Spain. 

• Tuesday, February 27th 2024 - 14:33 UTC

  Falklands National Park consultation on Hill Cove Mountains in West island

  

  The Falkland Islands Environment Department has launched a consultation on the proposed designation of the FIG owned land in the Hill Cove Mountains on West Falkland as a National Park.

• Monday, February 26th 2024 - 11:23 UTC

  English tourist dies during flight from Falklands to Punta Arenas

  

  A British passenger flying with his wife from the Falkland Islands to Punta Arenas arrived dead at the Chilean airport. The 59-year-old English tourist and his wife were planning to catch a connecting flight to Santiago de Chile.

• Thursday, February 22nd 2024 - 11:40 UTC

  Mondino tells Cameron Argentine not happy with his trip to Falklands

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino Wednesday conveyed to her British colleague Lord David Cameron her government's uneasiness for the latter's visit to the Falkland Islands en route to the G20 Summit of top diplomats where they met. Mondino also insisted on Argentina's “sovereignty rights” over the archipelago during their one-on-one encounter on the sides of the G-20 convention.

• Wednesday, February 21st 2024 - 16:04 UTC

  Milei's spokesperson: “Cameron's Malvinas visit, an issue of Cameron agenda”

  

  Indifference and irony have been reactions of the current Argentine government to the Falkland Islands visit of British foreign minister, Lord Cameron. Indifference if we follow the statements from president Milei's spokesperson, who every day holds a morning media conference to report and take questions on the activities and performance of current administration obsessed with seeking the much promised recovery of Argentina's economic situation.

• Tuesday, February 20th 2024 - 20:28 UTC

  Argentine Foreign Minister responds ironically to UK Foreign Secretary's Falkland Islands visit

  

  The visit of UK Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron to the Falkland Islands has sparked an ironic response from Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino. Mondino took to social media to thank Cameron for “including Argentina in his visit to the region,” suggesting he visit Buenos Aires on a future occasion.

• Tuesday, February 20th 2024 - 15:49 UTC

  Cameron after better relations with Argentina but not at the expense of the Falklands

  

  Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron currently on a two-day visit to the Falklands said he hoped the people of the Islands would want to stay British “forever” as he insisted a drive to improve relations with Argentina would not come at their expense.

• Tuesday, February 20th 2024 - 10:08 UTC

  Lord Cameron 'not welcome' in Tierra del Fuego

  

  Gustavo Melella, Governor of the Argentine Province of Tierra del Fuego and the South Atlantic Islands -to which the British Overseas Territories in the region technically belong- Monday declared British Foreign Secretary and former Prime Minister David Cameron “persona non grata” after the latter landed in Stanley for a series of engagements.

• Tuesday, February 20th 2024 - 07:41 UTC

  Falklands, first leg of Lord Cameron's visit to South Atlantic, South America and New York, FCDO release

  

  Foreign Secretary David Cameron is visiting the Falkland Islands during the first leg of his first visit to the South Atlantic, South America, and New York, reports a release form the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.  

• Tuesday, February 20th 2024 - 07:18 UTC

  Positive avian flu confirmed in wandering albatross in South Georgia

  

  Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) continues to affect the wildlife on the sub-antarctic islands of South Georgia. The latest results from samples taken from the islands reveal that the disease has now been detected in the wandering albatross (as at 9 February 2024).