Falkland Islands

• Saturday, October 29th 2022 - 10:36 UTC

  A mind blowing donation to the Falklands Museum and a remarkable letter from 1914

  

  Friends of Falkland Islands Museum and Archives (FIMA) have donated £225,000 to the museum in recent months, to go towards the costs of building the new Lookout Gallery.

• Saturday, October 29th 2022 - 10:34 UTC

  Falklands thanks Commons' Speaker for the 40th Anniversary support

  

  This week Falkland Islands Representative in London, Richard Hyslop presented the House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle with a 40th Anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands framed stamped envelope.

• Saturday, October 29th 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Lecture on Falklands Liberation Anniversary at Queen's University in Belfast

  

  As part of the Falkland Islands' 40th anniversary year of events in the UK, a delegation from Falkland House visited Belfast and Northern Ireland.

• Friday, October 28th 2022 - 10:17 UTC

  Falklands' ExCo pledges more openness and transparency

  

  The Falkland Islands Executive Council, ExCo, has agreed some amendments to their Standing Orders relating to ‘Openness, Transparency and Publication’.

• Friday, October 28th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Falklands approves package to support the community with the cost of living

  

  This week the Falkland Islands Executive Council, ExCo approved a paper which looks to support our community with the increased cost of living. The current programs which support those in need have been reviewed and targeted changes will be made to them. A new temporary scheme has also been developed to assist households with rising fuel and electricity prices.

• Friday, October 28th 2022 - 10:08 UTC

  Falklands extends Travel Credit Scheme to include domestic tourism accommodation

  

  This week the Falkland Islands Executive Council (ExCo) approved the extension of the Travel Credits Scheme to include domestic tourism accommodation.

• Friday, October 28th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Dual nationality and right to vote in Falklands: Assembly's Speaker draft statement

  

  This week, Falkland Islands’ Legislative Assembly Speaker Keith Biles gave a draft statement on the matter of persons holding dual nationality to vote in elections or to hold office.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  Several Falklands' fauna pictures at the Comedy Wildlife Photography awards

  

  The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards just released a gallery of their 2022 Finalists, and the list is as wholesome and heartwarming as can be for a conservationist competition. The 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards finalists provide a brief respite from the horrors of a politically unstable post-plague world, but they also carry an important message of conservation--.

• Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 19:55 UTC

  Milei: “Hong Kong solution for Falklands? Remember Islanders live in a developed country and not a miserable one as Argentina”

  

  A rising far-right wing star in Argentine politics, promising orthodox economic policies, and with ascending presidential chances among a population fed up with rampant corruption, inflation and government handouts instead of jobs, Javier Milei, has pledged a Hong Kong similar solution for the disputed Falkland Islands, if he makes it to the Pink House in Buenos Aires, next year.

• Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 08:06 UTC

  Life satisfaction in Falklands: on a scale 0 to 10, residents provided an average 7,9 rating

  

  On Tuesday some key findings from the Falkland Islands 2021 Census were advanced with promises of further thematic reports on census data to be published at regular intervals, focusing on areas of interest to the Islands, the community, and the economy. The census provides a snapshot in time of the people living in the Islands, building a picture of the social and cultural life of the community.