Falkland Islands

• Friday, February 17th 2023 - 07:00 UTC

  Falklands: PICTO 21 group told to expect no help from FIG or MLAs

  

  The so-called PICTO 21 group of Argentine visitors to the Falkland Islands looking for an accounting approach with which to measure ”the economic impact of the illegal occupation ... by the British government” will have no assistance from the local Legislative Assembly, it was announced.

• Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 21:06 UTC

  Final reminder of the Falkland Islands Status Amendments 2022

  

  In September 2022 the Legislative Assembly approved amendments to the Falkland Islands Status Ordinance 1998. The amended Ordinance narrows the definition of a “qualified person” (which at the moment includes a Commonwealth citizen), limiting the definition to include a British citizen, a British Overseas Territory citizen or a British Overseas citizen.

• Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 12:18 UTC

  Multicultural Falklands organizing 'multicultural takeaway' in support of humanitarian needs in Turkey and Syria

  

  Generous Falkland Islands are again organizing to aid human tragedy, this time to collect funds to help with the recovery of the tragic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, with an estimated loss of plus 41,000 lives and millions of dollars as hundreds of thousands were left homeless with the collapse of hundreds of buildings.

• Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 09:24 UTC

  “The Falklands are and will remain British,” MPs from the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme

  

  Rob Butler MP, Conservative MP for Aylesbury, and Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP Labour for Slough are in the Falklands as part of the UK Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme, a program ongoing for more than thirty years with the purpose of better-educating Members of the House of Commons, the House of Lords and others in military matters.

• Wednesday, February 15th 2023 - 14:55 UTC

  Winners of the Falklands40 Schools Competition begin their adventure in the Islands

  

  On Tuesday afternoon Members of Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly met with the Falklands40 UK Student competition winners, who arrived in the Islands on Monday. MLAs thanked the group for their interest in wanting to visit the Islands, and for sharing their insight on the modern Falklands.

• Wednesday, February 15th 2023 - 09:22 UTC

  Ariane and Shannon qualified in leadership and management by Falklands government

  

  The Management Trainee Program which was re-launched in November 2020 as part of a two-year initiative aimed at identifying possible future leaders of government has now been concluded, and following their appointment as Management Trainees, Shannon Alazia and Ariane Brownlee have now successfully completed the program.

• Tuesday, February 14th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

  Falklands flagged “RRS Sir David Attenborough” in Chile irks the nerves of Argentine senators

  

  Two Argentine opposition Senators have requested the Foreign affairs and Defense Ministries to report on the ”unrestricted movements of the UK RRS Sir David Attenborough, flying the 'illegal flag of the Falklands', and sailing between Port Stanley (Puerto Argentino) and Punta Arena (Chile), and the implicit and vital logistic support provided to the vessel by the government of Chile.”

• Monday, February 13th 2023 - 14:39 UTC

  Falklands and Gibraltar in Spanish List of tax havens and alleged money laundering

  

  The Falklands/Malvinas and Gibraltar figure among the latest list of countries and territories, which are considered tax havens by the Spanish Government, allegedly involved in money laundering operations, following on the latest international concept of non-cooperative jurisdiction in the matter.

• Friday, February 10th 2023 - 09:52 UTC

  Factsheet on trade and investment statistics between Falklands and UK in 2022

  

  The following factsheet provides the latest statistics on trade and investment between the UK and Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Malvinas to be returned to Argentina soon, says Argentine Defense Minister

  

  Argentine Defense Minister Jorge Taiana said the Malvinas Islands were to be restored “sooner rather than later... to its legitimate owners.” He made those remarks to veterans from the 1982 war attending the reopening of the Air Force's Base in Rìo Gallegos, from where converted training IA-63 Pampa III jets with fighting capabilities will “monitor and control” the South Atlantic enclave. The unit had not had combat aircraft since 1996.