Falkland Islands

Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 09:05 UTC
Operation Austral Endurance delivers fuel drums by parachute from Falklands' MPC to BAS in Antarctica

A Royal Air Force A400M Atlas aircraft has delivered vital fuel supplies to the British Antarctic Survey after taking off from the Falkland Islands Mount Pleasant Complex. The RAF said the range of the Atlas was extended by air-to-air refueling from a Royal Air Force Voyager, as part of Operation Austral Endurance..
Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 08:32 UTC
Falklands Legislative Assembly meeting 25 January; Questions for Oral Response

Legislative Assembly Order Paper, 25 January 2023, 09:00
Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 09:30 UTC
Lula promises continued support for Argentina's claim over the Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands Question was not absent from the long joint cooperation declaration signed in Buenos Aires by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his host Alberto Fernandez, as pointed out in Article 81. The two leaders met in the Argentine capital in the context of the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), starting Monday.
Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 08:40 UTC
Chinese port in Tierra del Fuego controversy: Argentine media and UK blamed for spreading “fake news”

The head of the Malvinas Secretariat from the Tierra del Fuego province, southern Argentina, blames the media, the opposition, the UK, and all those pleased with the current status of the South Atlantic for the spread of “fake news” allegedly reporting that China will be setting a military base and naval outpost in Tierra del Fuego.
Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 06:55 UTC
Lawmakers from Uruguay's ruling coalition to visit the Falklands; opposition rejects embassy invitation

Uruguayan opposition rejected an annual invitation from the UK embassy in Montevideo for lawmakers from all political parties represented in Parliament, to visit the Falklands/Malvinas Islands. The ruling coalition in Uruguay, made up of five parties accepted the invitation.
Saturday, January 21st 2023 - 13:04 UTC
Argentine President tells Chinese TV claims over Malvinas will go on

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday told a Chinese TV station that his country will keep up its sovereignty claims over the Malvinas/Falkland Islands.
Saturday, January 21st 2023 - 10:28 UTC
Argentina started the Malvinas war, but has yet to admit “we lost that war,” Lanata said

“The Falklands/Malvinas war was triggered by Argentina and what we Argentines do not understand is that we lost that war. Malvinas belongs to the collective imagination of Argentina”. Statements from Argentine renowned independent journalist Jorge Lanata, recently interviewed by a Chilean television program on the current situation and prospects n the neighboring country.
Saturday, January 21st 2023 - 09:59 UTC
Falklands: Controlled explosion of an unexploded ordnance near the Old Dairy

The Royal Falkland Islands Police informed that the controlled explosion of an unexploded ordnance near the Old Dairy has been completed and the section of the MPA Road is now open to vehicles.
Friday, January 20th 2023 - 10:16 UTC
Taiana says UK attitude a “lack of respect for international law”

Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana Thursday demanded once again that Great Britain agrees to discuss the Malvinas/Falklands issue and insisted that the latter's reluctance to do so was a “lack of respect for international law.” Taiana also argued that “the powerful should not use force to impose their interests.”
Friday, January 20th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
Penguin Awareness Day; Falklands home of five species, King, Magellanic, Gentoo, Rockhopper, Macaroni

Penguin Awareness Day is celebrated on January 20 of every year. Penguins are a group of aquatic and flightless birds. They live in the Southern Hemisphere, and a particular species of the Penguin named Galapagos Penguin is found only in the north equator region called Temperate Zone.