Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 15:57 UTC

  The Falkland Islands take over Presidency of the UK Overseas Territories Association

  

  Today, at the AGM of UK Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA), the Falkland Islands were elected to the Presidency of UKOTA, replacing the Turks and Caicos Islands who held the Presidency for the last year.

• Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 18:01 UTC

  Falkland Islanders Honour Veteran BBC Journalist

  

  By Graham Bound, London - HAROLD Briley, a BBC World Service journalist who reported from Buenos Aires throughout the 1982 Falklands War, has received a special and rare honour from the government of the Islands.

• Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

  Top Argentine official makes the round of talks and contacts in Spain to complain about Falklands fishing industry

  

  Guillermo Carmona, secretary of the Malvinas, Antarctica and Southern Atlantic Islands held a round of political talks in Spain in the framework of the bi-national cooperation understandings contemplated in the Buenos Aires Declaration from 2021. The document was signed by Argentine president Alberto Fernandez and his Spanish peer Pedro Sánchez and addressed the Argentina/Spain joint strategic action plan 2021/2023 referred to the Falklands/Malvinas and Gibraltar Questions as well as Antarctic and oceans cooperation.

• Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

  Foreign Office Travel Advice for the Falklands and Chile

  

  The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has updated (February 7) its travel advises to the Falkland Islands and to Chile, with the usual main points of its reports: Summary, Coronavirus, Safety and Security, Terrorism, Local Laws and Customs, Entry requirements, Natural Disasters, Health, Money, Travel Advice and Support.

• Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 09:20 UTC

  Falkland Islands reduced access to Customs and Immigration

  

  The Falkland Islands Customs and Immigration would like to inform the public that due to staff illness, they will be closed to visits from the general public until Thursday 9 February.

• Saturday, February 4th 2023 - 11:55 UTC

  Studies in Falklands' peat lands, The importance of World Wetlands Day

  

  By Katy Ross (*) – The haunting calls of black-throated divers rise to join the bubbling of Curlews. Hen harriers, perhaps more enchantingly known as sky dancers glide across a landscape filled with lochs and pools, whilst far below cotton grasses bob in the wind. All this life is supported by a tiny plant and one you are probably already familiar with - Sphagnum moss.

• Saturday, February 4th 2023 - 11:11 UTC

  FCDO Minister reaffirms Falklands' people right to decide their own future

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has twitted that last Thursday David Rutley MP, Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office Minister for the Americas and the Caribbean met with an elected member of the Falklands' Legislative Assembly.

• Saturday, February 4th 2023 - 07:58 UTC

  Falklands patrol HMS Forth on maintenance; replaced by HMS Medway

  

  The British Forces South Atlantic Command this week welcomed the arrival of HMS Medway at Mare Harbor. HMS Medway is a Batch 2 River class offshore patrol vessel, currently commissioned and since 2019 assigned long-term as Royal Navy guard ship in the Caribbean.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2023 - 10:57 UTC

  Falklands Veterinary Officers report on Gentoo rookery Penguin pox

  

  On Tuesday 24 January, Veterinary Officers and Falkland Landholdings representatives visited Berthas Beach following reports of several juvenile Gentoo penguin deaths. The unwell and dead penguins that were reported displayed severe penguin pox lesions.

• Wednesday, February 1st 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  South Georgia looking for an independent scientific fisheries observer

  

  The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) manages sustainable fisheries for toothfish, icefish and krill in the SGSSI Maritime Zone. The Government takes an ecosystem-based precautionary approach to fisheries management, underpinned by scientific research and robust monitoring and enforcement, and demands high standards across all aspects of fisheries management.