MercoPress https://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2026, MercoPress. https://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[Princess Anne to arrive in the Falklands on the eve of the Hamburg hearing]]> The visit, which runs until November 20, is in her role as Patron of the South Georgia Heritage Trust, an organisation working to protect South Georgia’s heritage and environment Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles III, will visit the Falklands and South Georgia from Monday, November 9, the day before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea holds hearings in Hamburg on Argentina’s case against the Sea Lion oil project, Buckingham Palace has announced.

]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2026 02:55:00 GMT <![CDATA[Ibero-American foreign ministers unanimously back Argentina’s Falklands claim]]> “The Ibero-American community reaffirms, once again, its support for the Argentine Republic,” said Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno Ibero-American foreign ministers meeting in Madrid unanimously approved a special communiqué backing Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands and calling on Argentina and the United Kingdom to resume negotiations, on the eve of the Hamburg hearing on the Sea Lion oil project.

]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2026 07:21:00 GMT <![CDATA[Falklands representative in London honours the Islands’ fallen at Westminster]]> Falkland Islands Government Representative, Richard Hyslop, placing a commemorative cross at the House of Commons Garden of Remembrance The Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK and Europe, Richard Hyslop, has placed a commemorative cross at the House of Commons Garden of Remembrance in London in memory of Falkland Islanders killed in both world wars and those who lost their lives in 1982.

]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:08:00 GMT <![CDATA[An Oxford professor to sit as the UK's chosen judge in the Falklands dispute in Hamburg]]> British jurist Vaughan Lowe, emeritus professor of public international law at the University of Oxford, will be the judge ad hoc chosen by the United Kingdom in the case between Argentina and London before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea over hydrocarbon exploitation north of the Falklands. Lowe will make his solemn declaration on Monday, November 9, the day before the hearing.

]]> Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:23:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentina’s Sea Lion case could founder on Falklands sovereignty, a legal expert warns]]> The expert believes Argentina will pursue every legal, diplomatic and political avenue to block the project, and suggests that Milei may also be seeking to stir national pride ahead of the elections Argentina’s case against the United Kingdom over the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands “could fall at the first hurdle”: the jurisdiction of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, which cannot settle territorial sovereignty disputes, according to Australian law of the sea expert Donald R. Rothwell. The tribunal will hold hearings on Argentina’s request on November 10 and 11 in Hamburg.

]]> Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:57:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentine intellectuals reject the Falklands “national cause” amid escalating tensions with London]]> The dissenting voices come at a time of maximum tension Nearly a hundred Argentine intellectuals, jurists, historians and politicians have signed a declaration rejecting the transformation of the Falklands dispute into a “national cause” that “admits no dissent”, and criticising Javier Milei’s government for acting with “flagrant opportunism” amid escalating tensions with the United Kingdom over the Sea Lion oil project.

]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2026 14:48:00 GMT <![CDATA[Falklands unveil 2026-2030 Islands Plan, with a sovereign wealth fund for energy revenues]]> Under the first priority, the Plan aims to create the conditions for the economy to grow and diversify “while also ensuring effective regulation of industries” The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly on Thursday published the Islands Plan 2026-2030, the programme of government for the current Assembly, which provides for a sovereign wealth fund so that energy sector revenues benefit future generations and acknowledges that the government faces some of the largest projects in its history, with a capital programme of more than £300 million. Executive Council formally adopted the Plan on October 27.

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:49:00 GMT <![CDATA[Falklands approves bill on oil pollution emergencies in relation to offshore installations, and responsibilities]]> The Director of Mineral Resources will be the competent authority – “Falkland Islands contingency plan” and “offshore installations” used in the OPRC Regulations. The Falkland Islands Executive Council has approved a set of Regulations 2026 to amend the Maritime (Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation Convention) Regulations 2019 (“the OPRC Regulations”) to make provision for the preparation and maintenance of oil pollution emergency plans in relation to offshore installations and to require the persons responsible for offshore installations to report oil incidents where oil is discharged into the sea.

]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:10:00 GMT <![CDATA[Adderstone builds on the foundations of hangar success with new Stanley House contract]]> M. Wallbank (Managing Director), G. Vatamanu (General Foreman) and Natasha Greenland (General Manager), Adderstone Co. (Falkland Islands) Ltd, outside the newly completed FIGAS hangar, Port Stanley. Adderstone Construction (Falkland Islands) Limited, part of the Newcastle-headquartered property and construction group, has been awarded a further contract by the Falkland Islands Government, shortly after completing the redevelopment of the FIGAS aircraft hangar in Port Stanley.

]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:28:00 GMT <![CDATA[Falklands Government reminds 2026 Census latecomers to submit returns]]> All households are legally required to complete the census The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has reminded residents who have not yet completed their 2026 Census to do so as soon as possible.

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