Tag: British Overseas Territory

Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 10:36 UTC
South Georgia celebrates Toothfish Day; marks the end of Dissostichus eleginoides', fishing season

Toothfish Day is a public holiday celebrated in the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It is annually on 4th September, but if that falls on a weekend it may be observed on a weekday.
Wednesday, January 11th 2023 - 10:32 UTC
Reminder of the Falkland Islands Status Amendments 2022

In September 2022 the elected 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.
Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 09:11 UTC
Former St Helena sea link, turned into “floating paddock” for Extreme E competitions visiting Uruguay

A completely refurbished former RMS St Helena, which sailed between the British Overseas Territory of St Helena, (occasionally Ascension Island) and Cape Town in South Africa until 2018, is currently in Uruguay although under a new purpose.
Friday, April 15th 2022 - 10:33 UTC
Forty years after the war, Falklands remain an Argentine obsession

By Henry Srebrnik (*) – Forty years since Argentina launched its disastrous invasion of the South Atlantic archipelago in early April of 1982, its claim to the Falkland Islands remains a national obsession, even enshrined in the country’s 1994 constitution.
Monday, February 15th 2021 - 09:54 UTC
Falklands defined as British Independent Overseas Territory by US Navy triggers reaction in Buenos Aires

The Argentine government expressed deep concern following a report in the official twitter from the United States Commander Submarine Force Atlantic, (Comsublant) in which it reveals that it had recently operated in the South Atlantic, “with British support” from the Falklands, “in a display of the global reach of both nations.”
Monday, August 31st 2020 - 09:37 UTC
A Visitor's Guide: Frequently Asked Questions Where is South Georgia?

South Georgia is situated 800 miles SE of the Falkland Islands. The main island of South Georgia is approximately 170 km long and between 2 and 40 km wide and occupies an area of 3,755 km2, more than half of which is permanently ice covered. The coast is rich in wildlife and home to huge collies of penguins, seals and albatross.
Tuesday, August 18th 2020 - 15:50 UTC
Falkland Islands and oil companies new approach to “stranded assets”

An article in World Oil by Laura Hurst refers to the term “stranded assets” and mentions the case of the Falkland Islands oil industry: the discovery a decade ago of as much as 1,7 billion barrels of crude offshore the British Overseas Territory, and rather than the next frontier, the project to extract energy risks being added to a list of what companies call “stranded assets” that could cost them huge sums to mothball.
Thursday, February 6th 2020 - 09:03 UTC
The world's biggest iceberg, 6.000 sq km, is about to enter the open ocean heading for South Georgia

A68, a colossus that broke free from the Antarctic in 2017, has pushed so far north it is now at the limit of the continent's perennial sea-ice. When it calved, the berg had an area close to 6,000 sq km and has lost very little of its bulk over the past two and a half years.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Falklands' lawmakers attending overseas conferences in September and October

Busy months ahead for Falkland Islands lawmakers who will be attending at a very special moment several overseas meetings of major interest for the Islands. In coming weeks the Falklands as a British Overseas Territory faces one of its greatest challenges for its future, in uncharted waters and still unclear trade and political consequences, such is the impact of Brexit.
Friday, June 14th 2019 - 08:36 UTC
Falklands' people celebrate Liberation Day from Argentine occupying forces

The Falkland Islands' people will recall this Friday, 14 June, Liberation Day, when the invading and occupying Argentine forces on this day back in 1982 surrendered to the British Task Force ensuring the recovery of freedom for the British Overseas Territory.