Tag: Falkland Islands

Monday, August 14th 2023 - 09:00 UTC
14 August is Falklands Day, commemorates first sighting of the Islands in 1592

14 August is Falklands Day and commemorates the first sighting of the Falkland Islands on that day in 1592 by the English navigator and explorer, John Davis, on board his 120-ton vessel 'Desire'. Davis (1550-1605) was one of the principal navigators under Queen Elizabeth I.
Tuesday, August 8th 2023 - 14:30 UTC
Falklands Tussac House construction on track; residents should move in June 2024

Construction progress for Tussac House is on track and they hope to see residents moving in June 2024 said Director of Health and Social Services Tom Bale at a meeting of the Health and Medical Services Committee.
Thursday, August 3rd 2023 - 10:14 UTC
Total Falklands/UK trade in four quarters to end of Q1 2023 reached £124 million

Total trade in goods and services (exports plus imports) between the UK and Falkland Islands was £124 million in the four quarters to the end of Q1 2023, an increase of 6.9% or £8 million in current prices from the four quarters to the end of Q1 2022.
Thursday, July 20th 2023 - 15:29 UTC
The Falkland Islands remain clear on their name

Deputy Chair of the Legislative Assembly, MLA Teslyn Barkman said: “Myself and the other Members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly would like to be clear that this news from Brussels changes nothing. The EU themselves have issued a statement to say that they have not changed their views and positions concerning the Falklands.
Monday, June 26th 2023 - 15:52 UTC
Harold Briley, 1931 to 2023

Tributes have been pouring in for Harold Briley, who passed away in the small hours of 26 June 2023, surrounded by his family, after a long battle with cancer, which he bore bravely.
Monday, February 27th 2023 - 08:47 UTC
US media: Washington needs to capitalize on Falklands case to restore hemispheric unity

However small, remote, and irrelevant to Washington the South Atlantic might be, it might prove vital if the United States is to rebuild its hemispheric strategy lost as a result of helping the United Kingdom retake the Falklands from Argentine forces back in 1982, according to a Foreign Policy article published Sunday.
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.
Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 20:06 UTC
Message from Falkland Islands Governor Alison Blake CMG

2022 has been a momentous and busy year here in this newly created City of Stanley and across the Islands, marking the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia with a fitting and often moving program of commemorative events, events that have at their heart been about remembrance, community, and sharing.
Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 10:53 UTC
Tierra del Fuego team planning Falklands trip to assess the economic impact of UK 'usurpation' of the Islands

The economic impact of the “illegal” occupation of the Falklands Islands by the British, is to be analyzed by the Economic Development and Innovation Institute from the Argentine University of Tierra del Fuego, in coordination with other tertiary education centers both public and private.
Tuesday, December 20th 2022 - 08:04 UTC
Falklands prepares for climate change, which is arriving with much less rainfall

At the Legislative Assembly last week MLA Peter Biggs was invited to outline steps “the government and country had taken to coordinate a plan for climate action and assess and react our ocean needs, and landowners most pressing concern - our drying climate?”