Tag: Falkland Islands

• Monday, December 17th 2018 - 21:34 UTC

  Argentine cemetery benefactor visits Falklands to say “thank you” for the joint humanitarian identification program

  

  Argentine entrepreneur Eduardo Eurnekián, who financed the Argentine cemetery in the Falkland Islands to bury with dignity those who perished in the 1982 war and also the March 26 flights for relatives to visit the graves of the newly-identified bodies, last week flew to the Islands to the place that has touched his heart since 2003 and thank everybody for the humanitarian accomplishment.

• Saturday, December 15th 2018 - 09:27 UTC

  Falklands-Buenos Aires link: Argentina awards license and route to low-cost airline

  

  The Argentine government awarded low-cost airline Flybondi a 15-year license to exploit 284 domestic and international routes, including one that potentially can link Buenos Aires directly with the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, December 14th 2018 - 09:34 UTC

  A Falklands' geography and photography book launched in Argentina

  

  A book on the Falklands' geography, nature, wildlife, and current images of everyday activities and culture of the Islands has been launched in Bariloche, Argentina under the title of ”Las Islas, un viaje foto (geo) gráfico por las Malvinas”.

• Friday, December 14th 2018 - 09:23 UTC

  Falkland Islands Association has a new chair: John Duncan OBE

  

  John Duncan OBE has been elected unanimously to succeed Alan Huckle as Chair of the Falkland Islands Association.

• Friday, December 14th 2018 - 08:33 UTC

  Falklands approves government financed travel credit for residents: £1,826 in five years

  

  The Falkland Islands' Executive Council approved travel credit scheme legislation at the December 12 meeting. The scheme will give £1 a day to residents over the age of 18 with Falklands status and 50p to those under the age of 18 with status.

• Friday, December 14th 2018 - 08:28 UTC

  Falklands' government operating surplus stands at £9.4 million

  

  The Falkland Islands Government Standing Finance Committee heard on Wednesday that the forecast operating surplus for the whole of the year now stands at £9.4 million. Expenditure is expected to ramp up over the remainder of the financial year, with plenty of infrastructure work being scheduled for the summer months.

• Thursday, December 13th 2018 - 06:22 UTC

  Falklands goes ahead with negotiations and contract for second commercial flight

  

  The Executive Council has today Wednesday authorised the Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands Government to complete the necessary negotiations with LATAM Airlines Brazil and to finalise a contract, subject to agreement with MLAs, to establish and operate a new weekly route between Sao Paulo and the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 10:15 UTC

  Falklands people have decided to name Extra Care Facility, “Tussac House”

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has announced that following an extensive public engagement process the name of the new Extra Care Facility in Stanley will be ‘Tussac House’.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 06:58 UTC

  Red Cross underlines the significance of the remains' identification process in the Falklands

  

  The head of the International Red Cross humanitarian project, Morris Tidball-Binz, who led the identification process of Argentine combatants fallen in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict and buried in the Falkland Islands, said that the fact the dead can rest in peace, “is a fundamental step to build confidence among nations”, such is the case of Argentina and the United Kingdom.

• Sunday, December 9th 2018 - 17:51 UTC

  Battle Day 2018 in London

  

  The annual Falklands memorial service at the Cenotaph took place on the 8th December in brilliant sunshine. On this day in 1914, the naval Battle of the Falkland Islands took place and the ceremony is a commemoration of those who gave their lives then. It also honours those who fell liberating the Islands from Argentine occupation in 1982.