Tag: Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, May 1st 2018 - 10:15 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government Partnership with local Environmental NGO Updated

  

  The Falklands Islands Government have just recently finalized a review process of their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Falklands Conservation, a local environmental NGO. This is an important partnership for the Government and has been in place 2006 on a formal basis.

• Monday, April 30th 2018 - 07:34 UTC

  Falklands' elected government after a Special Advisor for the coming C24 meeting

  

  The Falkland Islands elected government are interested in recruiting a Special Advisor with a particular interest in global politics. The purpose of the Special Advisor is to support the two elected representatives of the Falklands that will be attending the annual meeting of the Special Committee on Decolonization (C24) scheduled to take place next 22 June at the United Nations.

• Friday, April 27th 2018 - 09:10 UTC

  Falklands will have a “wow” 54-seat cinema in a year's time

  

  It may be too soon to invest in a large bag of popcorn and to book a baby sitter, but cinema-going in the Falkland Islands' capital Stanley, which died out in the late seventies is set to begin again, hopefully, if all goes well by March or April 2019.

• Friday, April 27th 2018 - 09:01 UTC

  Falklands operating budget surplus keeps increasing

  

  The Falkland Islands forecast operating budget surplus for the current financial year sits at £33m, Standing Finance Committee (SFC) was told on Wednesday. The surplus, up from the previous forecast of £27m, has been boosted by fishing company corporation tax payments, which have been “significantly higher than budget.”

• Friday, April 27th 2018 - 08:56 UTC

  Falklands' new tourism association will attend IAATO conference in Rhode Island

  

  The Falklands Tourism Association, a newly created organization, will be present at the coming conference of the International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators, IAATO, scheduled to be held from 1-3 May in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

• Thursday, April 26th 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  “World Penguin Day”: funny on land and graceful and rapid in the sea

  

  April 25th is “World Penguin Day”, undoubtedly the world’s most popular bird – think of Happy Feet, March of the Penguins, Pingu just to name a few uses in popular culture. These charismatic flightless birds are funny to watch on land but are graceful and rapid in water. They occur only in the seas of the Southern hemisphere; there are seventeen species of penguin ranging from the Galapagos to Antarctica.

• Wednesday, April 25th 2018 - 08:39 UTC

  ”Falklands (UK)” reference in Heineken H41 beer bottles condemned in Argentine social networks

  

  Heineken brewery has been caught red handed with one of its beers' label referring to the disputed South Atlantic islands as “Falklands” and in brackets saying they belong to the United Kingdom, despite the fact the Dutch company is using Patagonian yeast.

• Tuesday, April 24th 2018 - 23:21 UTC

  Falklands: “Commercial and cultural office” in Stanley to promote Argentina, suggests ex diplomat

  

  The Falklands population is crucial for any solution to the Argentine claim over the Islands given their overwhelming support from British public opinion (and political system), and its full integration with the 53-nation Commonwealth, according to Argentine ex diplomat Jorge Lidio Viñuela, considered an expert and militant on the issue of South Atlantic insular claims.

• Monday, April 23rd 2018 - 08:46 UTC

  UK Project Guardian boosts air defense speed and accuracy

  

  The Defense Secretary has announced up to £80m will be invested in a new computer system to boost the RAF's speed and accuracy. Known as Project Guardian, the Air Command and Control System will support early detection and rapid response to potential hostile or suspect aircraft.

• Friday, April 20th 2018 - 13:45 UTC

  Falklands celebrates the growing success of the tourism industry

  

  Government House was a welcoming venue on Tuesday night for the presentation of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board’s annual awards. In addition to the hopeful contenders from across the industry there were most of the 28 newly qualified tour guides waiting to receive certificates.