Tag: Falklands

• Monday, March 25th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Vessel linked to Falklands' history and turned into Bristol museum competing for the EU Museum of the Year

  

  A vessel closely linked to the Falkland Islands' history and which was later to become the heart of the SS Great Britain in Bristol museum, is one of three British museums nominated along with the British Motor Museum and the D-Day Story at Portsmouth which have been shortlisted for the prestigious 2019 European Museum of the Year, (EMYA) Award. Last year’s EMYA winner was London’s Design Museum.

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• Friday, March 22nd 2019 - 10:00 UTC

  Argentina plans stricter coordination to tackle illegal fishing in the South Atlantic

  

  Argentina is getting tough on illegal unregulated fishing in the South Atlantic and is planning a joint effort by the Fisheries Under Secretariat, the Armed Forces and security forces. It is estimated according to government sources that Argentina loses some US$ 2.5 billion annually to illegal fishing which so far it has been unable to control. The report was published by Infobae.

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• Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 08:47 UTC

  Falklands Ultra Launches Inaugural Falkland Islands Ultramarathon in April 2020

  

  The Falklands Ultra is a single-stage ultra-marathon across the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It will become an annual event and the inaugural event will be held in April 2020.

• Monday, March 11th 2019 - 18:30 UTC

  Falklands: First surveys of the Burdwood Bank completed for Marine Managed Areas Project

  

  By Ander M. de Lecea - Research scientist Drs Ander de Lecea and Marina Costa of SAERI recently completed their first surveys of the Burdwood Bank, kicking off the “Fine Scaling of the Marine Management Areas of the Falkland Islands” (MMA) project.

• Monday, March 11th 2019 - 08:31 UTC

  Next visit of Malvinas relatives to the Falklands takes off on Wednesday 

  

  Next Wednesday a group of relatives of Argentine soldiers fallen in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict and  whose remains were recently identified will be travelling to the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin in the Falkland Islands. Relatives will be able to mourn and pray next to the gravestones which now have the full name of their loved ones. A military ceremony will also be held to honor the Argentine soldiers buried at Darwin.

• Wednesday, February 27th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands' Fortuna Ltd. implements jigger crew safety awareness courses

  

  One of the Falkland Islands leading fishing companies, Fortuna Limited has launched a shore-based safety training course for the crew of illex jiggers set to operate in the Islands in the illex squid season. Some 900 crew-members are expected to undergo the course, which is being held every day over a two week period.

• Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 10:29 UTC

  Falklands' government announces visit of Argentine next of kin on 13 March

  

  The Falkland Islands elected government announced on Monday the visit of Argentine next of kin scheduled for 13 March. The release states that following the identification of a further 18 unknown Argentine soldiers, buried at the Argentine military Cemetery at Darwin, a private charter is due to arrive at Mount Pleasant Airport on Wednesday 13 March.

• Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:24 UTC

  UK's Falklands garrison force travels to Argentina for Search and Rescue exercises

  

  The new Commander of British Forces South Atlantic Islands, CBFSAI, Brigadier Nick Sawyer said that a small team of his garrison will be travelling to Argentina, at the end of the month, for search and rescue exercises, as part of the (UK, Argentina and Falklands) shared humanitarian values and responsibility in and around the South Atlantic area that extends to Antarctica.

• Monday, February 25th 2019 - 08:38 UTC

  Falklands will receive Malvinas Families relatives next 13 March

  

  The relatives of the latest 29 Argentine soldiers remains identified in the Falklands will be flying on 13 March to the Islands, to the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin to pray and honor their loved ones. The announcement was done by the Argentine journalist Martin Dinatale, who is usually well informed on Falklands issues.

• Saturday, February 23rd 2019 - 10:59 UTC

  Argentine lawmakers wish to travel to Falklands but with no migration passport stamping

  

  A group of Argentine lawmakers from president Mauricio Macri's coalition is willing to travel to the Falkland Islands in the near future, but, a big but is that their passports are not to be stamped by migration when they land in the Islands.