Tag: Stanley

• Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

  The 1933 Whalebone Arch which commemorates British continuous rule in Falklands

  

  One of the attractions when visiting the Falkland Islands' capital Stanley City is the Whalebone Arch, adjacent to the cathedral, the southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world. Locals, tourists and cruise visitors love to enjoy and picture the impressive mandibles of blue whales in the arch, but not many are aware it was erected in 1933, to commemorate the centenary of continuous British administration in the Falklands. The land and garden that forms the Arch Green (formerly Cathedral Green) was given by the Falkland Islands Company to the Falkland Islands Government for the leisure of the people of Stanley, and enjoyment of visitors.

• Thursday, December 21st 2023 - 10:29 UTC

  Falklands festivity: Christmas lights switched on in Stanley

  

  Christmas lights were switched on this week in the Falkland Islands capital, the City of Stanley. It was rather late, around 10pm because it's so near midsummer in the South Atlantic and in the Falklands that means light until late. Finally feeling festive!

• Friday, June 16th 2023 - 09:30 UTC

  Falklands Defense Force live firing exercises to the south of Stanley

  

  Port Harriet Range Area, to the south of Falklands capital Stanley will be in use by the Falkland Islands Defense Force (FIDF) on Saturday 17th June from 0900-2000 hours.

• Saturday, November 12th 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Eight UK students win competition to visit Falklands and explore areas of their interest

  

  As part of the Fortieth Anniversary celebrations eight UK students via a competition were offered an all-expenses-paid visit to the Falkland Islands in February 2023. Ben Fogle, who headed the judging panel said: “The Falkland Islands really are a magical place. I’ve been lucky enough to visit the Islands many times over the years, drawn back by the unique wildlife. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the Islands and to mark the event, we organized this competition.”

• Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 10:47 UTC

  “Welcome to the City of Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands”

  

  “Welcome to the city of Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands!” reads the new updated sign to recognize Port Stanley's status as a city, and twinning with Portsmouth and Whitby.

• Tuesday, October 25th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  Falklands Census 2021: population reaches 3,662, in Stanley 2,964 and Camp, 354

  

  The Falkland Islands Government published on Monday its findings from the 2021 census. Sunday 10 October 2021 marked the 25th Falkland Islands census since the first was carried out by a resident Governor in 1842.

• Wednesday, October 12th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  The Falkland Islands and forty years of progress: environment and science

  

  Queen’s University, Belfast, will be hosting a very special academic event dedicated to “The Falkland Islands and Forty Years of Progress: environment and science”, to be held on 20 October at the Elmwood Building, School of Natural and Built Environment, in the Northern Ireland capital.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  “People everywhere have a right to decide their own future,” PM Johnson at Falklands' Liberation ceremony

  

  At a ceremony Tuesday morning held at Staffordshire's National Memorial Arboretum, British prime minister Boris Johnson praised the daring bravery of Veterans, recalling that on the very day, exactly forty years ago, British soldiers entered Stanley and liberated the Falkland Islands from foreign occupation. And since Liberation, the Falkland Islands have lived and thrived in peace and freedom looking into the future.

• Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:04 UTC

  House of Commons Speaker will attend Goose Green Liberation service Sunday

  

  Sir Lindsay Hoyle Speaker of the House of Commons, currently on a visit to the Falkland Islands announced he will attend Sunday's Goose Green Liberation commemoration, called on the Falklands Legislative to take advantage of his chairmanship to promote initiatives for the benefit of the Islands, and underlined that Islanders can only decide Islanders' self-determination and future.

• Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Argentine officials question city status awarded to Stanley, Falklands capital

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister and the head of the Malvinas, South Atlantic Islands and Antarctica Office strongly questioned the Queen's decision to award city status to the capital of the Falkland Islands.