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Falklands Conservation invitation on Penguin Awareness Day
MercoPress
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Wednesday, January 22nd 2025 - 09:13 UTC January 20th, Penguin Awareness Day, acknowledged worldwide and the environmental group Falklands Conservation, extended an invitation to celebrate the incredible penguins that call the Falkland Islands...
Falklands the latest football team to withdraw from Orkney Island Games
The Orcadian
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January 22, 2025
featured news January 22, 2025 at 10:21 amThe Falklands have become the latest football team to withdraw from taking part at the Orkney Island Games. The Falklands, who were third reserves, accepted a late invitation to the games but have now...
Falklands Government to face Supreme Court claim over medical confidentiality breaches
Falkland Islands Radio Service
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January 21, 2025
The group says it seeks to highlight the failure of the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) in preventing almost 300 patient medical files from being accessed without cause and made a statement outside the Falkland Islands Court and Council Chambers...
Dream comes true for Falklands War veteran
The Bourne Local
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March 20, 2025
A care home helped a Falklands War veteran relive special memories with a ‘dream’ visit to a military museum. Tixover House Care Home, in Rutland, organised a trip for resident Michael Sidwell to visit King’s Cliffe Airfield Museum, along with his...
Falklands, New step towards protection for domestic abuse victims
MercoPress
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January 21, 2025
Tuesday, January 21st 2025 - 15:25 UTC The orders can impose prohibitions, such as barring an abuser from contacting or approaching the victim The Falkland Islands is due to take a significant step forward in safeguarding its residents by enacting...
Falkland’s Fatal Charge: Love, Guilt, and Tragedy at Newbury
Sri Lanka Guardian
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January 21, 2025
The death of Lucius Cary, the 2nd Viscount Falkland, at the First Battle of Newbury in 1643 has long been a subject of fascination. While many have interpreted his fatal charge toward the enemy as a reckless, suicidal act, a new theory suggests a...
New markets and staff as Falkland whisky business expands
Fife Today
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March 20, 2025
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now A Falkland based whisky company is expanding with new staff and new markets. Saltire Rare Malt has hired new senior team members to take the company to the...
Falklands, ESPN films a documentary on the local football culture
MercoPress
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January 20, 2025
Monday, January 20th 2025 - 06:08 UTC The football match between Stanley and BFSAI, played for the filming despite the wind (Pic Cpl Cann and Flt Lt Youngs) The US international basic cable sports channel, ESPN, Entertainment and Sports...
Falkland Islands Rugby Club Upcoming Tournament
FITV
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January 20, 2025
The Falkland Islands Rugby Club will be hosting a tournament in February and are welcoming all over the age of 14 to join in. The tournament will be held on the Astro pitch on Sunday the 23rd of February from 1pm onwards. Keep an eye out on the...
Falklands, RAF Commander visits the Air Mobility Force at MPC
MercoPress
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Tuesday, January 21st 2025 - 15:32 UTC The Air Mobility Force has an Atlas, Voyager, and support functions deployed to provide Aeromedical Evacuation, Air-to-Air Refueling, Search and Rescue, plus Fisheries Protection Royal Air Force Commander Air...
The people of the Falkland Islands and their right to Self-determination
MercoPress
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March 17, 2025
Monday, March 17th 2025 - 10:27 UTC Today, the Falkland Islands are home to a diverse and multicultural community. In March 2013, the people of the Falkland Islands went to the polls. With a turnout of 92%, 99.8% of the electorate voted to remain...
Falkland Islands General Employee’s Union
FITV
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January 17, 2025
The Falkland Islands General Employees Union are looking to grow their membership through the launch of a new website and Facebook Page. One purpose of the Union is to negotiate on behalf of workers through direct conversation with employers...
The Undisputed Superpower Of The Seas
The Maritime Executive
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Daniel Aritonang graduated from high school in May, 2018, hoping to find a job. Short and lithe, he lived in the coastal village of Batu Lungun, Indonesia, where his father owned an auto shop. Aritonang spent his free time rebuilding engines in...
'We take nothing for granted': Falkland Islanders on UK support amid Argentina threat
Sky News
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March 15, 2025
It's more than 40 years since British forces fought a brief but bloody campaign to retake the Falkland Islands after their invasion by Argentina. On the windswept hills around the capital Port Stanley you can still see evidence of battle. The...
The Falkland Islands have become surprisingly diverse
The Spectator
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March 16, 2025
What springs to mind when you think of the Falklands? You might imagine the wild, windswept landscape, sparsely populated by the sheep-farming communities that have made the Islands their home for nearly 200 years. Those of my vintage will recall...
An abundance of marine life - but the wildlife of the Falkland Islands is more vulnerable than most
Heart Radio
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14 March 2025, 14:57 | Updated: 15 March 2025, 03:37 You can hear them before you see them. And smell them. Your browser doesn't recognise available video formats. At this time of year - the South Atlantic summer - the penguins of the Falkland...
Falklands’ government appoints new Director of Natural Resources
MercoPress
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Tuesday, January 14th 2025 - 09:23 UTC James will begin his work in his new position in April 2025, when the current post holder Dr. Andrea Clausen takes on the role of FIG Chief Executive. The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) is pleased to...
Falkland Islands stay strong to Britain as they pay homage to King Charles on first new bank notes since 1980s
GB News
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January 13, 2025
The Falkland Islands have paid homage to King Charles as they roll out their first set of new bank notes since the 1980s. The new design features King Charles III alongside iconic local wildlife, such as a king penguin and black-browed...
Why wildlife in the Falklands is more vulnerable than most
Sky News
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March 15, 2025
You can hear them before you see them. And smell them. At this time of year - the South Atlantic summer - the penguins of the Falkland Islands mob together in rookeries on these isolated beaches to raise their fluffy chicks. And we're surrounded...
Falklands Backyard Ultra 2025 Registration
FITV
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January 19, 2025
Many of us will have kick started the new year by making resolutions like giving up a bad habit, eating healthier and improving our fitness. Well, if you are looking to do so, signing up for this year’s Backyard Ultra might just tick one of those...