Falklands, ten-year infrastructure program to improve defense and living conditions at the MPC

Friday, December 27th 2024 - 06:43 UTC DIO Chief Executive Mike Green with Wg Cdr Fleming in the hangar, which is to be redeveloped. [Crown Copyright MOD 2024] UK’s Defense Infrastructure Organization, DIO, which depends from the Ministry of...

MPs visit to Falklands, “highlights longstanding bond between FIG and UK”

Thursday, February 27th 2025 - 09:18 UTC Paying their respects to the fallen of the Falklands war at the Blue Beach Military Cemetery at San Carlos With Westminster in recess two delegations of MPs visited the Falkland Islands last week. One of...

Will Ukraine be "Keir Starmer’s Falklands – or his Iraq"?

So much has happened since that explosive – and unsettling – White House press conference bust-up between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, but does Keir Starmer have a workable plan for peace? UKICE’s Anand Menon joins the podcast team to...

Falklands, Commander BFSAI visits remote mountain radar stations

Falklands, national minimum wage accommodation offset survey results published

Thursday, December 26th 2024 - 08:52 UTC Officers will now work to review potential policy options ahead of a second round of consultation in the New Year (Pic FITB) The results from the first round of consultation on the national minimum wage...

An otherworldly journey to the Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica

Forgive me for starting with superlatives, but I have no choice. I’m not the first. In 1911, Roald Amundsen, the first explorer to reach the South Pole, wrote that the Queen Maud Range in Antarctica “is a land that looks like a fairy tale … the...

Falklands, Christmas message from Sir Keir Starmer

Friday, December 20th 2024 - 09:37 UTC “I will always defend your right of self-determination”. A message from Prime Minister Keir Starmer: It’s a real privilege to wish everyone in the Falkland Islands a very happy Christmas. It has been a year...

International humanitarian and leadership expert visits the Falklands

International humanitarian and leadership expert Linda Cruse visited the Falklands this week. After living among people in some extreme places like the Himalayas and Sahara for the last two decades, she’s worked with survivors in refugee camps and...

Falklands Sports Council Team Kit for the Orkney Games in July 2025

Wednesday, December 18th 2024 - 07:20 UTC Jackets with hoods and the Falklands Tartan In preparation for the Falkland Islands' attendance at the 20th Island Games, to be held in Orkney in July 2025, the Falkland Islands National Sports Council...

Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly extends Christmas wishes to the community

Thursday, December 19th 2024 - 19:37 UTC The Legislative Assembly concluded with warm wishes for a Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2025. Photo: As the holiday season draws near, the Members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly have shared...

Falklands plans to establish a new Maritime Committee

Sunday, December 22nd 2024 - 09:14 UTC The Committee, advisory to Ex-Co, and will work to support the safety of seafarers, the safety of ships, a sustainable and resilient maritime sector and protection of the marine environment A new government...

New fishing vessel Argos Berbés arrives in the Falklands

Last week marked a significant moment for the Falklands’ fishing industry as two new fishing vessels arrived—F/V Hadassa Bay, joined Beauchene Fishing Company, and F/V Argos Berbés, has joined Orion Fishing Company. We got the chance to have a...

Starmer looks for his ‘Falklands moment’ during his first White House visit with Trump

Following French President Emmanuel Macron’s White House visit on Monday, on Thursday it was British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s turn to make the case directly to President Donald Trump for continued US engagement in transatlantic security....

Falklands publishes survey results of a mental health anti-stigma campaign

Wednesday, December 18th 2024 - 10:20 UTC The survey was held earlier this year to assist with the development of an anti-stigma in mental health campaign for the Falkland Islands The results of the ‘Developing a mental health anti-stigma campaign...

Attack on a penguin at Falklands, Volunteer Point receives international photography prize

Monday, February 24th 2025 - 02:57 UTC The Attack, Magellanic Penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus. Volunteer Point, Falkland Islands, photo by Tom Schandy, Norway. United States Princeton University Press, PUP, is delighted to be the publisher of...

Who are the women in the Falklands who inspire you?

Monday, February 24th 2025 - 04:27 UTC The poster inviting suggestions from the community on amazing Falklands’ women Ahead of International Women’s Day, the Legislative Assembly wants to celebrate the Inspirational Women of the Falklands, and we...

Falklands names five new Justices of the Peace

Monday, December 16th 2024 - 06:36 UTC Acting Governor Dave Morgan with the newly sworn Justices of the Peace, at Government House Congratulations have been extended to the newest Justices of the Peace for the Falkland Islands who were appointed...

Falklands Treasury launches new series of coins depicting the King Penguin

Thursday, December 19th 2024 - 10:30 UTC The coins will depict as its focal point one of the planet’s most unusual and unique species of bird, the King Penguin. GreySheet News which covers numismatic, and coins and paper money, information, in an...

Falklands/UK Airbridge: increased seat allocation for FIG passengers as of next year

Thursday, December 19th 2024 - 09:31 UTC From 1 January to 31 March 2025, the FIG allocation for each flight will be increased from 31 seats to 40 seats. This will include the seats for the St Helena AirLink. (Pic BFSAI) Following discussions...

Falklands wool sales still slow

IN a report on the Falkland Islands National Stud Flock, Director of Natural Resources, Dr Andrea Clausen said that wool sales continue to be slow with few offers received and those that have come in being too far off AWEX to accept. Wool is being...