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Wed, 23 Feb 2022 23:59:00 GMT
Memorial events to mark Falklands 40th anniversary take shape
Four decades to the day that the fighting in the South Atlantic conflict came to an end, the National Memorial Arboretum near Lichfield will be the setting for a Falkland Islands ‘Liberation Day’ commemorative event, organi...

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:50:00 GMT
Spanish sailors in Falklands honor their fellow crew members from Villa de Pitanxo lost off Newfoundland
Crew members from the Spanish fleet which operates with Falkland Islands licenses met on Monday in the capital Stanley for a poignant ceremony to honor their fellow mariners who went down with the fishing vessel Villa de Pitanx...

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:50:00 GMT
Private donation of £100,000 for expansion of Falklands Museum
The Staff and Trustees of the Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust announced on Tuesday that a donation of £100,000.00 has been made towards the Lookout Gallery & Exhibition Hall’s exhibitions and displays.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 17:05:00 GMT
Work to fully reopen Argentina's Petrel Base in Antarctica goes on
Argentine Navy's ARA Puerto Argentino sloop has sucessfully unloaded supplies and machinery this week at the Petrel Base in Antarctica, it was reported. A self-propelled pontoon built entirely at the Tandanor–CINAR shipyard w...

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 09:24:00 GMT
Falklands' Chamber of Commerce organizes First Environmental Business Symposium
The Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce has announced the first Falkland Islands Environmental Business Symposium, will be held at 12:30 on the 18th of March. The Chamber is bringing together speakers from organizations across...

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:12:00 GMT
Patagonia January inflation 3,6%, double the Falklands' annual retail prices index
Despite highly subsidized public rates, a long list of coerced consumer prices, relatively cheap fuel in the current global energy-short environment, the Consumer Price Index in Argentine Patagonia, mainly Tierra del Fuego, rea...

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:09:00 GMT
Last living Yagan language speaker dies aged 93; members of her ethnicity lived in the Falklands
The last known living person who spoke Yagan, the language of the indigenous people who inhabited Tierra del Fuego, passed away this week in the Clinics Hospital from Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile. She was 93, and had to...

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:50:00 GMT
Falklands Government reiterates the need to respect human rights and democratic liberties of the Falklands' nation
On Tuesday the Falklands government in an official release reiterated the need for human rights and democratic liberties of the Falklands' nation to be respected, particularly self-determination.

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 12:15:00 GMT
Britain, China and the Falkland Islands: Why the US must weigh in
By Dov S. Zakheim (*)This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War. Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory, on April 2, 1982.

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 10:06:00 GMT
Latin American and Caribbean parliament call for Falklands' sovereignty talks with UK
The Latin American and Caribbean Parliament, (Parlatino) met this week in Panama and called on the international community to support Argentina's request for a resumption of Falkland/Malvinas Islands sovereignty talks with the ...



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