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Mon, 30 May 2022 08:27:00 GMT
House of Commons Speaker and Minister Milling at Goose Green Liberation ceremony
On Sunday, marking the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of Goose Green, East Falkland, and despite a brisk wind blowing snow across the monument, a service of commemoration was held to remember those who gave their lives in t...

Mon, 30 May 2022 08:05:00 GMT
British Antarctic Survey field season has finished; RRS Sir Attenborough returns to UK after seven months 
RRS Sir David Attenborough departed Rothera Research Station for the final time earlier in May and is now making its way back to the UK, marking the end of the BAS Antarctic summer field season.

Sat, 28 May 2022 10:10:00 GMT
Falklands' Government publishes Budget for 2022/23: “stability and continuity”
Stability and continuity are at the heart of the Falkland Islands Government Budget for 2022/23. The Budget recognizes these two themes are essential in the time of continued uncertainty stemming from the global COVID-19 pandem...

Sat, 28 May 2022 10:04:00 GMT
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 hi...

Sat, 28 May 2022 10:00:00 GMT
South Georgia coin to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth
Issued on behalf of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands government, Pobjoy Mint has released a third coin to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The coin has been produced in Cupro Nickel Diamond Fi...

Sat, 28 May 2022 09:45:00 GMT
US has more civilian guns than people: 120,5 for every 100 Americans
United States is the only country in the world where civilian guns outnumber people, according to the Swiss base Small Arms Survey (SAS), and is also the country where at least one mass shooting takes place every year, as has t...

Thu, 26 May 2022 10:55:00 GMT
The Falklands Conflict – Then and Now
By Harold Briley for MercoPress (London) – The 40th anniversary of the Falklands Conflict is being commemorated all year with events in the Falkland Islands, the United Kingdom, and Argentina as MercoPress has reported.

Thu, 26 May 2022 10:13:00 GMT
Falklands war: Plymouth and Liverpool remember UK merchant navy sailors killed
The city of Plymouth held a ceremony to remember British Merchant Navy sailors killed in the Falklands War and other conflicts. Wreaths were laid during the gathering at the Merchant Navy Monument on the city's Hoe seafront.

Wed, 25 May 2022 10:13:00 GMT
Judge Simmons loves the Falklands; has the largest judicial jurisdiction in the world
“I have always had an interest in the Falkland Islands ever since, as a schoolboy in London in 1982, I watched the Task Force set sail. While the conflict in the Falklands was short, it had a huge impact on the people of the ...

Wed, 25 May 2022 09:46:00 GMT
Carmona makes UN C24 round before the coming Falklands/Malvinas debate in June
In anticipation of the coming annual meeting of United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization or C24, Argentina's Secretary of Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands, Guillermo Carmona was at UN headquarters for a...



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