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Falkland Islands

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 10:45:00 GMT
Historic event: Stanley, City status proclamation to a round of applause from some 400 Falkland Islanders
Continuing with the Liberation Day celebrations on Tuesday 14 June 2022, the Falkland Islands community gathered in the Town Hall for the formal presentation by the Governor of the Letters of Patent granting Stanley, City Statu...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 10:01:00 GMT
Falklands' Veterans limited from claiming "cold injuries", because of a 1987 Crown Armed Forces Act
Falklands' War Veterans are currently exempt from claiming damages for "cold injuries" suffered during the war with Argentina and are seeking legal advice against the Ministry of Defense (MoD), according to the lawyer acting on...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 10:00:00 GMT
Defense Secretary Wallace pays tribute to Falklands' Veterans
Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has paid tribute to veterans of the Falkland Islands conflict. In an address released by the Ministry of Defense (MOD), Mr Wallace reflected on the “sacrifice” and the “amazing achievement”...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 09:59:00 GMT
Veterans will always find "a home from home" in the Falklands, MLA Roberts tells SAMA82 members
Every bearer of the South Atlantic Medal will always find “a home from home”, Falkland Islands lawmaker Leona Roberts assured the men and women of Operation Corporate as they bestowed the Freedom of the Falklands on them, o...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 09:55:00 GMT
South Georgia launches Protect, Sustain, Inspire as part of its non native plant management strategy
The control and management of non-native species is a key factor in ensuring that the island of South Georgia continues to be an ecosystem in recovery. Under the Protect, Sustain, Inspire framework, the Government of South Geor...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 08:06:00 GMT
HMS Forth, permanent presence in the Falklands, and South Atlantic naval guardian
HMS Forth, naval guardians of the Falklands have spoken of their pride of patrolling the Islands at keeping the eternal flame of 1982 burning. As such they joined the Falklands' fortieth anniversary of liberation and end of th...

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 10:15:00 GMT
“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 so...

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 10:00:00 GMT
Falklands ceremony and parade at Liberation Memorial on the 40th anniversary
Hundreds turned out in Stanley on Tuesday to follow events marking the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands from the Argentine occupation in 1982.

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 09:54:00 GMT
"We reject any questions over the Falklands' right to self determination," Foreign secretary Liz Truss
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss sent a strong message in support of the Falkland Islands people right to self determination on the fortieth anniversary of the Falklands Liberation, 14 June 1982, while at the same time recal...

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 10:57:00 GMT
Falklands War: end of hostilities, General Menendez surrenders to Major General Jeremy Moore
With the capture of Mount Tumbledown, Wireless Ridge and Sapper Hill the Falkland Islands conflict was effectively over and at 2100 hours on the 14th June 1982 the commander of the Argentine garrison in Stanley, General Mario M...



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