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Falkland Islands

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 22:16:00 GMT
Falklands' Borders & Southern Petroleum announces board changes and offshore licenses expire 31 Jan 2022
Borders & Southern Petroleum, a company with oil and gas exploration assets offshore the Falkland Islands, announced at the end of the year board changes. The London based independent oil & gas exploration company announced the...

Mon, 28 Dec 2020 09:39:00 GMT
Malvinas Veteran in tears after his Argentine military ID was sold on the UK eBay website
By Heather Briley for MercoPress LONDON, UK – Almost forty years after the Falklands conflict the identity document of an Argentine soldier has been sold on the UK eBay website. It belongs to the director of the Malvinas Mus...

Mon, 28 Dec 2020 09:20:00 GMT
Falklands fishing companies first reaction to the UK/EU post Brexit agreement
The Falklands Islands Fishing Companies Association have made public a first reaction to the post Brexit agreement announced by the UK and the European Union, in which they assess the impact of the deal which excludes any consi...

Thu, 24 Dec 2020 09:15:00 GMT
A year that will go down in Falklands history
For many people, 2020 has been a year they would like to forget. But it’s a year that will go down in Falklands history for one very positive reason.

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 09:37:00 GMT
Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust website features historic shipwrecks
A website has been launched to celebrate historic shipwrecks around the Falkland Islands, including underwater footage of the German WW1 cruiser SMS Scharnhorst, sunk in December 1914 and located only in 2019.

Mon, 21 Dec 2020 09:32:00 GMT
Advancing Falklands' sovereignty claims, one of Argentina's objectives as chair of Mercosur
Argentina is holding the pro tempore rotating chair of Mercosur during the next six months and three are its main objectives during that period according to foreign ministry sources in Buenos Aires. They include Bolivia, the Fa...

Mon, 21 Dec 2020 08:45:00 GMT
French mayor threatens with a “Falklands' war” if no accord is reached on UK/EU fishing waters
The French Mayor Frederic Couvillier, of the city of Boulogne-sur-Mer, has threatened the UK with a “Falklands War” pertaining the dispute over the fishing waters with the European Union. Furthermore, the mayor warned of t...

Sat, 19 Dec 2020 09:50:00 GMT
Argentina asks Portugal to consider the Falklands a litigation issue and not a British Overseas Territory
Argentina and Portugal foreign ministers agreed on a fluid dialogue and standing contact during the next six months to address bilateral issues, the Mercosur/European Union trade deal and the Falklands/Malvinas question.

Sat, 19 Dec 2020 09:50:00 GMT
A68a iceberg heading for South Georgia shifts direction and loses a chunk of mass
Strong currents have taken hold of a massive Antarctic iceberg that is on a collision course towards South Georgia Island, causing it to shift direction and lose a major chunk of mass, a scientist tracking its journey said on F...

Sat, 19 Dec 2020 09:10:00 GMT
Chicago aquarium celebrates Rockhopper penguin Wellington, 33th birthday
For a penguin to make it to age 33, a lot of things have to break right. Predator avoidance. Good genes. And, sometimes, cataract surgery. And this was part of the longevity recipe for Wellington, Chicago's Shedd Aquarium’s o...



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