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Sat, 06 Feb 2021 08:20:00 GMT
Hamburg/Falklands/Munich: details from Lufthansa's longest nonstop flights
An airline preparing to launch its longest-ever flight – a fifteen-hour non-stop flight from Hamburg Germany to the Falkland Islands in an A350 – is as tricky a project as one might expect.

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 07:34:00 GMT
Falklands' "Restriction on Movement" declaration in full force until 18 February
The Falkland Islands Government Executive Council, ExCo, has agreed to the making and publication of a Declaration to bring into force regulations 11 (restrictions on movement) and 12 (restrictions on movement – specified are...

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 07:20:00 GMT
Falklands planning climate adaptation strategy to help farmers combat the lack of water
Lafonia, the lower half of East Falklands is suffering from a drought and this has an impact for farmers and rural activities, a situation that was pointed out by Goose Green manager Keith Alazia when he revealed that water sou...

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 07:15:00 GMT
Falklands' GDP in 2018 reached £254.7 million with a real growth rate of 3,9%
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Falkland Islands increased by 15.7% between 2017 and 2018 (in nominal terms), primarily driven by high results within the fishing sector that year, according to the recently released Falk...

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:20:00 GMT
Falklands-Munich, Lufthansa completes record-breaking flight
Yesterday at 1:24 pm the crew of the Lufthansa record-breaking flight received a very warm “welcome back” upon their return in Germany. After landing at Munich Airport, the Airbus A350-900 was greeted by the fire department...

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 09:45:00 GMT
Falklands announces Covid-19 vaccination program beginning 8 February and for everybody over 50
As the first batch of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines have arrived in the Falkland Islands, the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) announced it will start the Covid-19 vaccination programme on 8 February. “We plan to admi...

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 09:01:00 GMT
Falkland Islands approves changes to quarantine and visitor policies
The Falkland Islands Government Executive Council, ExCo, has done a review of policies, protocols and legislation referred to Covid-19, and announced decisions on quarantine regulations and visitor policies with a change of cat...

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 08:54:00 GMT
Johnny rooks threatened in Argentine islands by deer and goats
Argentine scientists from the Austral Scientific Research Center (CADIC) in Ushuaia announced they have revealed the subsistence mystery of the striated Caracara prey bird, "carancho austral", in the Isla de los Estados (*), du...

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 09:30:00 GMT
Falklands strict conditions to ensure “clean” vessels operate in the 2021 fishing season
The Falkland Islands government issued a release on Tuesday announcing the “clean” conditions vessels entering territorial waters for the 2021 fishing season must meet, basically a minimum of two weeks quarantining at sea, ...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:42:00 GMT
Falklands receives first batch of 3,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine
The Falkland Islands Government has welcomed the delivery of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday 1 February 2021. Upon arrival the vaccines were carefully offloaded from the South Atlantic Airbridge and were transported by...



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