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Thu, 10 Nov 2022 10:50:00 GMT
Falklands' preparations for major Remembrance commemoration next Sunday
The Falkland Islands Government has announced the arrangements and details for the coming Remembrance commemoration, which this Sunday will be counting with the participation of a great number of Falklands' Veterans on a specia...

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 23:04:00 GMT
Travel expenses to Falklands' Darwin Cemetery are not “abroad,” Argentine taxpayer cries
An Argentine national who visited the Darwin Cemetery on the Falkland Islands to pay his respects to the combatants fallen in the 1982 war was outraged upon his return that his credit card was billing him the surcharges recentl...

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 10:40:00 GMT
Falkland Islander addresses the House of Commons from the dispatch
A Law student at Stoke-on-Trent became the first Falkland Islander to address his "peers" at the House of Commons last Friday during a special session of the United Kingdom's Youth Parliament, with Sir Lindsay Hoyle presiding t...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:20:00 GMT
Falklands and BOTs delegates invited to the Constituency Garden of Remembrance
The Speaker of the House Sir Lindsay Hoyle installed on Monday the opening of the Constituency Garden of Remembrance at the New Palace Yard in Parliament grounds and invited representatives from the Overseas Territories to part...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:10:00 GMT
Falklands' war landing craft, wins 2022 Flagship Award of the Year
Foxtrot 8 is one of the four vessels that won the 2022 Flagships of the Year Awards, for its public engagement program and media campaign in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflict, according to Heritage Machine...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 08:58:00 GMT
Falkland Islands lists Covid-19 as endemic, in the same manner as other viral illnesses
On Wednesday 29 June the Falkland Islands King Edward Memorial Hospital, KEMH, announced that as Covid-19 infection rates continued to be low, following the initial spike in cases seen in May 2022, Covid-19 is now considered en...

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 10:35:00 GMT
Foreign Office' Travel Advice on the Falklands: US$ 200,000 medical insurance
The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office updated last week its travel advice on the Falkland Islands, underlining that all visitors must have comprehensive travel and medical insurance, including at least US$ 200,000 f...

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 10:00:00 GMT
Falklands forecasting record hake catch, plus 62,000 tons
The Falkland Islands Department of Natural Resource has announced that the reception of application forms for the Illex packs for the 2023 season must be completed by 16th November 2022.

Sat, 05 Nov 2022 10:56:00 GMT
Remembrance Sunday live from the Falkland Islands
A Remembrance service will be broadcast live from the Falkland Islands on 13 November. Veterans of the 1982 conflict have returned to the Islands, many for the first time, to be part of the moving commemorations.

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 10:47:00 GMT
UK Chagos Devolution: Argentina urges bilateral negotiations on Falklands' sovereignty
As was expected the Argentine reaction to Britain's negotiations with the Republic of Mauritius for the return of the Chagos archipelago, including Diego García island, has been immediate with a long release from the Foreign M...



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