Falklands, information sessions on Minimum Wage Accommodation Offset

Saturday, October 11th 2025 - 06:15 UTC The two sessions are due to be held at the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday 15 October, 2:00pm and Thursday 16 October, 9.00 am. The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) Policy Department is hosting briefing...

Rutgers launches first underwater craft to travel world's oceans

"These will deliver early warnings of extreme weather and will track the impact of shifting ocean currents...," Teledyne Marine CEO Brian Maguire said It is scheduled to explore the waters along Gran Canaria off Morocco; Cape Town, South Africa;...

Passport stamps are a map of my life in travel. I’ll miss them

Surely I can’t be the only one who stands in line at the airport thumbing the pages of my passport as if I’ve just got my hands on a first edition of my favourite book. Nor can I be alone in handing my passport to border control in the quiet hope...

Flying Penguin turns ‘ridiculous aspirations’ into two decades of compelling local theatre

David Mealor remembers a conversation, with an actor friend in Sydney, way back at the beginning of the century. It was when he first said out loud to someone that he would like to take up directing. “I would see myself as an actor in rehearsals...

War Graves role for a far travelled Lewis woman

​A Lewis woman whose career in operations and emergency response has taken her to the furthest corners of the globe is about to start an exciting new chapter… as Deputy Director for the Canada, Americas and Pacific region for the Commonwealth War...

Priory opens supported living service in East Yorkshire

Priory has opened a supported living service in Hull, East Yorkshire, expanding the organisation’s provision in the region. Priory Falkland House, which comprises 12 modern self-contained flats for people aged 18 to 65, has been developed to...

Falklands takeover threat as Milei accuses UK of 'illegal occupation'

Argentina’s President Javier Milei has stepped up his rhetoric over the Falkland Islands, accusing Britain of “illegally occupying” the remote archipelago during a fiery speech at the UN General Assembly in New York. The right-winger described his...

Hell is other tourists in Antarctica

My first love was a penguin. Pengwee was an adorable brown and white emperor chick who had my heart and broke it the day he dived into the bath. After a week in the airing cupboard he smelled of fish – surprising in a soft toy. But then penguins...

Falklands approves creation of a 29.240 acres National Park at the Hill Cove Mountains

Wednesday, September 24th 2025 - 19:10 UTC The Hill Cove Mountains National Park will be the first higher altitude protected area in the Falkland Islands, covering 11,833 hectares (29,240 acres) of public land. (Pic FIG) The Falkland Islands...

Falklands outstands at Young Marine Researchers international conference in Germany

Wednesday, September 24th 2025 - 19:04 UTC The group of participants at ICYMARE, ‘International Conference for Young Marine Researchers’ in Bremerhaven, Germany. Most attendees were fellow PhD students. By Amy Guest, SAERI PhD and University of...

Navigating the future of polar tourism: Trends and challenges in Antarctic cruising

The primitive polar landscape is a massive contrast to the human environment and has always remained a strong tourist attraction. Leading cruise lines offer incredible journeys to Antarctica for a vacation experience like no other as they sail...

Falklands Walking Festival set for October 2025

The Falkland Islands Tourist Board is inviting the community to get outdoors this October as their annual Walking Festival returns. Taking place from the 18th to the 24th, the event is open to all ages and will take place across the Islands, with...

Falklands, MPC Met Office presentation on rotor activity and the LIDAR Project

Monday, September 22nd 2025 - 11:29 UTC The LiDAR project, to realize potential benefits for rotor observing and forecasting – what has been achieved so far, current work strands, and future plans. Next Tuesday 23rd September at 5PM there will be...

Falklands’ successful trade, energy and business mission to Chile

Friday, September 19th 2025 - 09:07 UTC The visit, organized by FIDC, included meetings with local entrepreneurs and officials in Santiago and Punta Arenas A Falkland Islands business delegation has just returned from a week in Chile, where they...

Sustainability at the heart of Falklands Tourism

A Stanley-based round the world trip for World Tourism Day

It’s hard to be an environmentally sustainable tourist when flying in and out of the Falkland Islands so, for world tourism day, we created a tour of local alternatives to world famous landmarks which you can see right here.

Veterans bring CFK donations to Argentine Malvinas/Falklands cemetery

Friday, September 26th 2025 - 21:35 UTC CFK met with the veterans before their trip and posted a video of the encounter on X Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) posted on social media that a group of veterans from the...

Sir Mark Heathcote Bt: MI6 officer with role in Falklands war

In the decades after the invasion of the Falklands on April 2, 1982, Sir Mark Heathcote was often asked if he had warned his government of the coming Argentinian attack. The then MI6 station chief in Buenos Aires would reply that it wasn’t that...

Israel hints at 'recognising Falkland Islands as Argentinian' in revenge for Keir Starmer welcoming Palestinian state

Israel should recognise the Falkland Islands as Argentinian after Sir Keir Starmer decided to recognise Palestine, Benjamin Netanyahu’s son has claimed. Yair Netanyahu made the claim on social media just days after the British Prime Minister's...

Argentina's President Milei accuses UK of 'illegal Falklands occupation' in UN speech

Elle Griffiths and Ciaran McGrath 07:56 ET, 25 Sep 2025Updated 07:57 ET, 25 Sep 2025 President of Argentina Javier Milei addresses the United Nations (Image: Getty Images) Argentina's President Javier Milei has escalated his demands regarding the...