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The most expensive trips of 2025 revealed. Hint: Europe isn’t on the list
MassLive - Massachusetts
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August 29, 2025
Although Europe is the most traveled-to location in 2025, it’s not the most expensive. Based on an analysis of thousands of travelers who booked with Faye Travel Insurance in 2025, the company found that the top place to splurge was Africa,...
Concerns raised as Falkland Islands 35% increase in Embarkation Tax
FITV
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August 25, 2025
Passenger tax is set to increase by 35% from £37.00 pound to £50 pound from the 1st of July 2026. Concerns around how this tax increase could negatively impact future tourism seasons were raised at last weeks meeting of the tourism board. It was...
Ushuaia/Falkland Islands link to take place in alternative temporary stopover
Penguin News
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August 22, 2025
AN alternative airport Ushuaia is to be used temporarily for the Argentine stopover of the weekly LATAM flight to the Falkland Islands. The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) reminded on Thursday that as part of the 1999 Agreement, the weekly LATAM...
Falkland Islands row erupts as Argentine official goes into meltdown over UK competition
Daily Express
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August 18, 2025
The national senator for Tierra del Fuego, Senator Pablo Daniel Blanco from the United Provinces alliance, presented a draft declaration expressing his strongest condemnation of a British government competition inviting Argentine, Uruguayan, and...
Commander John McGregor, Falklands commander
The Times
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On the evening of May 23, 1982, during the Falklands conflict, Commander John McGregor “watched in fascinated horror” after an unexploded bomb detonated while being defused on the frigate HMS Antelope, which was anchored 300 yards away in San...
Falklands, Students celebrate A Level and Level 3 Results with 98% pass rate
MercoPress
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Friday, August 15th 2025 - 21:18 UTC Results show 90% of students achieved grades which mean they could go on to university if they wish. On Thursday, 14 August, twenty-two Falkland Islands students who have been studying at schools and colleges...
Falklands Day, August 14th
MercoPress
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Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 12:01 UTC Today, the 14th of August, the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly proudly marks Falklands Day and extends warm wishes to all Falkland Islanders and friends of the Falklands. This day marks the anniversary...
Falklands: Measures to minimize disturbance of penguin colonies
MercoPress
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Monday, August 11th 2025 - 08:49 UTC As cruise season approaches, FIG’s Environment Department and the Tourist Board set guidelines for operators to ensure a positive experience for visitors and penguins With the next cruise ship season...
Falklands housing policy, ExCo publishes tenancy model to help landlords and tenants
MercoPress
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Monday, August 11th 2025 - 08:54 UTC A set of guidelines has been produced to help landlords and tenants better understand their rights and responsibilities Executive Council (ExCo) has approved the publication of the voluntary Model Tenancy...
Bird Club brings in Antarctic explorers
The Farmville Herald - Virginia
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August 27, 2025
Published 2:02 pm Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Coming up in September, the Margaret Watson Bird Club will learn more about the frozen parts of the world, thanks to a live presentation. On Thursday, Sept. 4, David Spears and Damien Fehrer, will share...
The Bank of England could learn from the Falklands
The Spectator
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August 14, 2025
While the Bank of England consults on who will appear on the next round of British bank notes, with reports that Winston Churchill could be dropped from the fiver, this week in the South Atlantic a new set of bank notes came into circulation. The...
The elusive contract: why a 68-year-old Briton keeps knocking on the doors of Ukrainian army recruitment centres
Ukrainska Pravda
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In the spring of 1982, forces from the British Army’s Royal Marines set off for the Falkland Islands to fight the Argentinians. The Battle of Two Sisters was one of the defining engagements of the ten-week-long war. Among the troops who took part...
Travelling to Switzerland? Shopping may cost more as Trump imposes 39% tariff
Mint
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August 1, 2025
Prices for the eponymous Swiss watches, Swiss chocolate and Swiss cheese could skyrocket in a week as a result of US President Donald Trump's trade war. Switzerland, home to some the world's most recognisable luxury brands, now faces an upcoming...
Perfect celeb-filled village now overrun with tourists where sausage roll is £8
The Mirror
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August 9, 2025
Welcome to Britain’s Beverly Hills – where the hum of private jets fills the air and a single sausage roll will set you back £8. The tiny chocolate box village of Great Tew in Oxfordshire has just 156 residents and is served by one pub and a small...
Crash near Falkland caused an estimated 150L fuel spill on Highway 97
Castanet Kamloops
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August 6, 2025
Photo: Contributed Fuel truck jackknifed on Holmes Bridge Monday evening. Mounties say between 100 and 150 litres of fuel is estimated to have spilled after a fuel truck jackknifed on Holmes Bridge on Monday evening. Const. Chris Terleski with the...
Athy to welcomes visitors from the Falkland Islands
Kildare Nationalist
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August 1, 2025
Athy will warmly welcome four winners of the Ernest Shackleton essay competition from the Falkland Islands to visit the new Shackleton Museum during their tour of the UK and Ireland. On August 19, Ruby Marsh, Alice-May Curtis, Benjamin Goodwin and...
Transformed St Helena veteran vessel will be visiting Falklands in 2026/2027
MercoPress
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Thursday, July 31st 2025 - 21:26 UTC RMS St Helena when she was in full operations transporting passengers and cargo between the island in mid-Atlantic and South Africa. Falkland Islands residents, originally from the island of St. Helena, most...
Reverend who served in Falklands and first Gulf War has died, aged 70
NorthWalesLive
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July 31, 2025
A minister who worked as a chaplain in both the Falklands and Gulf wars has died, aged 70. Reverend Marcus Wyn Robinson from Caernarfon started out as a Presbyterian minister in the Dyffryn Peris area, also returning to same area towards the end...
Aurora Expeditions’ Greg Mortimer Ship Review
NOMADasaurus
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August 28, 2025
The Greg Mortimer holds a special place in the world of expedition cruising. When it launched in 2019 it wasn’t just another polar ship — it was the first passenger vessel built with the groundbreaking Ulstein X-BOW®. That single innovation...
What happened to Spurgeon’s College?
Baptist News Global
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August 27, 2025
Just as students across the UK are beginning the fall term, 169-year Spurgeon’s College in London has closed its doors for good. According to a statement by the school, the unexpected closure of Europe’s largest Baptist college on July 31 came as...