Falkland Islands

Tuesday, October 6th 2026 - 09:08 UTC
UK agrees £190m Airbus deal to boost RAF's strategic airlift fleet of A400M Atlas

The UK Ministry of Defence has signed a £190m contract extension with Airbus to deliver a 30% improvement in the availability of the Royal Air Force's tactical and strategic airlift fleet.
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Tuesday, October 6th 2026 - 09:04 UTC
On first Monday in October Falklands celebrates Peat Cutting Day

Monday 5th October has been a public holiday in the Falkland Islands. This is because the first Monday in October every year has been declared Peat Cutting Day, which is a way of celebrating a long standing tradition and recalling the primary fuel that for decades kept Islanders and their homes warm.
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Monday, October 5th 2026 - 10:20 UTC
Falklands weighs curbs on Argentine visitors after flag-waving incidents

Amid a sharp rise in international attention on the South Atlantic and its energy resources, Falkland Islands residents have been angered by Argentine visitors seen waving Argentine flags and banners denying British sovereignty, prompting calls from members of the community to restrict such visits.
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Sunday, October 4th 2026 - 21:19 UTC
Falklands Chamber of Commerce backs the Punta Arenas route despite Argentine warnings

The president of the Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce, Mike Summers, has defended reopening trade with Chile's Magallanes region despite Argentina's campaign against economic activity linked to the archipelago, and warned that this week's business meeting in Punta Arenas will only be a success once cargo starts crossing the sea.
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Saturday, October 3rd 2026 - 17:11 UTC
Scientific workshop on Illex Squid in Vigo with the participation of Falkland Islands

Argentine unions linked to the fishing, maritime and port industries have complained bitterly to the International Transport Workers Federation against a workshop on the Shortfin Squid (Illex Argentinus) organized by OPPC3, in Vigo with the suppot of the Sustaianble Fisheries Partnership, and to which Argentina allegedly has not been invited, but it does include the Falkland Islands.
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Saturday, October 3rd 2026 - 06:56 UTC
Halliburton rules out Sea Lion after Argentina raised criminal and civil enforcement

US oilfield services company Halliburton confirmed on Friday that neither it nor its subsidiaries will work on the Sea Lion project or take part in hydrocarbon exploration or production in or around the Falklands, after Argentine authorities raised the prospect of criminal and civil enforcement.
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Saturday, October 3rd 2026 - 06:52 UTC
Stanley Harbour begins three months of dredging at its energy dock

The Falkland Islands Government will begin dredging the approach channel and a berthing pocket at the Energy Dock Facility in Stanley Harbour on Monday, October 5, in works expected to last about three months, according to a notice to mariners issued by the harbour master.
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Thursday, October 1st 2026 - 23:07 UTC
British foreign secretary reiterates support for the Falklands in meeting with Cheryl Roberts

British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband hosted Cheryl Roberts, a member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, in London on Thursday, and reiterated to her that the United Kingdom “stands shoulder to shoulder” with the archipelago's residents and “remains steadfast” in supporting their right “to determine their own future and develop their own resources”.
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Thursday, October 1st 2026 - 21:33 UTC
Punta Arenas and Falklands businesses hold more than 800 meetings

Business people from Punta Arenas, in southern Chile, and from the Falklands held 822 business meetings over two days, at an event the organisers described as a success and which serves as a prelude to the reopening of a direct sea route between the Chilean city and Stanley, planned for the coming months.
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Wednesday, September 30th 2026 - 23:01 UTC
The Spectator likens Milei's Falklands push to Galtieri's

An opinion column published on Wednesday in the British weekly The Spectator likens Argentine President Javier Milei's campaign over the Falklands to that of dictator Leopoldo Galtieri in 1982, with the difference, its author argues, that the current government is using legal rather than military means. The piece, by law professor Andrew Tettenborn, is an argument of opinion rather than a report of new facts.
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