Falkland Islands basketball team is getting ready for an international tournament

The Falkland Islands Basketball team will be competing at the Inter Islands Games 2025 in Wales this July. As there is no basketball at this year’s Island Games, the team got a unique opportunity to compete at this tournament instead. The players have been …

Falkland Islands Government launches TV and radio consultation

A public consultation to better understand the use of television and radio services across the Islands has been launched this week. FIG is keen to understand what content Falklands residents access and how they access. The consultation will help to …

Anniversary of the first Falkland Islands stamp

You might not have been aware of this – but Thursday the 19 of June marked the one hundred and forty seventh anniversary of the first stamps being issued in the Falkland Islands. We decided to have a little look back at how they’ve developed over the years …

Falkland Islands students receive the Duke of Edinburgh Awards

Falkland Islands Liberation Day 2025

Last Saturday marked the forty-third anniversary of Liberation Day. This date commemorates the liberation of the Falkland Islands from Argentine military occupation at the end of the Falklands War in 1982. The community got together to remember the heroes …

A Brief History of Nuclear Weapons in the Royal Air Force

For 43 years, the RAF was at the forefront of the UK’s nuclear deterrent, with this mission making up a significant portion of the UK’s Cold War deterrent strategy. The RAF operated primarily in the strategic nuclear strike role from 1954 until 1968, when …

OAS calls for negotiations between Argentina, UK over Malvinas

The Organisation of American States (OAS) on Friday reiterated its call for the United Kingdom and Argentina to resume negotiations "as soon as possible" in order to find a peaceful solution to the dispute over sovereignty of the Malvinas ( …

'I left Shetland to hunt whales in the Antarctic'

James DelaneyBBC Scotland News ShareSave Thousands of Scots worked on board whaling vessels in South Georgia until the industry collapsed in the 1960s Gibbie Fraser was a teenager when he decided the best way to afford a motorbike like his friends on the …

Critical minerals, common values: Ambassador Caucino on India-Argentina ties

His Excellency Mariano Caucino, Ambassador of Argentina to IndiaAt a time when India is actively expanding its strategic footprint across Latin America, Argentina emerges as a vital partner—rich in agricultural products and natural resources, deeply …

OAS unanimously backs Argentina’s claim for Malvinas again

The Organization of American States (OAS) backed Argentina’s claim over the Malvinas Islands in full on Friday, urging the country and the United Kingdom to resume negotiations on the sovereignty dispute as soon as possible. The OAS’s declaration restated …