Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 08:59 UTC

  Falklands democracy, Select Committee on petition for VSAT License fee on August first

  

  On Thursday August first, at 10 AM in the morning, the Select Committee on the Petition to abolish or reduce the VSAT License Fee for using Starlink, or reduce the fee to a reasonable and proportionate level will be held at the Court and Assembly Chambers, Town Hall.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 08:20 UTC

  Falklands Ranger Guides meet the Speaker of the House of Commons

  

  On Tuesday 30th July, a group of Ranger Guides from the Falkland Islands visited the Houses of Parliament to meet with the Speaker of the House of Commons, The Rt. Hon Lindsay Hoyle MP.

• Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 08:55 UTC

  Argos Georgia, unsuccessful search for missing mariners; nine bodies on Tuesday to be flown to UK for autopsies

  

  As part of the ongoing recovery effort for those crew members still missing from the fishing vessel Argos Georgia, over the weekend MV Pharos SG and one other vessel conducted a search of the datum area. This search unfortunately provided no further results of anyone missing or debris, points out the latest report from the Falkland Islands Government.

• Monday, July 29th 2024 - 08:06 UTC

  Falklands, controversy with Navitas oil company Environmental Impact Statement

  

  Falklands Conservation has published initial views on the Navitas oil company Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and encourages people to comment on the report. This is of course welcome but their statement that essential information on key animal groups is missing, is misleading. It states that ‘the presented seabird data is more than 20 years old’.

• Monday, July 29th 2024 - 07:25 UTC

  Spanish survivors of Argos Georgia back in Galicia and Madrid; search for disappeared continues

  

  The Spanish media have given ample coverage to the return of the six fellow Spaniards who survived the sinking of Argos Georgia in the deep south Atlantic, and have finally been able to join their loved ones after witnessing the tragedy of a shipwreck that took the lives of nine other mariners and four more who remain disappeared.

• Monday, July 29th 2024 - 07:20 UTC

  Argos Georgia company regrets tragic loss of lives, and thanks all who helped in rescue operation

  

  Argos Froyanes, the company that owned the Argos Georgia released a statement in which it underlines that ”the tragic events of Monday the 22nd of July leading to the loss of thirteen of our Officers and Crew have been well documented and communicated by the Falkland Island Government.

• Saturday, July 27th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Argos Georgia tragedy: air and sea search for missing mariners has resumed

  

  On Friday 26 July the Falklands Maritime Authority reported that in the afternoon of Thursday 25 July 2024, the two fishing vessels, the Falklands Robin M Lee and the Chilean Puerto Toro who were involved in the search and rescue operation of survivors from the Argos Georgia arrived into Stanley.

• Saturday, July 27th 2024 - 08:26 UTC

  Argos Georgia: Spanish air force A-330 is waiting in Falklands for survivors

  

  As anticipated a Spanish air force aircraft landed at Mount Pleasant international airport on Friday evening, close to 19:30 hours following a brief stopover in Montevideo, specially sent to return with the Spanish mariners from the Argos Georgia, alive and deceased.

• Saturday, July 27th 2024 - 08:24 UTC

  Argos Georgia tragedy: Falklands government critical of some media coverage

  

  The long extenuating, overexposed incident and tragedy of longliner Argos Georgia during the week has not been without controversy and as such it was pointed out by the autonomous government of the Falkland Islands, epicenter of the heart breaking situation and recovery operations.

• Saturday, July 27th 2024 - 07:11 UTC

  Argos Georgia tragedy: Falklands looking after community's emotional wellbeing following traumatic event

  

  Following the incident involving the Argos Georgia this week, the Falkland Islands government Emotional Wellbeing Service (EWS) would like to reach out to members of the community who may be feeling distressed about what has happened. We have spoken to a number of people from across our community who are feeling very high levels of distress due to the incident. We would like to reassure anyone who is feeling this way that this is a very natural reaction to such a disaster, especially in such a small, close-knit community.