Sea Lion runs into setback as financing delays Falkland Islands’ $1.4B oil project

Israel’s Navitas Petroleum has put off a final investment decision (FID) for its giant Sea Lion oil project in the North Falkland Basin (NFB), pushing it to the second half of the year for Phase 1 to put a financing plan in place. Sea Lion FPSO and Phase 1 …

Falkland Islands fears erupt as Argentina issues triumphant message over Chagos surrender

Argentina has renewed its calls for the UK government to return the Falkland Islands, following Britain's decision to cede its sovereignty over the Chagos Islands. The UK signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn) deal to hand back the islands to Mauritius in a ground …

Falkland Islands Liberation Day Anniversary from Argentine Occupation, on 14 June

Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 09:04 UTC At 11:00 am a parade and ceremony will be held at the Liberation Monument, in front of the Secretariat building. After prayers the Governor will lay a wreath The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly has released an …

Falkland Islands slaps down Argentina's 'colonial ambitions' in blunt four-word salvo

Argentina’s claim on the Falkland Islands amounts to “colonialism,” and Islanders have had enough of being treated like “a political toy,” one of the British Overseas Territory’s most senior politicians has told the United Nations. At a seminar on …

Falkland Islands reaffirm self-determination at UN decolonization seminar

Rachel Reeves threatens rare nature across the world if she makes one key decision

CONSERVATIONISTS on the Falkland Islands have warned that the Government’s retreat from environmental support there would “be a real concern”. Since 2018, the UK has supported green projects on the rugged remote South Atlantic archipelago by providing …

BVI calls on UK and other Colonial Powers to support self-determination of Overseas Territories

British Virgin Islands (BVI) Special Envoy Mr. Benito Wheatley has called on the nations classified as Administering Powers to set aside their national interests in support of the self-determination of the 17 remaining Territories over which they have …

Falklands, changes to Land Values and Service Provision Policy approved

Friday, May 30th 2025 - 10:23 UTC A uniform un-serviced land rate of £20 per square meter be set for all industrial and mixed-use land, aligning it with the residential land value. Changes to the Falkland Islands Government’s (FIG) Land Values and Service …

Breaking Barriers: Lt Commanders Dilna K and Roopa A Complete Indian Navy’s First All-Women 239-Day Circumnavigation

Lt Commanders Dilna K, from Kozhikode, Kerala, and Roopa A, from Tamil Nadu, have made history as the first Indian women to complete a double-handed circumnavigation of the globe aboard INSV Tarini. Their extraordinary 238-day voyage, spanning over 25,400 …

Remembering the Influential Argentine Critic Beatriz Sarlo

Latin America lost one of its leading intellectual figures in December 2024, when the Argentine writer and critic Beatriz Sarlo passed away in Buenos Aires at the age of 82. Over the course of a decades-long career, she wrote about nearly every major …