Members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly shared a Christmas best wishes message in the last session of 2023. Be it not for defense, which remains a UK responsibility, the eight elected members of the Assembly are in fact the internal government of the Falklands.
Stability and continuity are at the heart of the Falkland Islands Government Budget for 2022/23. The Budget recognizes these two themes are essential in the time of continued uncertainty stemming from the global COVID-19 pandemic and the work on global recovery.
Falklands owned trawlers docked in Vigo, where they normally discharge most of their catches
The departure of several fishing vessels scheduled to leave from Vigo, Galicia to the Falkland Islands squid season, has been delayed because a few crew members tested positive for the coronavirus. Companies involved have undertaken the necessary and isolation measures, reports the local media.
According to the Vigo fishing industry, companies are complying scrupulously with sanitary protocols to ensure that embarking crews are negative to contagion. Controls have discovered some thirty positive cases of the coronavirus, mainly among foreign members who arrived in Vigo a few weeks ago to join the Falklands squid season.