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Falkland Islands

  • Thursday, April 21st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

    HMS Sussex treasure hunt suspended

    Odyssey Marine Exploration is to suspend its mission to recover lost treasure off Gibraltar from HMS Sussex despite reporting that it has received positive preliminary comments from Spain relating to the shipwreck site.

  • Tuesday, April 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

    Poacher caught in South Georgia must pay £ 300,000

    Fines and prosecution costs totalling over £ 300,000 were imposed Tuesday to a long-liner caught poaching in South Georgia by the Falkland Islands court. South Georgia is rich in the valuable Patagonian toothfish.

  • Monday, April 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

    Falkland Islands oil exploration to resume shortly.

    According to the Directors of the oil company Desire Petroleum there are at least One Billion barrels of oil waiting to be exploited in an area north of the Falkland Islands.

  • Monday, April 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

    Imminent closure of squid fishery.

    The imminent closure of the Auckland Islands squid fishery after a report that it has killed over 100 sea lions this year highlights the need for the fishery to change its fishing method, according to Forest and Bird.

  • Sunday, April 17th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

    New - but old-style - look for historic Stanley building

    THE Old Central Store in Stanley's dockyard is undergoing a face-lift.
    The Store was built in the summer of 1843/44 and was one of the first buildings to be constructed on the site of the new town of Stanley, Falkland Islands.

  • Friday, April 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

    Penguin News Update.

    Headlines:
    Desire aspires to summer drilling; Face-lift for historic Store;
    Briefly: Reaction to illex closure; A royal wedding gift; HM's birthday holiday; Astor is final cruiser; Summer time Ends; Apology.

  • Wednesday, April 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

    Gibraltar Breaking News.

    Headlines:
    Britain's commitment to Gibraltar unchanged; Spain presses for nuclear sub reassurance; MPs urge Hoon to halt Mod reorganization.

  • Wednesday, April 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

    Barton: high seas squid catching undermine conservation

    Unless conservation measures can be extended to the high seas there's always a risk that actions taken in the EEZs are undermined, said Falkland Islands Fisheries Department Director John Barton following the Islands decision to close the Illex squid season as of Wednesday 08:00 hours.

  • Tuesday, April 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

    Falklands' closure of Illex season is official

    Falkland Islands Fisheries Department announced Tuesday the early closure of the Illex season for conservation reasons beginning Wednesday April 13, at 08:00 hours.

  • Monday, April 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

    Falklands' media coverage in UK on show next week.

    An exhibition book of UK media coverage of the Falklands will be on display at Standard Chartered Bank in Stanley next week.


    The publicity has been generated by Keene, the public relations consultancy for the Falkland Islands Government.