Falkland Islands

• 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.

• Monday, April 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Desire Petroleum Press Release

  Desire Petroleum Monday announces the appointment of Peak Well Management to carry out the well design and drilling project management of the planned 3-well drilling programme in the Falkland Islands.

• Saturday, April 9th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Dispute over sunken treasure offshore Gibraltar

  The governments of Spain and Britain and a private U.S. salvage company are disputing billions of dollars in a treasure believed to be aboard the “HMS Sussex,” which has been resting off the coast of Gibraltar for 311 years.