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Falkland Islands

  • Tuesday, December 7th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

    Falklands: New Isolation Unit

    The first stage of the work on the Elderly Care Ward, the replacement of the Isolation Unit, is well under way. The new Isolation Unit built, by Mach-Aire in Lancashire, is due to arrive on the 14th December.

  • Tuesday, December 7th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

    Ellen MacArthur Meets Up With HMS Iron Duke

    Lone Yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur had some unexpected company as she headed southwards in mid-Atlantic in her bid to make the fastest time for a single-handed round-the-world voyage. Just two degrees north of the Equator she met up with Royal Navy frigate HMS Iron Duke and Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker RFA Gold Rover.

  • Monday, December 6th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

    Councillors defend overseas trips.

    Falkland Islands Legislative Councillors answered criticism of their business trips abroad with an invitation to critics to stand for election.

  • Saturday, December 4th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

    Anglo-Chilean Chamber of Commerce delegation in the Falklands.

    A small delegation from the Anglo-Chilean Chamber of Commerce (Cámara Chileno Británica) in Santiago left the Falklands today, Saturday, after a week's fact-finding visit.

  • Friday, December 3rd 2004 - 20:00 UTC

    Gibraltar Breaking News.

    Headlines:
    Gibraltar/UK/Spain talks next week; Caruana satisfied with constitutional talks; Gibraltar to vote on EU constitution; GB Airways resumes Heathrow link.

  • Friday, December 3rd 2004 - 20:00 UTC

    Penguin News Update.

    Headlines:
    Record times for athletes; Extra ExCo sessions; Two ?assisting' police; Mail expected today; Quark case adjourned; This week's cruisers.

  • Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC

    South Georgia toothfish quotas down this year.

    Reductions in the levels of allowable catch for toothfish, together with alterations to the way the South Georgia Fishery is zoned, will lead to fewer vessels being licensed this year said South Georgia Director of Fisheries and Deputy Commissioner, Miss Harriet Hall, in Stanley on Tuesday.

  • Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC

    Nelson connection with the Falklands to be commemorated.

    A special coin will be minted for the Falkland Islands to commemorate the bicentenary in October next year of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death in the battle of Admiral Horatio Nelson.

  • Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC

    Long term plans for Falklands port development agreed.

    At the 25th November meeting of the Falkland Islands Executive Council, agreement was reached on the long term focus of port development and port operations.

  • Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC

    Quark pleads not guilty to illegal fishing charges.

    Some of the difficulties occasionally involved in bringing a case to court in the Falkland Islands were aired today, Wednesday, when Hugh Ferguson, legal representative of local fishing company, Quark Fishing Ltd and Spanish company Freiremar AS asked for a further adjournment of the cases against his clients till the end of April or early May.