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Falkland Islands

  • Wednesday, September 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

    Action plan for iconic seabirds

    Urgent action is needed to prevent further declines in dwindling numbers of albatrosses and petrels in the South Atlantic, wildlife groups have warned.

  • Tuesday, September 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

    Falklands take a stand at Travel Mart

    THE 30th Annual Travel Mart Latin America show was held in Panama City between September 13 - 15, 2006 (the third time Travel Mart has been held in this country).

  • Sunday, September 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

    La Nacion anticipates pressures on Falklands' oil industry

    President Nestor Kirchner inaugurated Argentina's electoral year (October 2007) by downgrading contacts with US president George Bush and tensing relations with the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands, according to Joaquin Morales Sola, one of the country's most respected political analysts and columnist of La Nacion.

  • Friday, September 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

    Penguin News Update.

    Headlines:

    New pressure to clear land mines; Public smoking ban discussed; Still no consensus on assessing finfish track records.

  • Thursday, September 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

    Gibraltar agreement lessons for Argentina?

    The signing of a tripartite agreement between the governments of Spain, Britain and Gibraltar has been hailed as heralding a new era in a sovereignty dispute, which has run since 1704 and has parallels with the one that exists between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands.

  • Thursday, September 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

    Still different views on Falklands Loligo Bio-economic Report

    The September meeting of the Falkland Islands Government's Fisheries Committee, held last Friday, considered a paper produced jointly by the Fisheries Department and the Loligo Producers Group (LPG) on the recommendations of a bio-economic report on the Falklands Loligo fishery.

  • Thursday, September 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

    Falklands finfish quota: still no consensus.

    Last week's meeting of the Falkland Island Government's Fisheries Committee heard that attempts to arrive at a consensus view on the allocation of quota in the finfish and restricted finfish fisheries had so far proved unsuccessful.

  • Wednesday, September 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

    Britain 'will miss landmine clearance target'

    Britain was accused last week of failing to meet its obligations under the international landmine ban treaty.

  • Tuesday, September 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

    Pharos SG preparing for Falklands' duties

    A vessel originally launched in Port Glasgow by The Queen is back in Greenock, before heading for a new life in the South Atlantic sailing around the Falkland Islands as a Fisheries Patrol, reports the British press.

  • Monday, September 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

    ?Satisfactory results' for FIH

    DAVID HUDD, Chairman of Falkland Islands Holdings parent company of the Falkland Islands Company Ltd, has said the company's operations in the Islands, “have continued to provide satisfactory results,” at the Annual General Meeting held last week.