”We do not mix politics with sport, and the Gibraltar Island Games committee has welcomed Menorca (Spain) into the Island Games family,” Linda Alvarez, Secretary of the Gibraltar Island Games Committee, said at the end of the meeting which was also attended by President Freddy Chappory.
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Highs and lows in Shetland Games; Silence for London; Alvarez for Foreign Ministry?
A Basle (*) inspired, technically imaginative, one shared terminal airport agreement appears to be taking shape as the strongest way forward to unblock the long standing restrictions on the development of the Gibraltar airport.
Shetland Island' Sumburgh Airport welcomed flights from across the globe at the weekend as competitors and supporters flew into Shetland for the 2005 NatWest Island Games XI.
Korean longliner In Sung 66 was fined for fishing without licence in the Falkland Islands Conservation Zone June 23/25.
Anglesey, Wales has lost its bid to stage the Island Games in 2009 and its only rival Aland of Finland was backed by the games' association 33 to 21 during the vote taken in the Shetlands currently hosting the competition.
The author of the new official history of the Falklands War says he feels genuinely uncomfortable that many incidents of heroism displayed by Islanders and others during the campaign are barely discussed in his book.
Falkland Islands farmers begin this week in Stanley a full programme of events in the framework of the Farmers Week.
A competition to design an Antarctic research station, intended to be built on a 150 metre thick floating ice shelf and capable of being moved, is now in the final stages.
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Falklands' support for bombed London; Boys run, row and cycle for veterans' charity; Fishing investigation.