At its meeting of January 27th, 2005, the Falkland Islands Executive Council considered a report on importation and quarantine procedures produced by New Zealand consultants, Biosecurity Ltd, which was forwarded to them, for information, after preliminary consideration by the FIG Agricultural Advisory Committee in December last year and reported on by Mercopress at the time.
On Sunday, the British military base at Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands played host to the civilian population at an Open Day.
Our past, present and future vigilance in not allowing Argentina to become involved in any key services to the Islands has and will continue to serve us well.
This country has always welcomed next-of-kin, both from Argentina and the United Kingdom, so I hope that we will respect and welcome them when they come.
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A Place of their own; Helicopter rescue; Ships cruising in; LegCo meets today; SAMA82 members arrive; Tsunami appeal over £20,000; Forces on show at MPA.
The Falkland Islands government's mineral resources department is preparing a draft mining bill to go before the British territory's legislative council, department director Phyllis Rendell told BNamericas.
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Illex catches on high seas better than 2004; Wool label meets mixed reactions; Organic farm receives premium for wool.
The European Commission has formally requested the United Kingdom to abolish the Exempt Company tax regime in Gibraltar by the end of 2010 at the latest because the scheme violates the EC Treaty's ban on state aid liable to distort competition, said an EC spokesman.
If any other country were subject to such economic warfare, the rest of the world would not stay silent. It is time to break that silence.
HMS Endurance, the Royal Navy's Ice Patrol vessel, paused briefly over the weekend on her long passage to Antarctica to meet up with solo yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur in her trimaran B&Q.