Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, January 25th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  EC forces end to Gibraltar offshore tax regime.

  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.

• Sunday, January 23rd 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Canadian MPs blast Argentinean “stranglehold” on Falklands development.

  “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.”

• Sunday, January 23rd 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  HMS Endurance cheered Ellen MacArthur

  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.

• Friday, January 21st 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  
  Inquest into Antarctic death opens today; Sex case experts: Defence warns against waste of public money;
  Murrel Rd: is Black Point the answer?; Parent's rep elected;
  Toothfish farming takes first step; Busy cruise week; Tsunami Appeal still growing; Canadians leave tomorrow.

• Thursday, January 20th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  “Rockhopper” joins Falklands' oil exploration.

  In December, the issuing of two new licences for exploration and production by the Falkland Islands Government announced the arrival of a new player in the search for hydrocarbons in the South Atlantic.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  MOD Announce new GIB Commander British Forces

  Commodore Allan Adair RN has been appointed new Commander of British Forces following the shock death of his predecessor David White in circumstances that are still under investigation.

• Tuesday, January 18th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Positive feedback on security zone

  THE new security facilities at the public jetty and FIPASS have been running “very efficiently” and feedback from cruise companies has been favourable, according to the Director of Tourism

• Friday, January 14th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  Passage by paddle power; Sign up for the Falklands' first marathon; Naval escort as Ellen's trimaran passes through; Flood on BAS slip; New face at St Mary's; Tsunami appeal grows; Murrell meeting; Cruise ships this week; Fire inquiry: man ?rebailed'.

• Friday, January 14th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Cause of flight refusal is ?administrative'

  THE Acting Governor says that Argentina refused a private aircraft permission to fly to the Falklands, not due to its destination but because of an “administrative problem.”

• Friday, January 14th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  South Atlantic rendezvous for Ellen

  The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Gloucester has met up with round the world sailor Ellen MacArthur in the stormy South Atlantic west of the Falklands.