Falkland Islands

• 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.

• Tuesday, November 30th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  A very British invasion of the Falkland Islands.

  According to the most recent census, in 2001, there were 1,989 persons, living in Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands. As this number includes everyone from babies to the old and infirm, it doesn't take much mental effort to compute that the arrival, all at once, of a further 1,600 people on board the Cunard liner, QE2, constitutes an invasion of significant proportions.

• Monday, November 29th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  “Discreet talks” between Gibraltar and London.

  As the date for Gibraltar's constitutional reform talks with the British Government approaches, Chief Minister Peter Caruana declared that the Gibraltar delegation will be holding “discreet” talks with UK officials next week.

• Monday, November 29th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Pre-Games events day on in Bendigo

  PressRelease
  The Falklands team landed in a heat and drought stricken Victoria on the 24th November to begin their final preparations for the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games in Bendigo, Australia. Roxane Morrison joined the team the day after following some minor hiccups along the way.

• Monday, November 29th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Our democratically elected government is ignored by Argentina, say Falklands Councillors.

  During the Motion for Adjournment of the Legislative Council meeting, two councillors took the opportunity to criticize the Argentinean government for ignoring their existence and the Commander of British Forces issued an assurance that force levels would not be reduced.

• Sunday, November 28th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Q2 1,500 cruisers heading for the Falklands

  “Queen Elizabeth II” or Q2 as she's better known with her majestic presence left Saturday midday for the Falkland Islands with 1,500 cruise passengers and 1,000 crew after calling 24 hours in Montevideo.