Falkland Islands

• Friday, January 24th 2014 - 03:28 UTC

  Falkland Islands cruise ship season looking “relatively healthy”

  

  The Falkland Islands cruise ship season is looking “relatively healthy” to date, according to Sulivan Shipping Tourism Coordinator Samantha Marsh, with a third of the estimated 45,000 (total) passengers scheduled still to visit during February. The season got underway in October and to date 12,300 passengers have landed from 41 vessels of varying sizes.

• Thursday, January 23rd 2014 - 23:36 UTC

  Argentina after Israeli fighter planes; concern in London and Brasilia, says defense expert

  

  Argentina is considering the purchase from Israel of 18 multipurpose combat aircraft Kfir Block 60 after negotiations with Spain for 16 Mirage F1 fighter bombers fell through, according to a report from Buenos Aires daily Clarin.

• Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 - 19:50 UTC

  Stray sheep not to blame for Ardiles Falklands accident

  

  The suggestion that a stray sheep may have caused the road accident in the Falklands involving former Argentina and Tottenham Hotspur stars, Osvaldo “Ossie” Ardiles and Ricardo Villa was refuted on Tuesday by Ardiles’s son Federico in an interview with Mercopress in Stanley.

• Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 - 11:19 UTC

  Malvinas: Timerman happy because region summit will state that the Islands are Argentine

  

  Argentina is looking forward to the coming Celac summit because there will be an overwhelming acknowledgement that the Malvinas Islands are Argentine and the need for bilateral negotiations, as well as a unanimous rejection of the US blockade on Cuba, said Foreign minister Hector Timerman.

• Tuesday, January 21st 2014 - 19:12 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government Press Release: Visiting footballer Ardiles in a road taffic collision

  

  Ex-Tottenham Hotspurs player, Ossie Ardiles, was involved in a single vehicle road traffic collision (RTC) on the Darwin to Stanley road shortly after 1900hours on Monday 20th January 2014. Mr Ardiles is here filming part of a documentary on his football career for ESPN, alongside his friend and fellow Spurs star, Ricardo ‘Ricky’ Villa. Ossie’s son Federico Ardiles also joins the group.

• Tuesday, January 21st 2014 - 19:05 UTC

  Argentine former soccer player Ardiles is 'doing fine' and thanks Falkland Islanders

  

  Ex-Tottenham Hotspur player, Ossie Ardiles injured in a road accident in the Falkland Islands yesterday has thanked Falkland Islanders for their help

• Tuesday, January 21st 2014 - 02:21 UTC

  Argentine and Spurs old soccer stars in Falklands car crash

  

  Falkland Islands Government sources tonight confirmed reports that former Argentine and Tottenham Hotspur star, Osvaldo Ardiles, was among those injured when a vehicle left the road between Darwin and the military base at Mount Pleasant on Monday evening.

• Monday, January 20th 2014 - 22:04 UTC

  Rockhopper finance director steps down but will remain as a consultant

  

  Falkland Islands oil and gas exploration company, Rockhopper Exploration confirmed Monday that its finance director, Peter Dixon-Clarke, plans to step down from his position in early 2014.

• Saturday, January 18th 2014 - 06:16 UTC

  Falklands new Attorney General is expected to arrive next March

  

  Peter Judge MBE has been named as the next Attorney General of the Falkland Islands. Mr Judge, who is scheduled to arrive in March 2014, will succeed current Attorney General Mark Lewis.

• Saturday, January 18th 2014 - 05:41 UTC

  HMS Protector surveying previously unchartered waters off Sandwich Islands

  

  Previously uncharted areas of the Southern Ocean have been surveyed by personnel on board Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Protector. Using its multi-beam echo sounder the ship gathered data off the Sandwich Islands along areas of the Douglas Straits between South Thule and Cook Island for the UK Hydrographic Office to fill in missing data in the Admiralty Charts.