Falkland Islands

Monday, July 8th 2013 - 06:56 UTC
Falklands is first team to arrive for the Island Games in Bermuda

Bermuda welcomed this weekend the first arriving team for the upcoming Island Games, with the Falkland Islands ten-strong badminton team arriving from Gatwick, London, with many of the team having flown from the Falklands to the UK on an RAF flight.
Friday, July 5th 2013 - 06:58 UTC
Falklands’ on-shore storage for construction of oil flow lines to develop Sea Lion project

Bundled or reeled production flow lines could be constructed on-shore the Falkland Islands for Premier Oil, the UK independent company that is developing the Falklands Sea Lion project and expected to demand an investment of 5 billion dollars with first oil expected sometime in 2017.
Friday, July 5th 2013 - 06:52 UTC
Falklands assesses impact of hundreds of new jobs as it develops the oil and gas industry

A more permanent integrated type of immigration for the Falkland Islands is a strong message that has come out of a consultation with Falklands residents, in the preparation for a socio-economic study of oil and gas development in the South Atlantic British Overseas Territory.
Friday, July 5th 2013 - 05:03 UTC
Calling the Malvinas: Argentine news broadcast in English from Rio Grande

Since Wednesday midnight Radio Nacional from Radio Grande is broadcasting news in English targeted to the Falkland Islands. The news bulletin has been prepared by Radio Nacional Buenos Aires through Radio Argentina al Exterior and will be broadcasted at the break of every day, reports Tierra del Fuego media.
Wednesday, July 3rd 2013 - 11:54 UTC
Interview with Dick Sawle, Falklands MLA

The holding of a self-determination referendum in the Falklands Islands in March this year attracted media attention all over the world. Once more, British democratic culture and the concept of self-determination clashed with government by decree and the use of force to impose a certain political system. Some weeks later, with the Islands out of the limelight but while tensions remain, Help Catalonia talked to Hon. Dick Sawle, one of the members of the local Legislative Assembly.
Wednesday, July 3rd 2013 - 11:45 UTC
Rockhopper: High Court confirms the cancellation of the Company's Share Premium Account

Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the North Falkland Basin oil and gas company, announces that at a hearing today, the Companies Court of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice confirmed the cancellation of the Company's share premium account (“Cancellation of Share Premium Account”). The Cancellation of the Share Premium Account is expected to become effective tomorrow, 4 July 2013.
Wednesday, July 3rd 2013 - 08:00 UTC
Argentina captures a Spanish vessel for presumed illegal fishing in the Argentine Sea.

The Argentine Coast Guard (the Prefectura) has captured a Spanish flagged vessel in waters of the Argentine Sea that was carrying out fishing activities presumed to be without authorisation, Coast Guard sources confirmed to EFE today.
Tuesday, July 2nd 2013 - 18:50 UTC
Falkland Islands Tourist Board Manager talks past successes and future plans

AT the end of his first year directing the Falkland Islands Tourist Board, Managing Director Tony Mason shares the past year's accomplishments and a vision for the future.
Tuesday, July 2nd 2013 - 02:10 UTC
Timerman warns about South Atlantic nuclear threat

Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman ratified his government’s “commitment with nuclear safety” and warned about the continued dangers of “militarization in the South Atlantic Ocean.”
Friday, June 28th 2013 - 07:23 UTC
Falklands Referendum: Voters from many countries around the world voted Yes

By Professor Peter Willetts - In March, 1,513 people in the Falklands voted Yes to remaining a British Overseas Territory and only three people voted No. The Yes vote was a remarkable 99.8% of the voters on an exceptionally high turnout of 92.0%. The orthodox view that British voters chose to remain British is not enough to explain the result.