Falkland Islands

Friday, September 20th 2013 - 08:10 UTC
Falklands and oil company discuss temporary port for exploration needs

Noble Energy Falkland Islands Ltd continue to negotiate with the Falkland Islands Government on the construction of a temporary port to the east of FIPASS prior to progressing the application for planning permission, the company’s representative in the Falkland Islands told Penguin News this week.
Friday, September 20th 2013 - 07:27 UTC
Falklands’ referendum, ‘credibility plus’ for Islanders say impressed Panamanian political delegation

The Falkland Islands referendum of last March gave credibility to the Islanders’ position in their political cause according to a multi party delegation of visiting Panamanian parliamentarians, reports the latest edition of the Penguin News.
Thursday, September 19th 2013 - 19:01 UTC
Malvinas controversy: Uruguay Senator sidesteps and swears full allegiance to Argentina

Uruguayan Senator and presidential hopeful Constanza Moreira has clarified some of the concepts attributed to her relative to the Malvinas Islands and alleged Uruguayan sovereignty rights, which received extensive coverage in the Montevideo media and had repercussions in Argentina.
Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 21:33 UTC
Malvinas: Uruguay also considers it has historic sovereignty rights over the Islands

Uruguay has founded claims over Malvinas Islands sovereignty based on international treaties and proclamations dating back to the nineteenth and eighteenth centuries, according to a paper put to consideration of the ruling coalition program draft committee, it was revealed by the Montevideo press.
Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 06:54 UTC
Falklands/Malvinas: Argentina recalls its major UN diplomatic success in 1964/65

Tierra del Fuego media recalled that on 17 September 1964 a United Nations sub-committee unanimously recommended that the “Malvinas case” be included among issues referred to Decolonisation and thus admits ‘the existence of sovereignty dispute over the Falklands and other South Atlantic islands’.
Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 00:44 UTC
South Georgia looking ahead to a promising cruise and visitors’ season

Schedules for the coming tourist season show a significant increase in the number of ships (11%) and visitors planning to visit South Georgia, and a consequent expected increase in tourist numbers (20%), according to the latest South Georgia Newsletter July release.
Tuesday, September 17th 2013 - 07:06 UTC
Falklands’ Desire Petroleum announces interim results and farmout process

Falkland Islands Desire Petroleum announced on Monday its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2013, having posted losses of 1.6 million dollars for the six months to the end of June, down from 1.9 million previously.
Tuesday, September 17th 2013 - 06:45 UTC
Falklands receives visit of lawmakers from Panama’s National Assembly

A group of Panama National Assembly members has arrived in the Falkland Islands for a week long visit. The party is headed by Foreign Affairs Commission president Dalia Bernal and includes Yaniel Abrego, president of the Education Commission, lawmaker Renaul Dominguez and Jorge Gantes legal advisor of the Foreign Affaris Committee.
Sunday, September 15th 2013 - 17:57 UTC
Barroso said Spain denied queues at the Gibraltar border were ‘on purpose’

The President of the European Commission said this week that Europe “would not hesitate to act” if it found evidence that Spanish border checks in the Gibraltar border breached EU rules on freedom of movement.
Sunday, September 15th 2013 - 17:54 UTC
UK confirms plans to privatize the iconic postal service: tough battle ahead

Britain’s coalition government has confirmed plans to privatize the country’s iconic 497-year-old state-owned postal service, Royal Mail, a move fiercely opposed by postal unions who have already suggested they will hold rolling strikes over the sell-off. The sale would be one of the most significant privatizations in Britain since the 1990s.