Falkland Islands

• Friday, November 30th 2012 - 06:02 UTC

  Seabourn Cruise Line no longer will call at the Falklands, reports Ushuaia media

  

  The Bahamas flagged cruise vessel ‘Seabourn Sojourn’ that on Thursday berthed at Ushuaia reported to Argentine port authorities it has no plans to visit the Falklands/Malvinas Islands according to press reports from the capital of Argentine Tierra del Fuego.

• Tuesday, November 27th 2012 - 22:18 UTC

  Mixed bag for Noble Energy: oil in Gulf of Mexico and plugged well in the Falklands

  

  Noble Energy Inc. (NBL) unveiled a discovery in the Big Bend exploration area in the Gulf of Mexico as it also abandoned another well off the shore of the Falkland Islands that yielded a low-quality reservoir.

• Tuesday, November 27th 2012 - 12:35 UTC

  Poor quality hydrocarbons in south/east Falklands; new round of 3D program begins

  

  Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd. (FOGL) focused on exploration in areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands reported on Tuesday that the well drilled at its Scotia prospect discovered poor quality hydrocarbons.

• Tuesday, November 27th 2012 - 01:40 UTC

  Argentina rejects UK complaints on maritime security regarding the Falklands

  

  Argentine ambassador Alicia Castro rejected at the International Maritime Organization, IMO, British complaints on maritime security in Argentine waters and navigation obstacles for British and Falklands flagged vessels which access Argentine ports.

• Monday, November 26th 2012 - 21:41 UTC

  UK appeals to EU, WTO and IMO over latest Argentine ‘intimidation’ round on the Falklands

  

  The UK is pursuing actions through the European Union, the World Trade Organization and the International Maritime Organization following the latest intimidation incidents from Argentina against the Falkland Islands and which also involve interfering with the free passage of shipping and free trade.

• Monday, November 26th 2012 - 18:46 UTC

  Argentina organizing major diplomatic Falklands “anti-referendum” campaign

  

  Argentina has started a major diplomatic campaign in an attempt to deny success to the Falkland Islands March referendum on its nationals’ political status, fearing the negative international repercussions for its sovereignty claims over the disputed Islands.

• Monday, November 26th 2012 - 07:19 UTC

  Falklands’ March 10/11 referendum, a democratic exercise of self determination

  

  The Falklands referendum on March 10/11 is designed to simply ask the people of the Islands to state clearly their wishes regarding their political status, and this is supported by democratic practice, the UN guiding principle of self determination and even by Ban Ki-moon in recent reports in the Argentine press, said lawmaker Dick Sawle.

• Saturday, November 24th 2012 - 15:34 UTC

  Argentina insists with Malvinas during UN ceremony with Ban Ki-moon

  

  Argentina is strongly committed with multilateralism and trusts in the UN to reach a fair, peaceful and long lasting solution to the sovereignty dispute in the Malvinas issue, said Ambassador Maria Cristina Perceval during her Friday credentials presentation ceremony with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

• Friday, November 23rd 2012 - 20:06 UTC

  CPR confirms potential of Desire Petroleum discoveries in the Falklands

  

  Falklands’ oil explorer Desire Petroleum announced on Friday that the findings of a Competent Person’s Report, CPR, have confirmed the potential of its discoveries offshore the Islands in the North Falkland Basin.

• Wednesday, November 21st 2012 - 08:13 UTC

  Sir Rex Hunt helped change British thinking towards the Falklands

  

  Falklands Governor Nigel Haywood underlined the influence of Sir Rex Hunt on the attitude of the British government and British thinking towards the Falklands, helping to understand that “the lives of the Islanders really had to come first”.