Falkland Islands

• Friday, July 27th 2012 - 05:41 UTC

  Falklands share the full spirit of the London Olympics with torch bearer Rebecca

  

  Falkland Islands residents were able to get into the swing of the lead up to the Olympics this week when one of 8,000 Olympic torch bearers, Commonwealth Games badminton gold medallist Rebecca Pantaney (36) carried a torch to the Islands.

• Friday, July 27th 2012 - 05:34 UTC

  Lisa: CFK scaring its own people with the military routine exercises in Falklands

  

  The editor of the Falkland Islands weekly Penguin News twitted that Argentine president Cristina Fernandez is scaring its own people, regarding military exercises in the Islands, which Lisa Watson underlines are “routine”.

• Wednesday, July 25th 2012 - 20:54 UTC

  Red Cross to again address London over the Falklands Argentine unnamed graves

  

  The International Red Cross pledged it will again contact British authorities with Argentina’s request for special forensic groups to travel to the Falklands to identify combatants buried in Islands’ unnamed graves.

• Wednesday, July 25th 2012 - 18:57 UTC

  Falklands’ Fortuna launched this week its new seafood marketing website

  

  Fortuna, one of the Falkland Islands leading producer and exporter of premium quality frozen seafood launched this week its new seafood marketing website to expand the company’s marketing network.

• Wednesday, July 25th 2012 - 06:36 UTC

  Argentina is making few friends in the oil and gas industry these days

  

  Interview with Sam Logan (*) Angering Spain by seizing and nationalizing a majority of Repsol's shares in YPF and ramping up the rhetoric over the Falkland Islands as exploration deals promise to make the territory a major oil player overnight, Argentina is making few friends in the fossil fuels industry these days.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2012 - 23:21 UTC

  Is There a Solution to the Falklands/Malvinas Conflict?

  

  By Dr. Yoav J. Tenembaum (*) - The Falklands is a perennial red top tabloid favorite. But aside from providing patriotic copy, it is a squabble with serious diplomatic consequences. What to do (or not do) in the case of the Islands remains tricky. Is there a solution?<br />
  Theoretically, yes; practically, no.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2012 - 16:42 UTC

  Falkland Islands black-browed albatross no longer endangered, says ACAP

  

  The conservation status of the Falkland Islands Black-browed albatross could be down listed from endangered based on ground and aerial surveys carried out in 2010, ACAP* Coordinator Anton Wolfaardt reported to the Falklands’ Environmental Committee.

• Monday, July 23rd 2012 - 02:55 UTC

  Olympic Committee “glad” Argentina will avoid politically tainted demonstrations

  

  The head of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge assured he was “glad” that President Cristina Fernández had called the Argentine athletes to avoid demonstrations over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute during the Olympic Games of London 2012.

• Friday, July 20th 2012 - 19:46 UTC

  Falklands ready for a 5 star hotel, says Islands Tourist board director

  

  The new managing director of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board Tony Mason says that Stanley needs a 5 star hotel and anticipates a boom in tourism to the Islands in the next five years.

• Friday, July 20th 2012 - 05:44 UTC

  Falklands after young leaders to attend Youth Parliamentary event in London

  

  Following on the successful experience of this year’s attendance at the UN Decolonization committee, the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly is looking for young Islanders interested in representing the Falklands’ at another political event.