Falkland Islands

• Monday, August 27th 2012 - 05:54 UTC

  Argentina wants to cut Falklands’ squid catches flooding the area with jiggers

  

  Argentina is planning the incorporation of Chinese jiggers to catch Illex squid next season, a decision rejected by the local fishing chambers but which according to the Buenos Aires financial media is linked to the sovereignty dispute over the Falkland Islands and surrounding waters.

• Monday, August 27th 2012 - 04:10 UTC

  Falklands will be present at World Travel Market next November in London

  

  The newly appointed Managing Director of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board (FITB), Tony Mason is in the Islands. Tony will work to continue to raise the profile of the Falkland Islands as an international tourism destination. Among his priorities are having the Falklands present, for the first time, at the leading global tourism trade event in London, World Travel Market.

• Friday, August 24th 2012 - 01:19 UTC

  Desire Petroleum assesses potential of its North Falkland Basin strategic prospects

  

  In an update of the recently completed six well exploration program Falkland Islands’ Desire Petroleum reports it has new 3D seismic acquisition of several of its North Falkland prospects which are currently under evaluation to provide a full prospects’ inventory.

• Friday, August 24th 2012 - 01:12 UTC

  First half of 2012; “very significant development period” for Falkland Oil and Gas

  

  The AIM listed company Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd reflected on Thursday on the progress made in the first half of the year when it managed a significant equity placing and negotiations for two farm-out deals which helped with a cash-balance of over 220 million dollars.

• Thursday, August 23rd 2012 - 20:39 UTC

  Company confirms abundant gas condensate in south Falklands and prepares new drilling program

  

  Shares in Borders and Southern soared almost 20% on Thursday as the company revealed positive findings from the analysis of condensate fluids from its Darwin discovery well in the south of the Falkland Islands where it plans to continue appraisal drilling in 2014.

• Tuesday, August 21st 2012 - 18:45 UTC

  Faklands’ Consolidated toothfish fishery under assessment for certification

  

  Falkland Islands Consolidated Fisheries Ltd has announced that the Falklands longline Patagonian Toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) fishery has entered full assessment for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

• Tuesday, August 21st 2012 - 01:57 UTC

  Re-re-election of Cristina Fernandez fully integrated to the political agenda of Argentina

  

  Several groups allied to Argentine president Cristina Fernandez are actively promoting a constitutional review that would allow re-election for a third consecutive four year mandate. The last Argentine constitutional review was in 1994 when the four-year mandate was introduced with the possibility of an only immediate re-election, thus modifying the six year mandate but with no re-election.

• Monday, August 20th 2012 - 22:30 UTC

  Ecuadoreans march in support of President Correa and Assange

  

  Hundreds of Ecuadoreans marched on Monday in support of the government's decision to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a saga that could help President Rafael Correa if he seeks re-election.

• Monday, August 20th 2012 - 22:28 UTC

  Fears of resumption of clashes with Spain over net fishing in Gibraltar bay

  

  Spanish fishermen expressed perplexity at the announcement by the Gibraltar Government that it will not be granting permission for commercial fishing with nets to be carried out in Gibraltar waters. The controversy has caused several incidents in the bay between the Spanish Guardia Civil and Gibraltar Royal Police and there are fears of a resumption of the conflict.

• Monday, August 20th 2012 - 21:10 UTC

  Royal Navy presents computer images of Type 26 combat ship planned for 2020

  

  The latest design of the Royal Navy's Type 26 Global Combat Ship (T26 GCS), the next generation of warships, was unveiled on Monday. The UK Ministry of Defence has released images showing the basic specification of the T26 GCS, which is a significant milestone in the development of this program.