Falkland Islands

• Friday, July 8th 2011 - 01:12 UTC

  Falkland Islands s plans to make immigration policy more flexible

  

  Becoming a resident in the Falkland Islands could soon be made easier if a paper recommending changes to the current immigration policy and points system is approved by Members of the Legislative Assembly next month.

• Thursday, July 7th 2011 - 21:03 UTC

  Streep/Thatcher in ‘The Iron Lady’, promises to be a win-win blend

  

  The first trailer for “The Iron Lady” has been released giving a glimpse of Meryl Streep as British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and from the looks of it the Oscar winning actress might have what it takes to convince audiences that she can step into the Baroness' shoes.

• Thursday, July 7th 2011 - 17:26 UTC

  Falklands’ capital Stanley expands: 34 new housing plots for residents

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has announced support for a new phase of work, which should help to alleviate the housing shortage in Stanley. Lack of home ownership, especially for those on lower incomes has been a problem in the capital for many years.

• Thursday, July 7th 2011 - 16:37 UTC

  Falklands Rockhopper contracts further drilling of four wells

  

  Rockhopper Exploration plc announced on Thursday a further drilling of four wells offshore the Falkland Islands. The first of them, 14/10-6, will be the third appraisal well on the Sea Lion feature where the discovery of oil at commercial rate has been confirmed.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2011 - 16:29 UTC

  How seafood, oil and tourism made ’squidionaires’ and the Falklands’ rich

  

  Caroline Graham from London's Mail on Sunday visited the Falkland Islands for a week and chance had it she arrived when a commercial oil strike was announced by one of the several companies exploring offshore the Islands.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2011 - 15:21 UTC

  Falklands’ Argos fast-track 3D processing anticipate drilling in late 2011/2012

  

  Falkland Islands Argos Resources Limited reports encouraging progress on the processing and interpretation of its recently acquired 3D seismic data over its 100% owned licence PL001 in the North Falkland basin. With fast track processing of the 3D data Argos could be ready for exploratory drilling in late 2011/2012.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2011 - 15:14 UTC

  Rockhopper considers options to extract and store oil from Falklands’ Sea Lion well

  

  Rockhopper Exploration is looking at some form of floating platform as the likeliest option to produce its Sea Lion oil and gas discovery offshore the Falkland Islands. But the company wants to complete delineation of the field before progressing to the front-end engineering and design (FEED) stage, reports Offshore.

• Friday, July 1st 2011 - 07:12 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Rockhopper Exploration plc PR

  

  Rockhopper Exploration, the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, is pleased to announce results for the twelve months ended 31 March 2011.

• Wednesday, June 29th 2011 - 22:48 UTC

  Falkland Islands well defended and world opinion tide is on ‘our favour’, says MLA Sawle

  

  The Falklands are well defended, much better than in 1982, and the international opinion tide is turning “on our favour” said Dick Sawle, elected member of the Falklands’ Legislative Assembly recently back from a round of political contacts in New York and Washington.

• Wednesday, June 29th 2011 - 06:35 UTC

  Argentine election fever: minister accuses UK of keeping hostage “2000 Falklands’ Islanders”

  

  In the midst of Argentina’s campaign for the October presidential election, Defence minister Arturo Puricelli accused the UK of using military force to keep “the Falkland Islanders as hostages” and said Argentina won’t fall prey of “militaristic” provocations.