Falkland Islands

• Friday, August 19th 2011 - 10:00 UTC

  Argentina to protest Falklands’ oil activities and invites UN C24 president to Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina will file an official complaint against Britain for oil exploration activities in Falklands/Malvinas disputed waters before the United Nations Decolonisation Committee and have invited the C24 president to visit Argentina to hold a meeting on the issue in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, August 18th 2011 - 06:50 UTC

  Falklands’ resumes support for containerized international freight services

  

  The Falkland Islands government and the local fishing industry have promised support for the maintenance of the containerised international freight services, which is expected to resume activities in the coming months.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 22:04 UTC

  Rockhopper raises its estimate of oil in North Falkland basin to 608 million barrels

  

  Rockhopper Exploration PLC upgraded its estimates of how much oil it could find off the Falkland Islands, boosting hopes that the remote territory in the South Atlantic could become a new oil province.

• Friday, August 12th 2011 - 17:37 UTC

  Falklands claims Argentina responsible for ending Southern Blue Whiting fishery

  

  Argentina contributes for the destruction of the species Southern Blue Whiting in the South West Atlantic claim Falkland Islands Fisheries Department scientists and fishing company executives.

• Friday, August 12th 2011 - 17:29 UTC

  Falklands’ Illex: one good season does not transform an industry

  

  Despite a relatively buoyant 2011 Illex fishing season and “some optimism for the future,” one jigging company went out of business and others had problems finding the funds to pay licence fees said The Falkland Islands Director of Fisheries John Barton.

• Thursday, August 11th 2011 - 07:04 UTC

  UN Assembly president and Timerman discuss Falklands/Malvinas situation and Unasur

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Héctor Timerman received on Wednesday the president of the United Nations General Assembly, Joseph Deiss to discuss “the Malvinas situation, Unasur growing presence and the international financial crisis”, among other global issues.

• Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 19:25 UTC

  “Demanding Falklands’ sovereignty talks before anything else, states Argentina’ current default position”

  

  In an interview with the Buenos Aires Herald, Argentine Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli demands that Falklands’ sovereignty talks must be started before any other issues can be discussed.

• Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 07:56 UTC

  Falklands’ appraisal well confirms extension of oil find described as ‘commercially viable’

  

  Rockhopper Exploration said on Tuesday an oil discovery in Falkland Islands waters extends to the west of the original well, adding to hopes that the oil find is large enough to open up a new province in the remote South Atlantic.

• Monday, August 8th 2011 - 20:14 UTC

  Wildlife remains the biggest attraction for visitors to the Falkland Islands

  

  Wildlife remains the biggest draw for visitors considering a trip to the Falkland Islands according to new results revealed by a poll conducted by the Falkland Islands Tourist Board.

• Monday, August 8th 2011 - 03:48 UTC

  For Argentina Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty legitimacy conditions any other negotiation

  

  Argentina is not going to make things easy for Britain in the Falkland Islands and the first discussion, before any other issues are addressed, must be the legitimacy of the Malvinas Islands sovereignty, said Argentine Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli in a Sunday interview by Carolina Barrios published in the Buenos Aires Herald.