Falkland Islands

• Friday, March 19th 2010 - 15:25 UTC

  Falklands rife with speculation waiting for first oil drilling results

  

  Speculation was mounting this week on news of a potential oil strike as a promised announcement from hydrocarbons exploration company Desire Petroleum grew closer.

• Friday, March 19th 2010 - 03:49 UTC

  Falklands: Taiana certain UK will understand it must sit to negotiate

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana said on Thursday that there has been progress in creating the “political and diplomatic conditions” for the United Kingdom to understand the need for negotiations on the Falkland Islands sovereignty.

• Thursday, March 18th 2010 - 02:15 UTC

  Faklands implements second plan to reduce seabird mortality in trawling fishery

  

  The Falkland Islands recently adopted their second Plan of Action to reduce seabird mortality due to trawling activity. The first plan of action was approved in 2004 following the work of SAST (Seabird at Sea Team), a collaborative project between Falklands Conservation and RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds).

• Wednesday, March 17th 2010 - 12:41 UTC

  New General Manager at Falkland Islands Tourist Board

  

  New Zealander Paul Trowell has been appointed as the new General Manager of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board and will take up his duties on 5 April 2010.

• Tuesday, March 16th 2010 - 21:43 UTC

  Falklands MLAs with greater responsibilities and busy overseas agenda

  

  It is proving a busy overseas season for the Falkland Islands Members of the Legislative Assembly with a full agenda of political and administrative contacts in London, reports Gilbert House, Office of the Legislative Assembly.

• Tuesday, March 16th 2010 - 16:42 UTC

  In spite of bad weather 16 cruise vessels visit South Georgia during February

  

  For South Georgia February was one of the busiest months in the 2009/10 tourist season with sixteen cruise ships and six yachts visiting the island.

• Monday, March 15th 2010 - 18:18 UTC

  Falklands’ on shore Loligo containerisation to improve quality and create jobs

  

  For the first time a whole season’s catch of Loligo Squid will be containerised in the Falkland Islands, an experiment set to improve the product quality and meet world export demands plus generating on-value added activities in the Islands.

• Saturday, March 13th 2010 - 01:02 UTC

  Falklands’ economy poised to expand 5.3% following a contraction in 2009

  

  The Falkland Islands economy is expected to expand by 5.3% in real terms during 2010, following a period of contraction in 2009, which was caused primarily by a poor fish harvest rather than the immediate effects of the global recession, according to the Economic Briefing & Forecast released by the Falklands’ government.

• Friday, March 12th 2010 - 18:21 UTC

  Deminers recover over a thousand mines in Falklands

  

  MORE than a thousand mines have been recovered and destroyed by deminers working in the Falkland Islands. The Falkland Island Demining Programme Office (FIDPO) was established in Stanley in early October 2009.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 19:05 UTC

  Falklands expose Argentine aggressiveness in the British press

  

  The point of view of Falkland Islanders has been included in two leading newspapers in the UK this week, ensuring that British public opinion is aware of Islanders’ position.