Falkland Islands

• Friday, October 15th 2010 - 22:09 UTC

  Cruise tourist numbers revised up by one third

  

  TOURISM in the Falklands is looking up, with visitor projections far higher than anticipated just three months ago.

• Friday, October 15th 2010 - 06:31 UTC

  G 24 president suggests “a better understanding” on Falklands/Malvinas

  

  Argentina and Great Britain should understand each other regarding the disputed Falklands/Malvinas, suggested the president of the United Nations Decolonization Committee Ambassador Donathus Keith Saint Aimée, who arrived Thursday to Buenos Aires responding to an invitation extended last May by Argentine authorities.

• Thursday, October 14th 2010 - 06:17 UTC

  HMS Gloucester scheduled to call at Valparaíso Expo-naval next November

  

  HMS Gloucester the Royal Navy’s lead patrol vessel in the South Atlantic and currently deployed in the Falkland Islands will be calling in Valparaíso next November to participate at Chile’s Expo-naval.

• Thursday, October 14th 2010 - 06:12 UTC

  Rockhopper planning further drilling in North Falkland basin

  

  UK oil company Rockhopper Exploration said that the recent successful flow test at Sea Lion has confirmed the potential for commercial oil in the North Falkland basin.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2010 - 07:26 UTC

  Falklands’ military operations trigger “formal and energetic” Unasur protest

  

  The Union of South American Nations, Unasur severely criticized the United Kingdom for the announced military exercises with missiles in the Falklands/Malvinas Islands. Argentina claims sovereignty over the South Atlantic Islands which are a British Overseas Territory.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2010 - 01:00 UTC

  UK praises Argentine partnership and reiterates Falklands’ self determination

  

  The UK has a close and productive relationship with Argentina but “we will not discuss the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands with Argentina unless the Falkland Islanders so wish”, said Minister of State Foreign and Commonwealth Office Lord Howell of Guilford during a question period in the House of Lords.

• Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 01:02 UTC

  Falklands’ military tests: CFK complains to UN; UK says it’s 28 year routine

  

  Argentine Ambassador to the United Nations Jorge Argüello confirmed Monday that a copy of the formal verbal complaint to London was channelled to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon as a way of deepening the protest over the military exercises being deployed by British forces in the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 00:57 UTC

  Falklands fishing boat and Argentine Navy “unsettling’ encounter

  

  An encounter between an Argentine Naval vessel and trawler fishing in Falklands waters was described as ‘unsettling’ today by Director of the Falkland Islands Fisheries Department John Barton.

• Friday, October 8th 2010 - 17:28 UTC

  Falklands’ private sector project for an oil industry multi-million port

  

  An ambitious new multi-million pound port development – specifically for the burgeoning oil industry in the Islands – has been proposed for the western coast of East Falkland Islands.

• Friday, October 8th 2010 - 00:06 UTC

  Argentina investigates Dutch company that surveyed in Falklands’ waters

  

  Fugro NV the world’s largest surveyor of sea-beds and deepwater for the mining and oil industries, said it doesn’t believe it broke the law when it carried out work near the Falkland Islands that has become the subject of an Argentine investigation.