Falkland Islands

• Friday, October 2nd 2009 - 23:08 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Jets are a real drag; General Election signals a changing of the guard; Governor interviewed by Argentina’s largest newspaper (Page 3)

• Friday, October 2nd 2009 - 13:22 UTC

  Image of Argentina’s patron Saint ready for final resting in Falklands

  

  An image of Argentina’s patron saint, Our Lady of Lujan, which during the last five years was taken in peregrination all over the country, will be blessed this coming weekend at her sanctuary in Buenos Aires before been flown to be enshrined at the Darwin Argentine cemetery in the Falkland Islands, according to reports in the Argentine media.

• Thursday, October 1st 2009 - 03:54 UTC

  Falkland Islands de-mining another step closer

  

  Two members of the De-mining Project Office (DPO) being set up by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to oversee de-mining in the Falklands this year, will arrive in the Islands on Thursday.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2009 - 13:37 UTC

  Falklands’ government “integral part” of discussions with Argentina

  

  Even when Argentina ignores Falkland Islanders and the Islands’ elected government and privileges the United Kingdom, “we are always integral part to the three legged discussions” pointed out former member of the Legislative Assembly Andrea Clausen in an interview with the Argentine press.

• Thursday, September 24th 2009 - 11:22 UTC

  Building Falklands/South America relationship playing rugby

  

  A proposed visit by a team of rugby players to the Falkland Islands, scheduled to arrive for a week long visit on December 12, has caused controversy in the Islands, reports the Penguin News.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2009 - 11:06 UTC

  Rockhopper confirms real prospect of multi-well drilling in 2010 in Falklands

  

  Rockhopper Exploration, the oil and gas explorer working in the North Falkland Basin said on Tuesday that it had a very real prospect of taking part in a multi-well drilling campaign in 2010.

• Monday, September 21st 2009 - 06:57 UTC

  South Georgia’s whaling history to the prelude of the Falklands conflict (*)

  

  On September 13th 1909, 100 years ago, the “SS Starlight” arrived at South Georgia with men and materials to erect a shore whaling station. Her destination was a cove in Stromness Bay which became known appropriately as Leith Harbour because the company building the station was Christian Salvesen's of Leith, on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

• Friday, September 18th 2009 - 11:52 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Typhoons have landed; A champion for the cause of first-time home buyers; Argentina snubs Islands delegates at world summit.

• Friday, September 18th 2009 - 08:33 UTC

  The Falkland Islands, “A Penguin’s World”

  

  “A Penguin’s World” is a new title by the publishing house Design In Nature who specialize in aspects of nature and the environment, especially that of the Falkland Islands. This book portrays those amazing birds, penguins, a species, which are a feature of the Falklands and where they breed in large numbers.

• Thursday, September 17th 2009 - 20:06 UTC

  Top marks for South Georgia fishery management

  

  SOUTH Georgia has been marked as the third highest scoring fishery in the world in terms of good management.