Falkland Islands

• Thursday, September 3rd 2009 - 03:21 UTC

  Falklands on route map for 2010 Games in India Queen’s Baton relay

  

  Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is to launch a baton relay – one of the longest in history – in the presence of Indian President Pratibha Patil to lift the curtain on the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, organizers announced this week.

• Tuesday, September 1st 2009 - 19:37 UTC

  British consul in Basra next Falkland Islands governor

  

  British Consul General in Basra Iraq and biodiversity conservation expert Nigel Haywood will be the next Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

• Tuesday, September 1st 2009 - 13:17 UTC

  Argentina ‘environmentally irresponsible’ say Falklands’ strategy writers

  

  Argentina’s lack of action with regard to over fishing in its own waters and on the high seas was described as “environmentally irresponsible” at the fisheries sector of a public presentation on the Falklands Environmental Development Strategy (EDS) last week.

• Tuesday, September 1st 2009 - 03:21 UTC

  Official Argentina committee to organize Malvinas Families trips to Falklands

  

  The Argentine government announced the creation of a specific committee for the organization of the Malvinas families coming trips to the Falkland Islands for the official inauguration of the Memorial at the Argentine cemetery in Darwin.

• Monday, August 31st 2009 - 09:15 UTC

  Gentoos top the penguin charts as seabirds return in record numbers

  

  Gentoo penguins are returning to the Falklands in record numbers, after their best breeding season in more than ten years. Kings, too, continue to thrive, making this season’s Seabird Monitoring Programme one of the healthiest undertaken. Falklands Conservation officer Pierre Pistorius has produced this special report for the Penguin News…

• Saturday, August 29th 2009 - 04:47 UTC

  Argentine Families would like more time at Falklands’ Darwin cemetery

  

  A delegation from the Argentine Families Commission (AFC) said on Friday in Stanley that detailed plans for two services due to take place at the Falkland Islands Argentine cemetery near Darwin next October are taking shape, however they hope to have more time on the ground than is currently proposed.

• Friday, August 28th 2009 - 19:50 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Flights dispute in limbo as diplomatic talks continue

  

  FALKLANDS, UK and Argentine diplomats today remain locked in sensitive discussions as the latest dispute over the next of kin flights enters its second week.

• Friday, August 28th 2009 - 04:13 UTC

  Advance party of Argentine Families holding talks in Falklands

  

  Members of the Argentine Families' Commission arrived in the Falkland Islands Wednesday to carry out a scoping visit in preparation for the Next of Kin visits which are due to take place in October for the official inauguration of the Memorial at the Argentine cemetery.

• Thursday, August 27th 2009 - 08:38 UTC

  South Georgia attracted 7.700 tour visitors during the 2008/09 season

  

  The annual Tourism and Visitor report for the 2008/9 season shows that despite more tour ships than ever visiting South Georgia Island last season, overall cruise passenger numbers fell slightly.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2009 - 09:29 UTC

  Falklands promises “strenuous” efforts in defence of HMS Endurance

  

  Falkland Islands would make “strenuous representations” if plans to withdraw the severely damaged ice patrol HMS Endurance are implemented, was announced during a recent public meeting in Stanley.