Falkland Islands

• Saturday, November 7th 2009 - 16:35 UTC

  Successful online marketing for Falkland Islands tourism

  

  The results of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board’s first online marketing campaign in the UK have been outstanding, according to Jake Downing, General Manager of FITB.

• Saturday, November 7th 2009 - 04:16 UTC

  Falkland Islands voters send a clear message

  

  The Falkland Islands election of 5 November presented a clear and stark message. The tiny electorate was fed up with those whom they felt represented them in a cavalier fashion over recent years, and they were being punished.

• Saturday, November 7th 2009 - 01:04 UTC

  ‘Not an easy job’ Falklands Governor warns all new Assembly

  

  FALKLANDS Governor Alan Huckle this morning warned the entirely new Falklands Assembly that the days when councillors could criticise government from the sidelines, “…are long gone.”

• Friday, November 6th 2009 - 13:12 UTC

  Sweeping changes in Falkland Islands general election

  

  The Falkland Islands electorate wanted change, and effectively returned eight new names for the Legislative Assembly on Thursday’s General Election.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2009 - 22:38 UTC

  Falkland Islands votes on Thursday for new Legislative Assembly

  

  Businessmen Sawle tops Falkland’s election online poll.
  RETIRED businessman Richard ‘Dick’ Sawle (55) was earlier today at the head of an unofficial online poll of Falklands General Election voters. England-born Dick, owner of successful multi-million-pound fishing business Seaview Ltd, appears to have captured the hearts of the Stanley constituency with his promise to, “Listen, learn and act.”

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 - 10:40 UTC

  Anglo-Argentine rock band “The Draytones” to play in the Falklands

  

  “The Draytones”, an Anglo-Argentine rock group currently touring Argentina is scheduled to play in the Falkland Islands later this month. The group which was started in 2006 is made up of Gabriel Boccazzi, 33, and three Brits, Luke Richardson, Chris Le Good and Andy Pickering.

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 - 08:32 UTC

  How scientists cracked puzzle of the Falklands wolf

  

  The origin of the mysterious Falkland Islands wolf, which was persecuted to extinction in the late 19th century, may finally have been solved, 175 years after Charles Darwin puzzled over the nature of this curious fox-like creature, according to a piece written by The Independent Science editor Steve Connor on the Monday edition.

• Saturday, October 31st 2009 - 00:12 UTC

  Falklands Fisheries research vessel surveys hake, hoki and grenadier

  

  Falkland Islands Fisheries Research vessel Castelo returns to FIPASS on Monday after two weeks at sea carrying out surveys in the southwest of the Falkland Islands Interim Conservation Zone (FICZ).

• Tuesday, October 27th 2009 - 07:27 UTC

  Rockhopper raises £ 50 million to finance summer drilling offshore Falklands

  

  Rockhopper Exploration, the oil and gas explorer company working in the North Falkland Basin has raised £50 million in a 54p per share placing with institutional investors.

• Saturday, October 24th 2009 - 03:48 UTC

  Typhoons were flown non-stop to the Falklands with support from ten aircraft

  

  Senior officers from the Royal Air Force have paid tribute to squadrons across Britain following the successful deployment of four Euro-fighter Typhoons to the Falkland Islands.