Falkland Islands

• Friday, June 5th 2009 - 13:16 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: ‘A step back for the West’ - SAAS is forced to drop Fox Bay from its schedule; Will Falklands Landholdings split up its farms?; Shackleton joins Ross and Fitzroy at school; Islander abroad honoured.

• Wednesday, June 3rd 2009 - 09:36 UTC

  “Little-known stories” about 1914 are myths

  

  Last week’s Penguin News carried an article by John Fowler, “War veteran publishes little known stories”, about the account by Colonel Tamaño entitled “Historias poco conocidas: Un ferrocarril en las Malvinas” [“Little-known stories: A railway in the Malvinas”], published recently on the Argentine army website soldadosdigital.com.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2009 - 21:40 UTC

  Land-based tourism worth £3.2 million a year to the Falkland Islands

  

  According to the Falkland Islands Tourist Board, overnight visitors spent an estimated £3.2 million in the Falkland Islands in 2008.

• Sunday, May 31st 2009 - 15:57 UTC

  Falklands: Argentine war veteran publishes little known stories

  

  WITH one or two significant exceptions, like the notorious Major Patricio Dowling, our invaders in 1982 were largely anonymous to the citizens of
  Stanley, particularly the ordinary soldiers in their helmets and flapping rubber ponchos.

• Saturday, May 30th 2009 - 15:43 UTC

  UK reaffirms Falklands’ sovereignty on postage stamps issue

  

  Britain stands by its decision to issue postage stamps from the disputed territories of and around the Falkland Islands, according to a letter to the UN secretary-general made public at the United Nations Headquarters in New York this week.

• Friday, May 29th 2009 - 11:29 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Padgett reveals Budget, Deficit announced in line with amended Medium Term Financial Plan; Next of kin to fly in for inauguration;13 year-old supports local team; May Ball colour supplement.

• Wednesday, May 27th 2009 - 01:39 UTC

  UK/Argentine agreement on Falklands’ Next of Kin visit

  

  The UK Embassy in Buenos Aires has announced that UK and Argentine Government have decided to facilitate the initiative of the Commission of the Families of the Fallen to inaugurate the Memorial in Darwin Cemetery on the Falklands Islands.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2009 - 17:59 UTC

  Last surviving Falkland’s warship bows out

  

  The last surviving operational Royal Navy warship which took part in the Falkland Islands conflict of 1982 retires from service tomorrow (Wednesday May 27).

• Saturday, May 23rd 2009 - 15:27 UTC

  Rockhopper claims first gas discovery in North Falklands

  

  North Falkland basin explorer Rockhopper Exploration has reclassified a previous exploration well drilled by Shell in 1998, as a gas discovery and as a result has claimed the first discovery in the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, May 22nd 2009 - 12:22 UTC

  Falkland Islands: weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Captain Miller back at the helm after 30 years; Landing Day commemorated; Councillors prepare to set difficult budget; May Ball tonight.