Falkland Islands

• 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.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2009 - 02:06 UTC

  Foreign Office impressed with Falklands oil security measures

  

  A British Foreign and Commonwealth security consultant whose work will assist the Falkland Islands Government to progress the drilling of offshore exploration wells spent a week in the islands earlier this month.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2009 - 02:54 UTC

  Falklands Next of kin visit “abused”

  

  THE agreement on the Lan Flight carrying Argentine next of kin to the Falkland Islands has been, “…abused by the other side,” stated Councillor Mike Summers at a debriefing for local media today.

• Friday, August 21st 2009 - 11:26 UTC

  Falkland Island: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: ‘Let us help you’ police chief urges domestic abuse victims; Economic Development Strategy goes public; Doyle reports.

• Wednesday, August 19th 2009 - 23:28 UTC

  Falkland Islands Tourist Board launch marketing campaign in the UK

  

  The Falkland Islands Tourist Board has launched an innovative marketing campaign in the UK this week, to help protect the islands from the impact of the economic recession.

• Tuesday, August 18th 2009 - 07:55 UTC

  Malvinas Families will inaugurate Argentine Memorial next October

  

  The Commission of Malvinas war Families confirmed to the Buenos Aires press that the Argentine Memorial at the Falklands’ Darwin cemetery will be inaugurated next October in two consecutive Saturdays. An advance party to coordinate the events is expected in the Falkland Islands at the end of the month.

• Tuesday, August 18th 2009 - 00:40 UTC

  Falklands Patrol Vessel Ready For Action

  

  FALKLANDS Fishery Patrol Vessel Protegat is ready for action since a refit that not only brings the vessel up to UK Maritime Coastguard standards but enhances her fishery protection and research capabilities.On August 16, Protegat returned from Montevideo, Uruguay following a two month re-fit.

• Friday, August 14th 2009 - 09:51 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Boost for Camp ranks on new RDS advisory group; TV blackout to continue

• Thursday, August 13th 2009 - 08:15 UTC

  Whale tooth carved with Darwin’s “Beagle” set to fetch £ 50.000

  

  A whale's tooth decorated by a marine on board the Beagle during Charles Darwin's expedition is set to fetch £50,000 at auction next September 16th, reports The Telegraph. The scrimshaw, a piece of work created by a whaler, depicts two images of HM Sloop Beagle, one when she was at sea and the other when she was beached for repair at Santa Cruz in Argentina in 1834.