Falkland Islands

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.
Thursday, September 17th 2009 - 04:31 UTC
Spanish apology to Argentina for “protocol error” involving Falklands’ delegation

Argentina formally accepted Wednesday apologies from the Spanish government which admitted having committed a “protocol error” on allowing the presence of a delegation from the Falkland Islands in an international fisheries sustainability conference, reports Efe, the Spanish government news agency quoting the head of Argentina’s Fisheries Department Norberto Yauhar.
Wednesday, September 16th 2009 - 21:58 UTC
Argentina protests Falklands participation in fishing summit

FALKLANDS delegates at an important fisheries conference in Spain were infuriated this morning by an Argentine protest against their participation. The First World Summit on Fishing Sustainability is taking place in Baiona, Pontevedra.
Tuesday, September 15th 2009 - 06:24 UTC
Re-sail of Darwin’s global travel calls in Falklands next November

The international project “Beagle, on the Future of Species” a re-sail of Charles Darwin’s global travels which 150 years ago drastically changed the concepts of creation and evolution, but now geared to investigate the earth’s future is scheduled to call in the Falkland Islands next November
Saturday, September 12th 2009 - 10:45 UTC
Rockhopper Exploration joins Falklands’ oil drilling season

Oil and gas explorer Rockhopper Exploration with licences in the North Falkland Basin announced Friday it had agreed terms with a third party energy company for a farm-in to one of the Company’s licences, including support for the costs of drilling one well.
Friday, September 11th 2009 - 11:31 UTC
Fakland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

DESIRE SHARE PRICE SOARS ON BACK OF OIL NEWS.
Desire Petroleum shareholders who have stood by their investments for more than a decade were rewarded yesterday when the news that a rig had been sourced sent shares leaping almost 40 per cent to 89p.
Friday, September 11th 2009 - 11:09 UTC
Number of Malvinas Families next of kin traveling to Falklands is 375

The Malvinas Families members that will be traveling to the Falkland Islands next month for the official inauguration of the Memorial at the Argentine Cemetery at Darwin will be limited to 375 (170 and 205) according to the latest reports from Buenos Aires.
Thursday, September 10th 2009 - 18:46 UTC
Desire signs ‘letter of intent’ for Falklands drilling campaign

Desire Petroleum plc the exploration company focusing on the North Falkland Basin, has announced that it has exchanged a letter of intent with Diamond Offshore Drilling (UK) Ltd for the drilling unit the Ocean Guardian to undertake a four well minimum drilling campaign in the North Falkland Basin.