Falkland Islands

Thursday, September 24th 2009 - 11:22 UTC
Building Falklands/South America relationship playing rugby

A proposed visit by a team of rugby players to the Falkland Islands, scheduled to arrive for a week long visit on December 12, has caused controversy in the Islands, reports the Penguin News.
Wednesday, September 23rd 2009 - 11:06 UTC
Rockhopper confirms real prospect of multi-well drilling in 2010 in Falklands

Rockhopper Exploration, the oil and gas explorer working in the North Falkland Basin said on Tuesday that it had a very real prospect of taking part in a multi-well drilling campaign in 2010.
Monday, September 21st 2009 - 06:57 UTC
South Georgia’s whaling history to the prelude of the Falklands conflict (*)

On September 13th 1909, 100 years ago, the “SS Starlight” arrived at South Georgia with men and materials to erect a shore whaling station. Her destination was a cove in Stromness Bay which became known appropriately as Leith Harbour because the company building the station was Christian Salvesen's of Leith, on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
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.