Falkland Islands

• Saturday, October 17th 2009 - 00:20 UTC

  Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  The next 19 days will determine the winners and losers in the Falklands General Election—and the path of the government for the next four years.

• Wednesday, October 14th 2009 - 00:41 UTC

  Falkland Islands de-mining contract signed

  

  The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has announced that Battle Area Clearance and Training Equipment Consultants (BACTEC) International Limited has been chosen to carry out the Falkland Islands de-mining project.

• Tuesday, October 13th 2009 - 07:09 UTC

  Eleven candidates expected for Falklands General Election

  

  Eleven candidates are predicted will compete for the eight available seats at the Falkland Islands General Election on November 5.

• Sunday, October 11th 2009 - 11:55 UTC

  Memorial inauguration marks positive chapter in Falklands-Argentina relations

  

  The Malvinas Families successfully closed on Saturday the chapter of the much awaited humanitarian inauguration of the Memorial at the Argentine cemetery in Falklands, which removed an unnecessarily irritating element in the otherwise warm and respectful relations between Argentine visitors and the Islanders.

• Friday, October 9th 2009 - 21:12 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Youngsters on song for charity ball; FIDC board reluctantly accepts freight subsidy; First of two Argentine Next of Kin visit runs smoothly: Pag 3.

• Friday, October 9th 2009 - 12:34 UTC

  Malvinas Families with statue of Virgin of Lujan leave for the Falklands

  

  A second group of Malvinas Familias, estimated in over 200, leave on Friday evening for Rio Gallegos and the following morning to the Falkland Islands for the inauguration of the Memorial in the Argentine cemetery at Darwin.

• Friday, October 9th 2009 - 05:20 UTC

  Rockhopper confirms drilling of two wells in Falklands’ waters

  

  Rockhopper Exploration oil and gas company which operates in the North Falkland Basin confirmed this week it was considering various options, including a share sale, to fund drilling activities scheduled to begin this coming austral summer in the South Atlantic

• Tuesday, October 6th 2009 - 01:19 UTC

  Desire’s un-risked oil prospect in Falklands’ waters over 3 billion barrels

  

  Desire Petroleum prospective un-risked recoverable resources net in Falkland Islands waters are over 3 billion barrels of oil in the company’s ten top prospects according to the recently completed Competent Person’s Report, CPR and released this week.

• Monday, October 5th 2009 - 14:00 UTC

  Malvinas Families grateful to Argentine, UK governments and Islanders

  

  “We are most grateful to the governments of Argentina and Britain for having allowed us to go ahead with the homage, and to the Falkland Islanders for having left aside wounds of the past”, said Malvinas Families head Hector Cisneros at the successful completion of the first of two visits to the Falkland Islands.

• Sunday, October 4th 2009 - 10:50 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ Government at UK Party Conferences

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) will be represented at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester from 5-8 October. Last week FIG was present at the Labor Party conference in Brighton.