Falkland Islands

• Thursday, January 31st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands waiting for majestic QE2 on her final world cruise

  

  The world-famous Queen Elizabeth 2 passenger liner on her final world cruise left Montevideo on Wednesday and is expected to call in the Falkland Islands on Friday. It was her tenth and last call to Montevideo.

• Wednesday, January 30th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  HMS Endurance locates Antarctic wreck of Explorer

  

  HMS Endurance has located the wreck of the cruise liner M/S Explorer, which sank in Antarctic waters last year, reported the Royal Navy ice patrol ship.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands' Stanley Growers experience repeated in P. Natales

  

  Two young Chilean agronomists, one of them having worked in Falkland Islands Stanley Growers, are setting up a similar hydroponics business in Puerto Natales with the purpose of providing fresh vegetables to Punta Arenas and in the near future to the cruise industry.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Group of British politicians to visit Falklands next month

  

  Four members of the British Parliament are to visit the Falkland Islands in February within their role as Commonwealth Parliamentary United Kingdom (CPA UK) Branch Members.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands mines-free: “challenging but technically possible”

  

  The British government is considering ways of clearing about 20,000 mines left on the Falklands Islands after the war with Argentina in 1982 Baroness Crawley told the House of Lords.

• Monday, January 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Lively discussion of Falklands' deep-water port options

  

  Port William outside of Stanley Harbour is proving a popular option with the Falkland Islands business community for a future deep-water port, however environmentalists are less enthusiastic.

• Sunday, January 27th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  South Georgia icefish fishery seeks certification

  

  A South Georgia fishery has become the 50th fishery currently undergoing public full assessment under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable and well-managed fisheries.

• Friday, January 25th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

  

  Headlines: Bad weather = £184k loss; An end to Tamar's delay?; Dockyard project moves on; Dorada's future unclear; Mini Sports this weekend.

• Tuesday, January 15th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Sukey speaks of her “mainland mission” to The Times

  

  Twenty-five years ago this month, in the wake of the Falklands conflict, the Islands Government set up an office in London to represent it in the UK. “Sir Rex Hunt, then Falklands Governor, took me for a drink in London and asked if I'd join,” recalls Sukey Cameron, pictured above left. She did so in 1983 – becoming Representative in 1990 — and there clearly could have been no better choice than this third-generation Falklander.

• Sunday, January 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falkland's London office celebrates 25th birthday

  

  THE Falkland Islands Government Office (FIGO) in London celebrates its 25th birthday next week, making it one of the longest established UK OverseasTerritories offices.