Falkland Islands

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

  Growing controversy over the future of HMS Endurance

  

  The Royal Navy has revealed it is arranging for HMS Endurance to be towed back to Portsmouth on a barge. The ice patrol vessel has been out of action since it suffered a major flood on December 16, and is currently berthed in the Falkland Islands, reports the Portsmouth press.

• Friday, January 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Vendée Globe competitors pass by on last long leg of the race; Founder of Desire Petroleum loses fight with illness; Moto-X to make a comeback.

• Thursday, January 15th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Dr. Colin Phipps, a visionary of the Falklands oil future

  

  Dr Colin Phipps, long linked to the Falkland Islands and one of the driving forces behind the promising frontier oil industry passed away in London on January 10.

• Tuesday, January 13th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Wildlife in Falklands Scotland School linking program

  

  Education officers from Edinburgh Zoo have headed to the Falkland Islands to teach local children about Scottish wildlife, according to a report from the News Scotsman.

• Monday, January 12th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands conflict trophy up for auction in Oxford

  A battle trophy taken from a patrol boat after the Argentine surrender of the Falkland Islands conflict in 1982 is expected to reach hundreds of pounds at auction, reports The News from Portsmouth.

• Wednesday, January 7th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Inquiry into Ice Patrol HMS Endurance accident

  

  The Portsmouth press carried a piece on the odyssey of Ice patrol HMS Endurance, now resting safely in the Falkland Islands, while a team of naval and civilian personnel is completing a full survey of the damage suffered.

• Monday, January 5th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  PM Brown calls for Argentine cooperation with Falklands

  

  British PM Gordon Brown praised the new Falkland Islands constitution which enshrines the right to self determination and promised UK continued support for the development of the Islands hydrocarbons sector.

• Thursday, January 1st 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  New Year begins with a new Constitution for the Falklands

  

  January first 2009 marks an important milestone in the history of the Falkland Islands as a new constitution takes effect, providing enhanced local democracy and internal self-government and enshrining the right of self-determination.

• Wednesday, December 31st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  HMS Endurance is being towed to the Falklands

  The Royal Navy ice patrol HMS Endurance left Punta Arenas, in the extreme south of Chile, midday Tuesday for the Falkland Islands pulled by two tugs, according to reports from the local reports.

• Tuesday, December 30th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  UK covered up Falklands dependency Argentine occupation

  

  The British Foreign office actively colluded with the Argentine Junta in the late seventies to cover up the occupation of a remote Falkland Islands dependency, Southern Thule, according to The Telegraph based on newly declassified files.