Falkland Islands

• Friday, July 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  HMS Edinburgh returns to Portsmouth after Falklands' patrol

  

  Portsmouth-based warship HMS Edinburgh returned home on Friday after nine months on patrol around the Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, July 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Rockhopper completes volumetric work in North Falklands' basin

  

  Rockhopper Exploration plc, the North Falkland Islands explorer, announced that volumetric work has been completed on the Company's leads and prospects in licences PL023 and PL024. The work suggests un-risked P50 recoverable reserves of in aggregate 2.5 billion barrels of oil providing encouragement against the backdrop of an easing rig market.

• Thursday, July 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' cricket team winning streak in the heart of England

  

  To the innocent passer-by, the scene at Outwood Cricket Club last Thursday might have appeared to be a typical English cricket match, reports Berkshire.co.uk

• Friday, July 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

  

  Headlines:
  Brave Islanders receive awards; Lack of classroom space causes concern for Education Board; November Pilgrimage.

• Tuesday, July 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  FIC staff opt for save as you earn share option scheme

  Following the success of its previous Employee Share Option scheme which was taken up by 34 members of staff in Stanley, Falkland Islands Holdings Ltd (FIH plc) announced that under the terms of its latest Save as You Earn Employee Share Option Scheme on 5th July 2007 some 55 employees of The Falkland Islands Company Ltd (FIC) in the Falklands were granted an option to subscribe for ordinary shares in FIH plc.

• Wednesday, July 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands rules on refunds for fishing licences

  Among a total of thirty-two papers for consideration by the Executive Council (ExCo) of the Falkland Islands Government this month were a number relating to the Islands' fishing industry, according to a release today.

• Saturday, June 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands admitted to the International Cricket Council

  

  The International Cricket Council (ICC) completed a unique 'century' Friday when it admitted four new countries, Cameroon, The Falkland Islands, Peru and Swaziland - taking its membership to 101.

• Friday, June 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

  

  Headlines:
  Our men in New York; Forty years of loyalty to the Falklands; New bullying claims rock police force; Liberation 'indiscretion'; Health survey results comino.

• Friday, June 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Sovereignty dispute “excludes” Falklands from C24 self determination

  

  The much disputed clause which would have the United Nations General Assembly exclude Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands from the full exercise of self-determination because they are caught in a “sovereignty dispute” was adopted by the UN Committee of 24 this week and passed to the UN fourth committee, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Thursday, June 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Government exhibiting at July Royal Show in Stoneleigh

  

  The Falkland Islands Government will be exhibiting at the Royal Show at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire from 1 — 4 July. In the 25th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict visitors to the show will be able to find out how the Falklands has developed since 1982 into a dynamic UK Overseas Territory which is diversifying its rural economy to achieve sustainable development.