Falkland Islands

• Friday, October 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

  

  Headlines:
  In with the new...; Worship in our schools?; Chile vows support for Argentine claim; Man guilty of sexual assault; FIGAS remains leader-less.

• Thursday, October 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  UK invites Argentina to jointly work in seabed extension

  

  The United Kingdom reiterated in an open letter published Thursday in the Buenos Aires press its willingness to collaborate with Argentina in continental shelf extension presentations contemplated under the Convention on the Law of the Sea.

• Tuesday, October 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  S. Georgia annual fisheries science cruise moved to winter

  

  In a change from the norm, the annual South Georgia government Fisheries Science Cruise was conducted in winter this year instead of the summer.

• Monday, October 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  South Georgia expects busiest cruise season ever

  

  South Georgia is preparing for the busiest cruise ship season ever which is scheduled to begin October 25th with the arrival of “Nordenorge” with 300 passengers, reports the SG government. However the tourist season starts with five yachts (three of them with expedition groups) due to arrive as of October 11th.

• Saturday, October 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Twenty years of Falklands' presence in UK Party Conferences

  

  Falklands elected Councillors Ian Hansen and Mike Rendell have been pressing the flesh with British politicians at the Labour and Conservative party conferences.

• Thursday, October 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Australia's Billiton shrugs off Argentine legal actions threats

  Resources giant BHP Billiton appears to have shrugged off the threat of legal sanctions by Argentina following the decision to acquire oil and gas exploration acreage off the disputed Falkland Islands according to reports in the Australian press

• Thursday, October 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Cardiff unveiled the Welsh National Falklands Memorial

  

  The first Falkland Islands war memorial in Wales was uneviled in Catahys Park, Cardiff, during a ceremony that gathered hundreds of South Atlantic war veterans.

• Thursday, October 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  New phone service and broadband for Falklands Camp

  

  Falkland Islands Camp residents will have access to a new and upgraded telephone service, offering broadband, from mid-late 2009, according to a Thursday joint release in Stanley from the Falklands government and Cable and Wireless South Atlantic Ltd.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' new oil partner: global leader in resources

  

  BHP Billiton which this week announced it had acquired an interest in 14 exploration and production licenses offshore the Falkland Islands is a leading global leader in the diversified resources industry with an annual turnover of 47.5 billion US dollars in fiscal 2007.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  South Georgia Fisheries Science Meeting

  

  The annual Fisheries Science Meeting of the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) was held recently in the Falkland Islands