Falkland Islands

• Friday, June 26th 2009 - 12:54 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Construction team faces a nervous wait; Wind and snow drives cars off the road

• Thursday, June 25th 2009 - 17:10 UTC

  Former Falklands Chief Executive becomes a clergyman

  

  A former Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands government is to become a clergyman in the Yorkshire Dales. Michael Blanch is to serve as curate at Askrigg united with Stallingbusk, according to press reports from North Yorkshire.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2009 - 08:43 UTC

  UK says Falklands should be out of UN non self-governing territories list

  

  The United Kingdom spokesman Chris Bryant said that the British position is that Gibraltar, the Falklands or any other Overseas Territories should not be included on the United Nations list of non self-governing territories.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2009 - 08:36 UTC

  Falklands oil basin open to all companies including from Argentina

  

  The Falkland Islands would welcome more interaction with Argentine oil and gas companies as the search for what could be large offshore oil and gas reserves heats up, Falkland Islands director of minerals and agriculture Phyl Rendell told BNamericas.

• Saturday, June 20th 2009 - 16:25 UTC

  Falklands’ coins to celebrate Darwin’s 200 birth anniversary

  

  The Falkland Islands government is celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Charles Darwin with the issue of special coins from the Pobjoy mint.

• Friday, June 19th 2009 - 14:18 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Adviser urges government to revisit telecomms deal; Ministers lobbied over airbridge price hike; On a quest for the brave

• Friday, June 19th 2009 - 05:10 UTC

  Argentina appeals to “types of force” that pre-empt peaceful solutions

  

  Statement before the United Nations General Assembly 63rd Session, Special Committee of 24 on Decolonisation by the Honourable Janet Robertson, member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, 18 June 2009.

• Friday, June 19th 2009 - 05:08 UTC

  “We have a strong identity; we are Falkland Islanders”

  

  Statement before the United Nations General Assembly 63rd Session, Special Committee of 24 on Decolonisation by the Honourable Richard Stevens, member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, 18 June 2009.

• Friday, June 19th 2009 - 04:51 UTC

  Falklands reasserts self-determination before C24 and calls for new de-listing criteria

  

  Falkland Islands elected representatives called on the United Nations Decolonization Committee to acknowledge the Islanders right and wishes to self determination, based on the ethos and principles of the UN charter, and suggested updated re-examination of criteria for delisting the non self governing territories.

• Thursday, June 18th 2009 - 15:03 UTC

  Argentina has only shown aggression towards the Falklands, says Summers

  

  Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly elected member Mike Summers said the Argentine government has shown no willingness to discuss with the Falkland Islanders and went on to describe Argentina as resembling “a dictatorship with elections”.