Falkland Islands

• Thursday, June 23rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Upgrade funds for Islanders who house tourists

  Falkland Islanders who house tourists will be offered the chance of a grant to help them upgrade their property, reports the Falklands Broadcasting station.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar Hot News

  Headlines:
  Tripartite talks next July: Gibraltar/Spain/UK
  Middle Ages entrance to Gibraltar found.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  World's navies celebrate Trafalgar, honour Nelson

  More than 100 warships from 35 nations will crowd the Solent, Portmouth, next Tuesday in a spectacular display of naval power marking the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. The Fleet Review, attended by the Queen, will be the first since the Silver Jubilee of 1977.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  International maritime exercise concludes in Scotland

  Scotland said goodbye this weekend to the thousands of military personnel from the 14 nations, 49 ships and submarines and 72 aircraft which took part in the major UK led maritime training course, Neptune Warrior 052, formerly the Joint Maritime Course, which is held three times a year around the coast of Scotland.

• Sunday, June 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Official History Controversy
  Newspaper reports allege Argentine bias

  Suggestions that British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands may be undermined by opinions expressed in the forthcoming Official History of the Falklands Conflict of 1982 are rejected by the British and Falkland Islands Governments.

• Friday, June 17th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  Shearers do the Islands proud at world champs; Falklands upsets Argentina at UN meeting;
  From FIBS to FIRS.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands in UN reject sovereignty talks and claim self determination

  Falkland Islands Councillors John Birmingham and Stephen Luxton addressed Wednesday morning the United Nations Decolonization Committee in New York underlining there is no “sovereignty” issue to discuss with Argentina and demanding the Committee concentrate in allowing the Islanders to choose their own future exercising their right to self determination.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News.

  Headlines:
  Three big “themes” of Spain's foreign policy; Gibraltar's cruise terminal one millionth visitor; Best international finance centre.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  MPA, South Atlantic, where's that?

  SOME Falkland Islanders describe the military base at Mount Pleasant as the “Death Star.” The site actually resembles a cross between a university campus and a light industrial estate - with some Rapier missile batteries thrown in.

• Monday, June 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands Holdings plc

  Falkland Islands Holdings (“FIH”), an AIM listed company operating a range of businesses in the Falkland Islands, and the Portsmouth Harbour Ferry Company in the UK, announces preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2005.