Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, November 29th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  The search for gold and oil goes on in the Falklands

  Mrs Phyllis Rendell, Director of Mineral Resources for the Falkland Islands Government reported this week on the various exploratory activities proceeding in and around the Islands.

• Monday, November 27th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Anglo/Argentine parliamentarians discuss Falklands

  Argentina is studying the Cordoba agreement reached between Gibraltar, Spain and Britain to see if it has any implications for its own long-standing dispute with the United Kingdom over the Falklands.

• Monday, November 27th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Oil industry representatives make summer visits

  A NUMBER of representatives of the offshore industry are visiting the Falkland Islands over the next few
  months.

• Sunday, November 26th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Carol Thatcher to brave protests in Argentina...with film of ”Mummy's War'

  Carol Thatcher is to reveal her mother's most intimate thoughts on the Falklands War in a new documentary which will draw on Lady Thatcher's private diaries.

• Friday, November 24th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  Headlines:
  Islander crash at West Point; Equal fees for students will save ?a serious amount'; Holberg ?stable'; Norwegian Crown in Stanley;
  Community service for DS; New ExCo members elected.

• Friday, November 24th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  New technology threatens ?building blocks' of Antarctic Ecosystem

  Deputy Governor of the Falkland Islands, Miss Harriet Hall, returned to Stanley last week after attending the annual conference of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in Hobart, Tasmania.

• Thursday, November 23rd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Long agenda addressed at OTCC meeting in London

  Corruption, good governance, criminal justice, climate change and human rights were among the several issues addressed by the Overseas Territories Consultative Council, OTCC, which this week met in London at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

• Wednesday, November 22nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands to benefit from lower university tuition fees

  Students from UK overseas territories, including the Falkland Islands, will pay lower university tuition fees next year, ministers have announced.

• Monday, November 20th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Brigadier is a new boss of BFSAI

  Command
  of British Forces in the South Atlantic passed from the
  Royal Navy to the Army as the outgoing Commander, CommodoreIan Moncrieff, formally handed
  over to Brigadier Nick Davies on Monday.

• Saturday, November 18th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Governor Huckle attends OT Council in London

  Falkland Islands Governor Mr Alan Huckle is departing Saturday November 18 to attend the Overseas Territories Consultative Council (OTCC) in London on 21-22 November.