Falkland Islands

• Thursday, September 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  VT Group sees H1 in line with expectations, confident outlook for FY

  In a statement ahead of the Nov 14 release of results for the first half, the group said its order book currently stands at 3.5 bln stg.

• Wednesday, September 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  First Executive Council meeting for new Falklands Governor

  The 21st September saw the first full meeting of the Falkland Islands Executive Council (ExCo) to be attended by new Governor, Mr Alan Huckle and in his report of the meeting on the Falkland Islands Radio Station (FIRS) he said that he had enjoyed the quality of the discussion and was looking forward to more.

• Wednesday, September 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Action plan for iconic seabirds

  Urgent action is needed to prevent further declines in dwindling numbers of albatrosses and petrels in the South Atlantic, wildlife groups have warned.

• Tuesday, September 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands take a stand at Travel Mart

  THE 30th Annual Travel Mart Latin America show was held in Panama City between September 13 - 15, 2006 (the third time Travel Mart has been held in this country).

• Sunday, September 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  La Nacion anticipates pressures on Falklands' oil industry

  President Nestor Kirchner inaugurated Argentina's electoral year (October 2007) by downgrading contacts with US president George Bush and tensing relations with the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands, according to Joaquin Morales Sola, one of the country's most respected political analysts and columnist of La Nacion.

• Friday, September 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

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  New pressure to clear land mines; Public smoking ban discussed; Still no consensus on assessing finfish track records.

• Thursday, September 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar agreement lessons for Argentina?

  The signing of a tripartite agreement between the governments of Spain, Britain and Gibraltar has been hailed as heralding a new era in a sovereignty dispute, which has run since 1704 and has parallels with the one that exists between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, September 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Still different views on Falklands Loligo Bio-economic Report

  The September meeting of the Falkland Islands Government's Fisheries Committee, held last Friday, considered a paper produced jointly by the Fisheries Department and the Loligo Producers Group (LPG) on the recommendations of a bio-economic report on the Falklands Loligo fishery.

• Thursday, September 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands finfish quota: still no consensus.

  Last week's meeting of the Falkland Island Government's Fisheries Committee heard that attempts to arrive at a consensus view on the allocation of quota in the finfish and restricted finfish fisheries had so far proved unsuccessful.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Britain 'will miss landmine clearance target'

  Britain was accused last week of failing to meet its obligations under the international landmine ban treaty.