Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, October 20th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Old friends reunited.

  BARONESS Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, hosted two representatives of the Falkland Islands at her home last week.

• Wednesday, October 20th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  First Governor to wed in the Falkland Islands

  His Excellency The Governor of the Falkland Islands Mr Howard Pearce CVO will marry his Dutch fiancée Caroline Thomée on 21 October 2004 in Christ Church Cathedral, Stanley, the world's most southerly Anglican Cathedral.

• Monday, October 18th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Conservation Director to leave.

  The Director of the Falkland Islands principal non-governmental environmental research and protection organization will be leaving the Islands in March 2005.

• Sunday, October 17th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  HMS Cardiff concludes S. Atlantic deployment.

  HMS Cardiff returns from South Atlantic deployment next Friday (22/10) having had a West African school named after her. Sierra Leone president Ahmad Kabbah was so impressed with building work carried out at a Freetown school by 100 HMS Cardiff sailors he renamed the institution in their honour.

• Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  “Penguin News” Voice of the Falklands for 25 years.

  The first copies of Penguin News went on sale twenty five years ago this month.
  Islander Graham Bound sensed a gap in the market and decided a new Falkland Islands newspaper was needed. Penguin News was created and has, save for a few rare silences, been with us ever since.
  October 3, 1979 saw the publication of the first issue of this paper.

• Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar “aspirations and interests” included in UN text.

  In its session this week the United Nations Fourth Committee adopted without a vote the decision calling for a solution on Gibraltar but changing the text for the first time in years.
  It followed Spanish president Jose Rodriguez Zapatero's statement last month when he said that Madrid wanted to hear Gibraltar's voice.

• Friday, October 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  Headlines:
  Connie collects her MBE; Invasive species pose threat to Islands; Celebrate historic wedding with His Excellency.
  News in brief: Promising oil progress; Fishing companies in court.
  Inside Penguin News: Power Station turns; Readers' letters; Governor's wedding plans.

• Thursday, October 14th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Protecting the Falklands from Alien Invasion.

  New Zealand based company Bio Security Ltd has been in the business of protecting fragile environments from alien invasion for over eight years ? in fact partners John Hellstrom and Bruce Simpson pride themselves on being the first to coin the expression ?bio-security' and the first, globally, to register it as their company's name.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Sir Robin leaves after four years of ?engagement' with Argentina.

  Today British Ambassador Sir Robin Christopher turns 60, which is not just a personal milestone but also the automatic end of his diplomatic career under current Foreign Office rules ? early tomorrow he flies back to Britain.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Hot News from Gibraltar.

  Headlines:
  
  HMS Cumberland visits the Rock; Spain-Gibraltar discuss border issues; Gibraltar team to compete in Cadiz league.