Kiwi kayakers are first around South Georgia;
Serviceman killed in road accident; Veterans to visit;
News in Brief:
Policemen suspended; Beauchene shop closing; Multanovskiy tomorrow.
Describing Gibraltar as an extremely sensitive issue for Spain, Director General for European Affairs Jose Pons declared that we had never been as close to an agreement as we were at the time of the 2002 joint sovereignty negotiations.
Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce president and former Councillor Tim Miller last week visited Uruguay to re-establish business links and the long standing friendship with the city of Montevideo, which until three decades ago was the Islands main link to the rest of the world.
The following arrangements have been made for Sunday 13th November 2005, Remembrance Sunday.
Spain's refusal to allow last Wednesday's diverted Monarch Air flight to go straight to Gibraltar airport from Malaga does not reflect any change of policy on Spain's part, according to Jose Pons, the Spanish Foreign Ministry's Director for Europe, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.
Ice patrol ship HMS Endurance leaves Portsmouth today for her annual six-month deployment better equipped than ever ? and she will carry out, among other things, work that will help scientists study the impact of the Antarctic's melting ice cap.
Headlines:
More delays for Murrell road?; General Election candidates confirmed; Forbes/FIG dispute: ?an end is in sight'; Solo cruise liner this week.
According to a survey conducted by the Falkland Islands Tourist Board half of the cruise vessel passengers who take a cruise to Southern South Atlantic countries, do so because the Falkland Islands is on the itinerary.
THE prospect of exporting beef was discussed at the recent meeting of the Falkland Islands Development Board (FIDB).
The Daily Telegraph, Britain's best selling quality daily, has highlighted the role the Gibraltar Chronicle played in reporting Lord Nelson's famous victory at Trafalgar. In a two page special a facsimile of the original is reproduced and the story told of how news broke.