Falkland Islands

• 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.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Pharos SG preparing for Falklands' duties

  A vessel originally launched in Port Glasgow by The Queen is back in Greenock, before heading for a new life in the South Atlantic sailing around the Falkland Islands as a Fisheries Patrol, reports the British press.

• Monday, September 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  ?Satisfactory results' for FIH

  DAVID HUDD, Chairman of Falkland Islands Holdings parent company of the Falkland Islands Company Ltd, has said the company's operations in the Islands, “have continued to provide satisfactory results,” at the Annual General Meeting held last week.

• Sunday, September 17th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  South Georgia received 5.427 visitors last season

  The number of cruise ships and passengers visiting South Georgia last season was the highest ever, according to the

• Saturday, September 16th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' veteran: “richest sergeant in Afghanistan”

  Caked in mud as he digs trenches and lays explosives intended to thwart the Taleban, he may not look like a man who has a lot of money.

• Friday, September 15th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News

  Headlines:
  New staffing structure for education; MV Pharos IX to patrol South Georgia waters; Morrison workers return from Ascension.

• Wednesday, September 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Conservation grants up for grabs

  The grants of up to £1,000 can be used to assist projects that benefit conservation in the Falklands, through education, such as site leaflets, or through works, such as fencing or tussac planting that help site protection or restoration.

• Monday, September 11th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Councillors Summers from the Falkland Islands talks to gibnews.net

  On September 10th every year Gibraltar celebrates the anniversary of the first referendum, which was held in 1967, as its National Day.

• Saturday, September 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  MPs and Falklands' Councillor invited to Gibraltar Day

  A group of UK MPs and one MEP led by Lindsay Hoyle will be guests of the Government of Gibraltar for the National Day festivities this Sunday 10 September.