Falkland Islands

• Friday, June 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Baroness Thatcher visits Pobjoy Mint

  

  On Thursday 31st May 2007, Baroness Thatcher LG OM PC FRS visited Pobjoy Mint in Kingswood, Surrey to launch the first coin in the series produced to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Record levels of Illex activity reported in the Falklands

  

  Berkeley Sound in the Falkland Islands, a large natural harbour to the north of Stanley and within relatively easy reach by launch, is where boats fishing within the Islands' Conservation Zones, or on the high seas, come when their freezer holds are full to transfer their catches to larger refrigerated cargo ships or 'reefers'.

• Monday, May 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands split over limits to cruise ship visits

  

  Remarks made about cruise ship tourism made by Falkland Islands Governor, Mr.Alan Huckle, during his recent 'state of the nation' address to the Islands' Legislative Council have brought a mixed reaction from the local tourism industry.

• Wednesday, May 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands new Chief Justice appointed

  On instructions from the Secretary of State, His Excellency the Governor formally appointed His Lordship Christopher Gardner QC as Chief Justice of the Falkland Islands on Monday 21 May 2007. Mr Gardner was sworn in by Acting Governor Mahala Wynns in the Turks and Caicos Islands on 22 May.

• Sunday, May 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Last Falklands' active warship opens to the public in London

  

  The last remaining Falkland Islands warship still on active service is playing host to visits by the public for the next three days to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the San Carlos landings, reports BBC.

• Sunday, May 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  HMS Southampton heading for Falklands and S. Atlantic patrol

  

  The venerable destroyer HMS Southampton is in the early stages of a lengthy South Atlantic deployment where she'll take over from her sister HMS Edinburgh which has spent much of this year on duty in and around the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, May 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands appoints tax expert new Attorney General

  

  The Falkland Islands Government officially announced Wednesday the appointment of Mr David Pickup as its new Attorney General.

• Wednesday, May 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Oil and Gas Limited. Annual General Meeting

  The following statement will be made by FOGL's Chairman, Richard Liddell, at the Company's Annual General Meeting to be held today:

• Wednesday, May 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  'Useful conversation' in Stanley for Argentine Families

  

  Plans for the projected visit to the Falkland Islands in November of up to eight hundred Argentineans took a step forward in Stanley on Wednesday when Leandro de la Colina had what he described as a ”useful conversation' with four of the eight elected members of the local government.

• Tuesday, May 15th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Baroness Thatcher opens Falklands' war anniversary exhibition

  

  Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opened Tuesday an exhibition at the Imperial War Museum North in London to mark the 25 anniversary of the Falklands War. The 81 year old Baroness oversaw the 74 days conflict in 1982 which repelled Argentina's attempt to take over the Islands.