Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, July 21st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islander plans “Hand of Friendship” concerts in Argentina.

  Terry Betts, erstwhile union leader, member of the Falkland Islands Legislative and Executive Councils, prominent local entrepreneur and President of the Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce has turned author and musician.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Report on interview of Dr Colin Phipps.

  Dr Colin Phipps of Desire Petroleum explained to FIBS that although the recent seismic survey conducted by Desire Petroleum was what is known as ?3 dimensional', this was not strictly the case.

• Friday, July 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  Farmers gather for a week of meetings; Argentine families to visit memorial; Agreement at fisheries talks; Shooters need permission; First university results.

• Friday, July 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine private visit to Memorial in August.

  A small group of Argentine next of kin will be travelling to the Falkland Islands in early August for a brief ceremony to mark the completion of the Argentine Memorial at Darwin Cemetery.

• Thursday, July 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar Breaking News.-

  Headlines:
  HMS Tireless leaves Gibraltar;
  SS Rotterdam in Gibraltar for “uplifting”; Tercentenary Art Exhibition.

• Wednesday, July 14th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  South Atlantic Fisheries Commission.

  Joint press statement of the Twenty-fifth meeting.

• Wednesday, July 14th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Island Shipping Users' Meeting.

  Given the scattered nature of the Falkland Islands archipelago, inter island shipping has always been a matter of the highest importance to farmers and so there was a capacity turn out for the first of Tuesday's ?Farmers Week' meetings.

• Wednesday, July 14th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Governor states the British case and issues an invitation.

  On Tuesday morning, Mr. Howard Pearce, the Governor of the Falkland Islands, chose the platform of a meeting organized for farmers by the Falkland Islands Rural Business Association to issue a firm assurance that any attempts that might be made by Argentina to discuss Falkland Islands sovereignty with the British Government would be refused, unless they occurred with the consent of the islanders. “The British Government is going to be very robust on this,” he said.

• Wednesday, July 14th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands Meat Company Review of 2004 Season.

  On Tuesday afternoon, Operations Manager, John Ferguson, treated Falkland Islands farmers in Stanley for the Annual ?Farmers Week' to an upbeat presentation on the operation of the Sand Bay Abattoir, during the 2003-4 austral summer season.

• Tuesday, July 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  HMS Tireless: Spain satisfied with FCO reply.

  Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos expressed satisfaction this Monday with a pledge from British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw that the nuclear submarine HMS Tireless will leave Gibraltar “in a couple of days”.