Falkland Islands

• Thursday, May 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Desire Petroleum finds five more prospects

  Following recent interpretation of 3D seismic data Desire Petroleum has found five more prospects in the South Atlantic North Falklands Basin, reported Thursday RNS, the London Stock Exchange news service.

• Wednesday, May 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  “We're happy to be included as EU Overseas Territory”

  President Nestor Kirchner strong policy towards the Falklands plus satisfaction for the Islands inclusion as European Overseas Territories, in spite of Argentina, are some of the issues addressed by Councillor Norma Edwards in an interview published in the latest edition of the Buenos Aires magazine “Gente”.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Mount Pleasant Airport twentieth anniversary.

  This week twenty years ago saw the opening of Mount Pleasant Airport with its 2,950 metres runway in the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, May 9th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands prepares for pilot wind farm

  The Falkland Islands Power and Electrical Section of the Public Works Department have applied for planning permission for a 900 kWe wind farm at Sand Bay.

• Friday, May 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  Fines follow ship's spill; Mastin's Point choice for Murrel road route; Custody could follow attack; Court correction: Yon not guilty; Sheffield veteran returns.

• Friday, May 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Tony Blair wins record 3rd straight term

  British Prime Minister Tony Blair won a historic third successive term in power, but early results showed that the Labor Party's majority was cut by more than half.

• Thursday, May 5th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Reefer fined for spillage towed to Montevideo

  The owner and master of the reefer Nova Scotia operating in the Falkland Islands have pleaded guilty to failing to report to Stanley's Harbour Master oil or oil residue or a mixture containing oil, which escaped into Berkley Sound.

• Thursday, May 5th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Madrid upgrades border crossing with Gibraltar

  The Spanish Government announced a major investment to upgrade and modernise facilities at the La Linea frontier with Gibraltar both in the Customs and Police sections. According to information from the Ministerio de Hacienda published in Spain's Official Gazette, over a million Euros (1.138.828, 35 Euros) have been earmarked for the project.

• Thursday, May 5th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Ceremony at Cenotaph will mark 60th Anniversary of Victory in Europe

  At 1020 hrs on Sunday 8 May 2005, HRH the Prince of Wales, will lay a wreath at the Cenotaph in Whitehall to mark the 60th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day.

• Thursday, May 5th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Decision day as Britons go to polls

  Voters have started to go to the polls in the General Election which will decide whether Tony Blair wins a historic third term for Labour.