Falkland Islands

• Friday, February 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  Falklands ship held in Argentina; Calling the Falklands to sign off for good; This week's cruise ships; LegCo in session today; Ferry service is off to a smooth start.

• Friday, February 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Farewell to historic BBC Falklands programme: Dismay among UK supporters

  The news that the BBC World Service is axing its dedicated and historic “Calling the Falklands” programme has caused dismay and anger among some Falklands supporters in the United Kingdom who believe it is an ill-timed error of judgment by the BBC and the Foreign Office, who finance the programme.

• Wednesday, February 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Encouraging start for export season

  IN his activity report to the Falkland Islands Development Board last week, General Manager of the Falkland Islands Development Corporation Julian Morris said there are, “lots of things happening which in the main are potentially extremely positive.”

• Wednesday, February 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Island Holding plc

  Sales of the Falkland Oil and Gas Limited Shares

• Wednesday, February 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina/UK discuss Falklands' vessel arrest

  The British government “understands” that the Falkland Islands' flagged fishing vessel arrested last Monday by the Argentine Coast Guard was fishing “in international waters” said on Wednesday a spokesman for the British embassy in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, February 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Suspected ?pox' kills 200 penguins

  An unidentified illness has killed penguins in the Port Stephens area of West Falkland.

• Monday, February 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  “John Cheek” escorted to Comodoro Rivadavia

  The Falkland Islands registered fishing vessel “John Cheek” is being escorted to Comodoro Rivadavia after having been boarded Monday morning for allegedly poaching in Argentine waters, according to an official report from the Argentine Coast Guard.

• Sunday, February 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' veteran vessel for sale on internet

  A former Royal Navy support ship that made history in the Falkland Islands conflict has been put up for sale on the Ministry of Defence's equivalent of eBay.

• Saturday, February 18th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Falkland basins seismic to be completed in March

  Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd. (FOGL), the oil and gas exploration company operating in the undrilled South and East Falkland basins, says a 15,000-km 2D seismic survey is nearing completion with just 3,500 km left to record.

• Saturday, February 18th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  New support arrangement for UK's Chinook choppers

  A new contract that will transform the way in which logistics support is provided to the Armed Forces' largest helicopter has been awarded to the Boeing Company by the British Ministry of Defence.