Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  UN C-24 special mission to Bermuda.

  The Special Committee on Decolonisation, the C24, has made arrangements for an upcoming United Nations special mission to assist the people of Bermuda in making an informed choice regarding their future status. It also made plans for a regional seminar in the Caribbean in May.

• Monday, March 21st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands friends gather in London for exhibition opening.

  A DISPLAY of images of the Falklands captured by a man who once served in the Islands with the Royal Air Force are on show at Falkland House in London.

• Saturday, March 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Stanley market garden blames Argentina for loss of revenue.

  Tim Miller, owner of the Stanley market garden and President of the Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce says that the Argentine ban on charter flights to the Falklands, , has hit his sales of fresh produce this summer.

• Saturday, March 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Islands visit a positive experience for Argentine Families Commission Delegation.

  Despite having to spend many hours each day traveling during a week of exceptionally bad weather, even by Falkland Islands standards, the visiting group of directors of the association which represents the families of the members of the Argentine forces killed in 1982 (Comision de Familiares de Caidos en Malvinas e Islas del Atlantico Sur) left the Islands today Saturday in positive mood, satisfied that they had achieved their objectives.

• Friday, March 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  Governor hosts Argentine kin; Andi brings a new sound to The Trough; Elqui: trial date set for April; First Falklands jigger; Marathon this weekend; Cruise liners sailing in...

• Thursday, March 17th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  HMS Endurance leaves Friday for Valparaiso

  Ice patrol HMS Endurance is currently in Punta Arenas loading supplies and fuel plus enjoying a short rest period for the crew before leaving next Friday for Valparaíso and then back to Portsmouth, reports La Prensa Austral.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Airport for St. Helena by 2010

  The British territory of St Helena, in the south Atlantic, has been given approval to build its first airport. The Department for International Development (Dfid) said the remote island - accessible only by ship - should have air access by 2010.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Australia feels powerless about toothfish poaching.

  An Australian fisheries patrol boat was powerless to stop six ships from suspected illegal fishing for the threatened Patagonian toothfish, reports the Federal Government in Canberra.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  “Elqui” charged with illegal fishing.

  The Falkland Islands Court in Stanley informed Tuesday the owners and master of the detained longliner “Elqui”, allegedly surprised poaching in South Georgia's waters that they face three charges each for permitting the vessel to fish without a licence.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Next of kin hold service in Argentine Memorial

  A delegation of Argentine next of kin and close friends held this Tuesday, under persistent rain, the first service ever at the recently built Argentine Memorial in the Falkland Islands Argentine Darwin Cemetery.