Falkland Islands

• Sunday, November 28th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Q2 1,500 cruisers heading for the Falklands

  “Queen Elizabeth II” or Q2 as she's better known with her majestic presence left Saturday midday for the Falkland Islands with 1,500 cruise passengers and 1,000 crew after calling 24 hours in Montevideo.

• Sunday, November 28th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Unique model of the Solar System unveiled in Falkland Islands

  A scale model of the solar system, described as ”unique' by its creator, was unveiled in Stanley on Saturday afternoon by Miss Sukey Cameron, Falkland Islands Government Representative in London.

• Friday, November 26th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  Meet Argentina head on';
  Petition lodged requesting changed Murrell road route;
  News in brief: New child sex charge; Cruise ships this week; House and Camp fires.

• Friday, November 26th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Next-of-kin premier documentary of war and post war Argentina

  Under the poignant motto of “ One is like the memories we chose to preserve” and before a packed auditorium the Families Commission that groups the next-of-kin of servicemen killed during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict premiered its documentary film “Locos de la bandera” “Lunatics of the flag - A documentary on the war and post war in Argentina”.

• Thursday, November 25th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Sheep skin specialist's visit approved

  THE Falkland Islands Development Board (FIDB) has approved funds for the visit from a sheep skin specialist.

• Thursday, November 25th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Three winning designs are announced for a new research station in Antarctica

  Three winning concept designs for a new research station in Antarctica are announced yesterday Wednesday 24 November, at the Halley VI Design Exhibition at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

• Thursday, November 25th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Lone prospector's Falkland gold find leads to AIM float.

  A company is floating on AIM this week that claims it has found gold in the Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, November 25th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Visiting parliamentarians pledge support for Falklands

  That the challenge to the Falkland Islands from Argentina has to be met head on, was one of the messages delivered on Wednesday by a group of British parliamentarians who have been visiting the Islands this week..

• Wednesday, November 24th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Oil tanker aground in Stanley harbour.

  The grounding of a tanker in high winds caused a seven hour drama today in the Falklands on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, November 23rd 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  “Deliberate and calculated attempts at economic warfare” claim.

  President of the Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce, Tim Miller, hit out today, Monday, at what he claimed were deliberate attempts by the Argentine Government to interfere with the development of the Falkland Islands economy.