Falkland Islands

• Monday, September 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  US and Canadian interest in Falklands oil exploration.

  Several North American companies have expressed an interest in Falklands' oil exploration, the Mineral Resources Committee heard last week.

• Sunday, September 12th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar celebrates “self-determination is democracy”.

  Thousands of Gibraltarians dressed in the Rock's national colours - red and white - celebrated their annual National Day last Friday September 10 under the banner ‘self-determination is democracy', reported The Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Friday, September 10th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  Defence Force marches to victory; Falklands/Argentine scientists working together; No presidential visit; Island murder investigation; Bid farewell to Leeds Castle; Arrest made for child assault.

• Thursday, September 9th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Documenting the May 1982 Vulcan air raid.

  Rowland White was just eleven years old when the Falklands War was fought, however the events of 1982 clearly made an impression upon him as, twenty-two years later, he is now writing a book about the Royal Air Force's first bombing raid on Stanley Airport.

• Thursday, September 9th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Pardelhas to be struck off Falklands Registrar.

  Pardelhas Fishing Company which is registered in the Falkland Islands and is involved in several legal disputes in Punta Arenas will be struck off the list of registered companies in the Islands, reported this Wednesday the Falkland Islands Broadcasting Station, FIBS.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands preparing for the coming tourist season.

  The capital of the Falkland Islands Public Jetty is undergoing a face lift ready for the construction of the ?secure zone' for the forthcoming tourist season, exactly half a century after the jetty was initially concreted.

• Monday, September 6th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  South Georgia toothfish inspections went ?smoothly'.

  South Georgia's Director of Fisheries said this week that the island's toothfish season had run smoothly despite some early reluctance by a small number of fishing companies to have catches inspected.

• Monday, September 6th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar: Breaking News.

  Headlines:
  Straw and Moratinos to discuss Gibraltar; Twenty MPs invited to National Day;
  Divers find lost battleship HMS Victoria.

• Monday, September 6th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Antarctic Trust to buy four Falklands islands.

  THE Antarctic Research Trust is to receive a licence from the Falkland Islands to purchase four islands - Brandy, Rum, Whiskey and Sea lion Easterly Islands.

• Sunday, September 5th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands to host Red Ensign Conference in 2005.

  Falkland Islands elected Councillors have agreed funds for the hosting of the Red Ensign Conference in 2005.