Falkland Islands

• Friday, July 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine private visit to Memorial in August.

  A small group of Argentine next of kin will be travelling to the Falkland Islands in early August for a brief ceremony to mark the completion of the Argentine Memorial at Darwin Cemetery.

• Thursday, July 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar Breaking News.-

  Headlines:
  HMS Tireless leaves Gibraltar;
  SS Rotterdam in Gibraltar for “uplifting”; Tercentenary Art Exhibition.

• Wednesday, July 14th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  South Atlantic Fisheries Commission.

  Joint press statement of the Twenty-fifth meeting.

• Wednesday, July 14th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Island Shipping Users' Meeting.

  Given the scattered nature of the Falkland Islands archipelago, inter island shipping has always been a matter of the highest importance to farmers and so there was a capacity turn out for the first of Tuesday's ?Farmers Week' meetings.

• Wednesday, July 14th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Governor states the British case and issues an invitation.

  On Tuesday morning, Mr. Howard Pearce, the Governor of the Falkland Islands, chose the platform of a meeting organized for farmers by the Falkland Islands Rural Business Association to issue a firm assurance that any attempts that might be made by Argentina to discuss Falkland Islands sovereignty with the British Government would be refused, unless they occurred with the consent of the islanders. “The British Government is going to be very robust on this,” he said.

• Wednesday, July 14th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands Meat Company Review of 2004 Season.

  On Tuesday afternoon, Operations Manager, John Ferguson, treated Falkland Islands farmers in Stanley for the Annual ?Farmers Week' to an upbeat presentation on the operation of the Sand Bay Abattoir, during the 2003-4 austral summer season.

• Tuesday, July 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  HMS Tireless: Spain satisfied with FCO reply.

  Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos expressed satisfaction this Monday with a pledge from British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw that the nuclear submarine HMS Tireless will leave Gibraltar “in a couple of days”.

• Tuesday, July 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Start the Falklands Farmer's Week

  Monday 12th July marked the beginning of Farmers' Week in the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, July 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar opposition tells Spain: MYOB

  The Gibraltar GSLP/Liberal Opposition consider that a visit by any Royal Navy vessel to Gibraltar has nothing to do with any foreign country and that the Spanish Government should mind its own business on the issue.

• Tuesday, July 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  One-to-One with Connie Stevens, new Director of Tourism for Falklands.

  Connie Stevens, formerly, Marketing Manager for the Falkland Islands Development Corporation (FIDC) began her interview with FIBS News Editor, Sue Gyford, on Tuesday by admitting that after just one week in her new job she was “still finding her way.”