Falkland Islands

• Sunday, July 4th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Design contest for Antarctic station.

  A MAJOR international competition to design a new scientific research station at one of the Earth's most extreme environments - Antarctica - is launched this week by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

• Sunday, July 4th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  UK seeks effective Defence relationship with Spain.

  Answering a question from Member of Parliament Lyndsay Hoyle, United Kingdom Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram said that the UK Government is “committed to developing an effective relationship with the new Spanish Government on all Defence matters, including those relating to Gibraltar”.

• Friday, July 2nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  South Georgia transhipment order irritates fishing company; AWG: Memorial was not vandalised; Film to help avoid seabird mortality; Lady Slipper declared endemic; School lessons with a Chinese flavour.

• Friday, July 2nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Bill Rammell MP launches UK Overseas Territories inaugural newsletter.

  “The United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association is an important forum in which issues of interest and concern to the United Kingdom Overseas Territories can be discussed,” says Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell MP, who today will launch the inaugural United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA) newsletter, at the CPA Room in Westminster Hall.

• Thursday, July 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Australia arms vessel to combat toothfish poaching.

  Australian authorities have fitted an Antarctic research ship with machine guns in a bid to increase efforts to deter Patagonian toothfish poachers in the Southern Ocean.

• Tuesday, June 29th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  “Air links: get real Bielsa”.

  “Let's forget fantasy and live in the real world”, suggests a prominent member of the Falkland Islands community in an “open letter” to Argentine Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa following a further authorization by the Argentine government for an Argentine airline to fly to the Islands.

• Monday, June 28th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar Breaking News.

  Headlines:
  Princess Anne arrives in Gibraltar; Spain lodges formal complaint; Cruise issue: UK seeks permanent solution; Spain continues military blockade; Financial journalists invited to the Rock.

• Friday, June 25th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  Ten years of midwinter madness; European funding bid progresses: agreement signed; New oil exploration company for Falklands drilling; More problems forWorld Discoverer; Councillors meet Bielsa; Murder on St Helena.

• Thursday, June 24th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Vessel in “Falklands area” involved in labour dispute.

  A formal request from the maritime agent of the fishing vessel “Globalpesca 1”, currently fishing in the Falkland Islands area will enable the discharge of an injured seaman immobilized since early June, reports Punta Arenas La Prensa Austral.

• Thursday, June 24th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  New oil company to explore offshore South and East Falklands.

  Falkland Islands Holdings PLC (“FIH”) announced this Wednesday that in conjunction with its joint venture partners, Global Petroleum Limited (?Global') and Hardman Resources Limited (?HRL'), that it has reached agreement with RAB Special Situations Fund, a fund managed by AIM listed hedge fund manager, RAB Capital plc (?RAB') to fund the next 12 to 18 months work on their petroleum exploration licence offshore the Falkland Islands.