Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, December 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Conservation important for both Argentine & Falklands Fishery, says Falklands Fisheries Director

  According to the Falklands Director of Fisheries John Barton, an agreement on the conservation of fish stocks in the South Atlantic which will be beneficial to both Argentine & the Falkland Islands, remains a priority when a meeting of the South Atlantic Fisheries Commission (SAFC) begins in Buenos Aires on Thursday.

• Wednesday, December 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  “Discrimination” claims against Lan Chile

  One of Lan Chile's top officials was summoned this Monday to a Santiago court for the company's alleged involvement in a “physical discrimination” case presented by a passenger who last October 26 was impeded from taking a domestic flight to Santiago.

• Wednesday, December 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Whale monitoring in South Atlantic

  A group of Brazilian scientists will be satellite monitoring five “Jubarte” whales (humpback or black whales, megaptera novaengliae) in their travel from the coast of Rio do Janeiro to Antarctic waters.

• Wednesday, December 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Princess Anne in Gibraltar's tercentenary

  Gibraltar's Government House announced Monday that Princess Anne will be carrying out her first official visit to Gibraltar in the coming spring in coincidence with the 300th anniversary of British Gibraltar.

• Wednesday, December 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Cash fund for environment protection in Overseas Territories

  The remote islands of Ascension, St Helena and Tristan da Cunha in the Atlantic, and pristine coral atolls in the Indian Ocean are just some of the unique habitats in the UK's Overseas Territories which stand to benefit from a new £3 million cash fund designed to save precious eco-systems from destruction, it was announced today.

• Tuesday, December 9th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Cable & Wireless reveals US exit.

  Cable and Wireless, the UK-based telecommunications operator, on Monday said it would use bankruptcy laws to exit its ailing US business, selling the US assets to Gores Technology for $125m.

• Tuesday, December 9th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  London Territories talks open on Monday.

  These are mostly structured towards Caribbean policy. This is the first time that Governors have been invited to the OTCC.

• Monday, December 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  FCO insists: no nuclear weapons in Argentine waters

  Great Britain reiterated this Sunday that none of the Royal Navy vessels sunk during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict with Argentina carried nuclear weapons.

• Monday, December 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Fisheries News.

  Headlines:
  Stricter management of coastal fisheries; Chilean salmon exports targeted to increase 10%; Galician canners justify overseas investments;

• Monday, December 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  “Freedom of Gibraltar” for the Royal Navy.

  The Royal Navy will be granted the Freedom of the City of Gibraltar as part of the celebrations of the Rock's Tercentenary year in 2004. Gibraltar Chief Minister Peter Caruana made announcement during the official opening of the Gibraltar Heritage Trust exhibition “The Capture of Gibraltar”.