Falkland Islands

• Monday, June 2nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina and Britain, “friendly nations”.

  Lord Gareth Williams, Prime Minister Tony Blair's special envoy to President Nestor Kirchner assumption ceremony on May 25 said that Argentina and Britain are “friendly nations, each recognizing the other's position” who have been working and cooperating for several years in all those areas “that we could advance. I hope this will continue”.

• Saturday, May 31st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  “Keep awake this time round” opposition tells FCO.

  GSLP/Libs has condemned any attempt to discuss the sovereignty of Gibraltar between London and Madrid. This follows the news that Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar had written to British Prime Minister Tony Blair asking for a resumption of the negotiations.

• Friday, May 30th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  Headlines: Budget: Healthy surplus forecast; No change to dispute; 'Indecent' material; Clearway continues; Tristars back in July; Inside Penguin News: Full coverage of the 2003 May Ball.

• Thursday, May 29th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Upsurge in Falklands fishing ? Illex catch increases by 80.000 tons.

  Confidence that the Falklands fishery would recover following last year's sensational collapse has been confirmed.

• Thursday, May 29th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Regional News.

  Headlines:
  US market open to Uruguayan beef; Punta Arenas flooded;
  Is Chilean reconciliation possible?; DAP helicopter rescues oil workers; 23% tourists enjoy night life.

• Wednesday, May 28th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Unique ship painting from Falkland's donor

  A unique painting of Brunel's famous liner, the ss Great Britain, has been donated by a woman who was brought up in the Falkland Islands, Mrs Margaret Wilson. It is believed to be the only painting in existence showing the vessel in her final configuration as a three-masted “wind-jammer”.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries security and sustainability must be top priority

  Industry players say President Néstor Kirchner needs to recognise the industry's potential for helping the country to overcome its current socioeconomic crisis and for generating export revenue

• Tuesday, May 27th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  The Governor's annual address to Legislative Council.

  Mr Speaker, Honourable Members of the Legislative Council, Listeners to the Falkland Islands Broadcasting Station, Ladies and Gentlemen:

• Tuesday, May 27th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Santa Cruz man, next Fisheries Secretary.

  Gerardo Nieto, Santa Cruz's Fisheries Secretary since 1994 will be occupying the same job but at federal level under the new Argentine administration of President Nestor Kirchner.

• Monday, May 26th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  “Commercial insertion” and political stability

  A politically stable, prosperous and united Latinamerica based on the ideals of democracy and social justice, a strategic alliance with Mercosur, plus a serious, wide and mature relation with United States and Europe were defined by incoming Argentine president Nestor Kirchner as the pillars of his administration's foreign policy.