Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, January 7th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  No response to Argentine “annual ritual”

  The elected Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands has said it attaches “no particular significance” to the sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands issued by the Argentine Government last Saturday January 3.

• Wednesday, January 7th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine War Memorial on the Falklands advances a stage further.

  The construction of a permanent Memorial at the Argentine War Cemetery at Darwin on East Falklands, in memory of Argentines killed in the 1982 conflict, has taken another step forward.

• Tuesday, January 6th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Fisheries News.

  Headlines:
  Chile set to become world's main salmon exporter; Seals consume more fish than humans; Tuna sold for JPY 3.9 million in the first auction of the year; Video instructions to save seabirds; EC Agreement on migratory fish stocks ratified.

• Tuesday, January 6th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  HMS Newcastle joins war on terror.

  Portsmouth warship HMS Newcastle heads for the Mediterranean today to join a multinational force fighting the war against terrorism.

• Saturday, January 3rd 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina calls for resumption of “sovereignty talks”

  The Argentine government ratified this Saturday, as it has been doing for decades, Argentine sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and demanded Britain begins negotiations to solve the conflict in the shortest time possible.

• Friday, January 2nd 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Almost war, 25 years ago.

  In one of its 2003 last editions “La Prensa Austral” from Punta Arenas recalls that 25 years ago Argentina and Chile were in the verge of war, and a last minute intervention from the then newly named Pope John Paul, avoided the full scale conflict.

• Friday, January 2nd 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Governor underlines Gibraltar's own identity

  Spain must understand that there is no point talking to Britain about the future of Gibraltar unless Gibraltarians themselves are involved in shaping that future from the very outset.

• Tuesday, December 30th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Official presentation of the Darwin Memorial

  British Ambassador in Argentina Sir Robin Christopher said this Monday in Buenos Aires that the Memorial to be erected in the Argentine cemetery in the Falklands to honour Argentine servicemen killed in the 1982 conflict was important for the reconciliation of the two countries.

• Monday, December 29th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile prepares for halibut farming.

  The University of Magallanes in Punta Arenas presented this week its first experience with flat fish and the encouraging results of the Atlantic halibut pilot farming project.

• Monday, December 29th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Brazilian polar research.

  “Ary Rongel” the Brazilian Antarctic research vessel mostly funded by Brazilian universities is currently moored in Punta Arenas until January 2 when it will return to Operacion Antarctica XXII.