Falkland Islands

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

  EU closer to an understanding on catches

  The new hake, Norway lobster and sole recovery plan, submitted by the European Commission on Thursday January 15 states that hake vessels operating in Iberian waters will have to reduce their fishing days by 10% annually over a five year period, beginning 2005.

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

  Tories reiterate Gibraltar policy to Rajoy

  Conservative policy on Gibraltar remains unchanged and this was the position put to the leader of Spanish Partido Popular Mariano Rajoy by Michael Howard the Tory leader.

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

  Aznar: “Gibraltar one day will be returned to Spain”

  Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar categorically stated to the American media that Gibraltar will “one day be returned to Spanish sovereignty”.

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

  Rammell statement before Parliament.

  The argentine press gave ample coverage this Tuesday to the British government written statement before Parliament saying that “regrettably, despite considerable efforts it has not been possible to reach agreement with the Argentine Government on opening talks on air services on acceptable terms”.

• Monday, January 19th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Former governors in the “front line”

  Two former Falkland Islands governors currently ambassadors in South America have been in the continent's headlines following threats of possible bomb and fire attacks from radical groups in Peru and Venezuela.

• Monday, January 19th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Councillor R. Edwards no longer linked to “Pardelhas”

  Falkland Islands Councillor Roger Edwards has resigned as director of the Pardelhas Fishing Company, which has been involved in a two-year legal wrangle involving crewmembers who have refused to leave their vessels in Punta Arenas.

• Monday, January 19th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Gibraltar: Blair promises “sensible” agreement with Spain.

  British Primer Minister Tony Blair said he would continue to try to reach a ”sensible'' agreement with Spain over the future of Gibraltar.

• Monday, January 19th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Antigua flagged vessel arrives February with Argentine Memorial

  An Antigua-Barbuda flagged vessel will be carrying the blocks for the Memorial in honour of the Argentine servicemen fallen during the Falklands conflict in 1982 that is to be assembled and finalized in the Argentine cemetery in Darwin, reports this Monday Buenos Aires daily La Nación.

• Friday, January 16th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  
  Charter ban “irrational”; Myriam signs off after 43 years; Seven days of cruise visits; Cause of penguin deaths proven; Hospital drugs arrest.

• Thursday, January 15th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  High seas December squid fishing, a “fiasco”

  The high seas (plus 200 miles) squid catching “crusade” before the official season begins, has proved to be an Argentine government “media show” and a “fiasco”, according to CeDePesca, an Argentine organization for the Defence of Fisheries with offices in Mar del Plata.