Falkland Islands

• Monday, January 12th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Malvinas heroes who never set foot in the Islands.

  At least 17 of the 649 names that are engraved in the black marble plates of the Buenos Aires city Memorial to the Argentine servicemen killed in action in the South Atlantic conflict did not die in combat but rather in service, claim former Falklands veteran and former Commander in Chief of the Argentine Army General Martín Balza, and Marcelo Sánchez president of the Committee of Former Combatants.

• Sunday, January 11th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Gibraltar News.

  Headlines:
  Blair will not participate of Tercentenary; Gibraltar constitutional review only with “Spanish consent”; GibTele sues European Commission; Surprise visit of Madrid British Ambassador to the Rock; Trail link between Europe and Africa.

• Sunday, January 11th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  “Restructuring plans” for Royal Navy confirmed.

  The Royal Navy insisted that no decisions had been made about reductions to its fleet, amid reports that it was set to lose four major warships in the next three months.

• Sunday, January 11th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Strong increase in Magallanes tourism.

  The influx of foreign tourists to Magallanes Region experienced a strong 36% expansion during 2003 according to the Chilean International Police and Migration Office statistics.

• Friday, January 9th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  Headlines:
  Memorial moves closer; No agreement reached over charter flights; Charter companies replace Tristar; Malvina House sold; Cruise visits this week.

• Thursday, January 8th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Paedophilic case involves Punta Arenas church.

  The family of a minor repeatedly abused by a Catholic priest will be demanding the Bishopric of Punta Arenas alleging that religious authorities did not collaborate in disclosing the current address of the culprit who was sentenced to jail in absence, reports the local press.

• Thursday, January 8th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Gibraltarians “primary players” of their own future.

  Chief Minister Peter Caruana has declared that there now appears to be a realisation and acceptance in London that it is the Gibraltarians who are the “primary players in all discussions, processes and decisions about our future ? since only we can decide that future”, reported this week the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• 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.