Falkland Islands

• Thursday, June 24th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  New oil company to explore offshore South and East Falklands.

  Falkland Islands Holdings PLC (“FIH”) announced this Wednesday that in conjunction with its joint venture partners, Global Petroleum Limited (?Global') and Hardman Resources Limited (?HRL'), that it has reached agreement with RAB Special Situations Fund, a fund managed by AIM listed hedge fund manager, RAB Capital plc (?RAB') to fund the next 12 to 18 months work on their petroleum exploration licence offshore the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Twenty two years on: commemorating liberation.

  A cool but calm and clear day greeted members of the public who gathered to witness the annual Liberation Day parade.

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  International Hague Court “only alternative” for dispute

  The International Court of the Hague is the “only alternative” capable of introducing new dynamics to the Falklands/Malvinas dispute, because “there are no more options for Argentina regarding Malvinas”, states Marcel Kohen an International Law Professor from the Geneva High Studies Institute.

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Wayne Rooney: The “new” Pele.

  Forget Diego Maradona - The 18 year old English 'wonder kind' Wayne Rooney is, according to England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson, the greatest teenage talent to emerge since Pele.

• Friday, June 18th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  Saluting the heroes of 1982; Chief Justice rejects jailed nurse's appeal; Seismic 3D data ready this month; Councillors in Washington; Patrolling Sigma aground.

• Friday, June 18th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Rebuke of Argentine Intimidation.

  The Falkland Islands have delivered a strong rebuke to the Argentine Government for what the Falklands London representative, Miss Sukey Cameron, condemned as “blatant and unprincipled intimidation”.

• Friday, June 18th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' Councillors reject Sovereignty talks.

  Falkland Islands elected Councillors addressing the UN Decolonisation Committee, C 24, emphasized Islanders right to self determination and argued that Argentina's sovereignty negotiations claim means “asking us to change from an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom to a prize colony of Argentina”.

• Wednesday, June 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News.

  An aquaculture feasibility study should be completed in the islands by the end of this year, the Falkland Islands Development Board.

• Wednesday, June 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands and Argentina ready for C-24 Day.

  This Friday in New York two Falkland Islands elected Councillors and the Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister will repeat the annual ritual of addressing the United Nations Decolonisation Committee, C-24.

• Tuesday, June 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar votes Tory for European Parliament.

  Last week as 350 million Europeans participated in elections for the European parliament, for the first time a British overseas territory has voted as part of a UK area.