Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  South America Breaking News.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands signs Environment Charter.

  In a new drive to protect and enhance the environment for future generations, the Falkland Islands and United Kingdom Governments have agreed to take action on several initiatives which should boost the activities of Falklands Conservation and also Ian Strange's long-standing conservation work on New Island as an “individual environmental champion”.

• Monday, October 22nd 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  EU inspector to check abattoir next January.

  The European Union resident veterinary inspector for Mercosur will be travelling to the Falklands in the second half of next January, the first step in a long ?and expected-- process to enable Falklands lamb and beef to be marketed in Europe.

• Friday, October 19th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  PENGUIN NEWS

• Friday, October 19th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  ?Do you seriously want to be a Councillor'.

• Thursday, October 18th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Ramsar FIRST FOR THE FALKLAND ISLANDS.

  Sea Lion Island and Bertha's Beach are confirmed Ramsar ?Wetlands of International Importance'

• Thursday, October 18th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  How Argentines sank HMS Coventry.

  An in-depth investigation on how four ageing Argentine attack aircraft sank the missile-armed destroyer HMS Coventry at a critical stage in the 1982 Falklands War has been shown on British television in the Channel Four programme “Going Critical”.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands' high profile at UK party conferences.

  Though both the main political parties' annual conferences in the United Kingdom were cut short because of the terrorism crisis and Parliament's emergency debates, two Falklands Councillors, Mrs Jan Cheek and Mrs Sharon Halford, who attended with London Representative, Miss Sukey Cameron, found themselves just as busy as in previous years with a steady stream of Members of Parliament and other delegates to the Falklands stand.

• Tuesday, October 16th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Air carrier USS Nimitz in Cape Horn.

  One of the world's largest vessels, United States Navy nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz last weekend sailed past Cape Horn en route to its base in San Diego, California.

• Tuesday, October 16th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Anglo-Argentine agreement on mines clearance.

  Britain and Argentina have at last agreed formally to go ahead with a joint study to find out whether and how the sixteen- thousand mines left behind in 101 minefields since the 1982 Falklands Conflict can be removed.