Falkland Islands

• Friday, December 1st 2000 - 20:00 UTC

  Breaking News from FIBS.

• Thursday, November 30th 2000 - 20:00 UTC

  Two Ice Fish Licences Active from 4 December.

• Wednesday, November 29th 2000 - 20:00 UTC

  What Happened to the Wool?

  An annual exhibition which has become a popular shop window for the Falkland Islands attracted an estimated 22-thousand people this year.
  Held every November in a popular entertainment centre in Croydon, near London, it was limited this year to only a week instead of the usual two weeks because Millennium Year pressure limited available dates.

• Wednesday, November 29th 2000 - 20:00 UTC

  Report of the Meeting of Executive Council.

• Tuesday, November 28th 2000 - 20:00 UTC

  Customer Services Marketing Manager Falklands Visit.

• Monday, November 27th 2000 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands Government want ?official' Lan Chile flights.

  According to Falklands Councillors, ?Argentine bureaucracy' is the factor behind the delays in flights conducted by the Chilean airline Lan Chile, reaching the Falklands.

• Monday, November 27th 2000 - 20:00 UTC

  Preliminary squid fishery agreement reached.

  The Argentinean Government and a Japanese commercial mission have reportedly reached a preliminary squid fishery agreement for next year's season, following lengthy meetings.

• Monday, November 27th 2000 - 20:00 UTC

  FIBS Lunchtime News

• Saturday, November 25th 2000 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands Commander and US Ally Condemn European Force.

  The Commander credited with leading British soldiers to victory in the Falklands land battle, Major General Julian Thompson, has joined in the growing condemnation of the proposed European force, along with Britain's principal United States ally in the 1982 Conflict, former Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger.

• Friday, November 24th 2000 - 20:00 UTC

  Warships Home From Circling The Globe.

  On Thursday 23 November a group of Royal Navy ships returns from the Navy's longest deployment for several years. The Royal Navy's Task Group 2000 sailed from UK waters on 7 May and 207 days later they are back, having circumnavigated the globe.