Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, October 12th 2011 - 06:39 UTC

  Falklands Desire Petroleum and Rockhopper reach farm-out agreement and on new drillings

  

  Falkland Islands Desire Petroleum plc announced Wednesday that it has agreed the terms of a farm-out agreement, subject to the approval of the Falkland Islands Government, with Rockhopper Exploration PLC over the northern section of its Tranche D (PL004) licence.

• Tuesday, October 11th 2011 - 08:27 UTC

  Falklands’ Rockhopper latest well unconvincing but drilling campaign continues

  

  Falklands’ oil explorer Rockhopper said the latest well in its controversial drilling campaign in the South Atlantic Islands has come up dry.

• Saturday, October 8th 2011 - 08:23 UTC

  Argentine proposal to issue coins commemorative of the Fakland/Malvinas War 30 anniversary

  

  The Argentine Congress Foreign Affairs Commission supported a motion from a Tierra del Fuego Deputy for a special coins issue commemorative of the thirtieth anniversary of the (1982) Argentine Islas Malvinas epic geste.

• Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 20:37 UTC

  Falklands have the highest rate of network use in the world, says IMI

  

  According to a report released by the Internet Market Institute, the highest rate of network use in the world is in the Falkland Islands. Taiwan ranked number 35 on the list and was number 5 in Asia, reports the Taiwan News.

• Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 08:18 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government Chief Executive resigns effective next February

  

  The Falkland Islands Government Chief Executive Dr Tim Thorogood has tendered his resignation to the Governor, reported on Wednesday Government House.

• Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 02:32 UTC

  Falklands and Punta Arenas work to establish closer agriculture technical links

  

  Representatives from the Falkland Islands Agriculture Department and private sector visited Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile to establish closer commercial, technical and academic links related to farming development.

• Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 01:45 UTC

  FIFA bribery allegations: Grondona apologizes for ‘unacceptable’ insults about England

  

  Julio Grondona, Argentina's FIFA vice-president has apologised for his “unacceptable” insults about England, David Bernstein the chairman of the English Football Association said. The controversy at the time also involved bribery allegations and the Falklands/Malvinas Islands dispute.

• Wednesday, October 5th 2011 - 16:39 UTC

  “UK will protect the Falklands as long as they want to remain British” says Defence chief Fox

  

  Britain will protect the people of the disputed Falkland Islands for as long as they want to remain British citizens, Defence Secretary Liam Fox said on Wednesday speaking at the annual conference of the ruling Conservative Party.

• Wednesday, October 5th 2011 - 09:13 UTC

  How the Argentine military to save a collapsing regime, planned the Malvinas invasion war

  

  Juan B Yoffre, an Argentine journalist, businessman and politician (he was Intelligence chief for two years with former President Carlos Menem) has written a book “1982” on the Falklands/Malvinas conflict where he reveals how the idea of the military invasion was secretly elaborated and implemented.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:53 UTC

  UK relation with OTs (including Falklands) is based on ‘the choices of the peoples’

  

  The United Kingdom relationship with the Overseas Territories “is based on the choices of the peoples” said Monday British representative Philip Parham before the UN Fourth Committee on Decolonization in response to several statements from Latin American delegates regarding the Falkland Islands and sovereignty discussions with Argentina.