Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 18:16 UTC

  Falkland Islands fishing industry unconcerned about Argentine interference

  

  DUE to planned port developments in the Falkland Islands, fishery executives there appear unworried by Argentina’s most recent attempt to interfere in their fishing industry.

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:26 UTC

  Eurofighter Typhoon ejection seats modified following a fatal accident

  

  Britain's Royal Air Force has modified the ejection seat harnesses on its Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft following a fatal accident in Spain, the Ministry of Defense said Monday.

• Tuesday, September 21st 2010 - 01:54 UTC

  Argentina denies “innocent pass” to Spanish trawler sailing from Falklands

  

  A Spanish flagged trawler that operates in Falkland Islands waters and was heading to Montevideo to unload 700 tons of fish was denied “innocent pass” through Argentine waters and had to steam an additional 17 hours at a cost of 7.000 litres of fuel.

• Tuesday, September 21st 2010 - 01:19 UTC

  Uruguay bans docking permit to Royal Navy vessel heading for the Falklands

  

  HMS Gloucester, the Royal Navy South Atlantic patrol was banned from entering Montevideo for supplies and fuel, just a few hours before docking and in spite of having been authorized several days before to call in at Uruguay’s capital port.

• Monday, September 20th 2010 - 23:33 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner scheduled to address UN assembly Friday

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is expected in New York Wednesday to meet an intensive agenda that includes addressing the UN General Assembly next Friday when a strong call for Falklands/Malvinas negotiations is expected.

• Friday, September 17th 2010 - 20:43 UTC

  Rockhopper declares Falklands’ oil discovery will be commercially viable

  

  Rockhopper Exploration (RKH.L) said it believed its oil discovery offshore the Falklands Islands will be commercially viable. A test at the Sea Lion 1 well in the North Falkland basin produced sustained rates of over 2,000 barrels of oil per day, in line with its hopes, Rockhopper said in a statement on Friday.

• Wednesday, September 15th 2010 - 05:44 UTC

  Argentine militants demand return of Falklands’ war booty docked in Buenos Aires

  

  Argentine extreme militants belonging to a self proclaimed “Patriotic resistance” have taken over the Panama flagged Audax II docked in the port of Buenos Aires, which they allege was originally Argentine but lost to the British during the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict.

• Tuesday, September 14th 2010 - 14:25 UTC

  Falklands’ oil and Argentina: “the potential prize made the risk worth taking”

  

  Alan Huckle retires this month as Governor of the Falkland Island. In an interview with Mercopress Mr. Huckle recalls some of the outstanding events of his mandate: a solemn, dignified 25th anniversary of the 1982 conflict; constitutional reform which transferred even greater responsibility to the Falklands elected Councilors and oil, “an issue not yet played out”.

• Monday, September 13th 2010 - 22:06 UTC

  Argos confirms Falklands’ waters exploratory oil drilling for second half of 2011

  

  In the first six months of 2010 Falkland Islands based Argos Resources has made significant progress in developing its PL001 Licence in the North Falkland Basin, to anticipate it will begin an exploratory hydrocarbons drilling campaign in the second half of 2011.

• Monday, September 13th 2010 - 20:33 UTC

  Falklands’ Desire ‘exited’ about prospects plans to drill four more wells

  

  Falkland Islands Desire Petroleum (AIM-DES) is upbeat about the prospects for finding major reserves of oil offshore the Islands despite mixed results so far and revealed plans to further drill four wells in the North Falkland basin.