Falkland Islands

• Friday, March 27th 2009 - 16:12 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

  

  Headlines: Princess Royal visits on her way South; Assistance for FLH, but only until the end of the year

• Tuesday, March 24th 2009 - 05:38 UTC

  Princess Anne begins visit to Falkland Islands and South Georgia

  

  Princess Anne and her husband Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence arrived Monday in the Falklands for a visit to the Islands and South Georgia. She is travelling to the South Atlantic at the invitation of the South Georgia Heritage Trust, SGHT.

• Monday, March 23rd 2009 - 08:31 UTC

  Cristina/PM Brown’s meeting to discuss Falklands’ impacts UK press

  

  The coming Friday meeting in Chile of Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner with Prime Minister Gordon Brown allegedly to address the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute has had headlines’ impact in Britain.

• Saturday, March 21st 2009 - 13:19 UTC

  Sixty Argentine military officers accused of war crimes in Falklands conflict

  

  The demand presented by Malvinas war veterans who claim to have been tormented, abused and even tortured by their Argentine military superiors during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict, already involves 60 former officers and statements from over one hundred witnesses.

• Friday, March 20th 2009 - 15:11 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Chamber clashes with FIG over lack of action; ‘Increased broadband’ announced by Cable and Wireless.

• Thursday, March 19th 2009 - 04:44 UTC

  Falkland Islanders ‘have treated us kindly’ say visiting Argentine veterans

  

  ARGENTINE war veterans visiting the Falkland Islands have been treated with, “…respect and kindness,” by Islanders, Marcelo Gustavo Sanchez of Centro de Veteranos de Guerra de Lujan, told Mercopress.

• Wednesday, March 18th 2009 - 13:54 UTC

  Falkland Oil & Gas and Billiton ready to drill in Falklands’ waters

  

  Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd (FOGL.L), which has a farm-in-deal with BHP Billiton, said on Tuesday it expected to be “drill ready” by the end of the third quarter or early 2010. The announcement was made after having posted a narrower full-year pre-tax loss.

• Wednesday, March 18th 2009 - 02:44 UTC

  Princess Anne to meet British ’82 veterans during Falklands visit

  

  THE Princess Royal will take the opportunity to meet Falklands War veterans when she visits the islands this month. She will, however, begin her visit to the Falklands and South Georgia with the unveiling of a plaque to open the extension to the Royal Falkland Islands Police Station.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 23:30 UTC

  “Peaceful and emotional” Falklands visit for Argentine marathon runners

  

  PEACEFUL and emotional is how five Argentine runners, including three 1982 war veterans, describe their visit to the Falkland Islands and their participation in the Standard Chartered Bank Stanley Marathon on Sunday.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 06:28 UTC

  Diplomat who drummed US support for UK in Falklands war dies

  

  Sir Nicholas Henderson, a former British ambassador to the US who helped build support for Britain's war effort in the Falkland Islands in 1982, died in his sleep Monday morning in London, his family said. He was 89.