Falkland Islands

• Friday, July 3rd 2009 - 13:45 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Hundreds to lose out as means testing kicks in; End of the line for fresh milk as Stanley Dairy set to close; Farmer livestock costs to rise.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2009 - 04:26 UTC

  Antarctica heavy fuels ban effect on Falklands’ tourism to be impressed on London

  

  The potential catastrophic effect of the Antarctic heavy fuel oil ban on the Falkland Islands economy is to be impressed on the British Government by Falklands’ politicians.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2009 - 00:27 UTC

  Falklands’ could have new deepwater port by 2012

  

  Economic situation allowing, the Falkland Islands hope to have a new deepwater port by 2012.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2009 - 15:10 UTC

  Improvements in Falklands’ public jetty in advance of cruise season

  

  In anticipation of the next cruise season the Falkland Islands Tourist Board is overseeing several infrastructure projects at the Stanley public jetty which should improve conditions making “visitor safety and comfort first”.

• Monday, June 29th 2009 - 10:48 UTC

  Falklands’ unpredictable squid catches paint bleak budget and tough times

  

  Falkland Islands Treasury officials painted a bleak and arguably inevitable picture of tough times ahead at last week’s public meeting on the recently announced Budget.

• Friday, June 26th 2009 - 12:54 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Construction team faces a nervous wait; Wind and snow drives cars off the road

• Thursday, June 25th 2009 - 17:10 UTC

  Former Falklands Chief Executive becomes a clergyman

  

  A former Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands government is to become a clergyman in the Yorkshire Dales. Michael Blanch is to serve as curate at Askrigg united with Stallingbusk, according to press reports from North Yorkshire.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2009 - 08:43 UTC

  UK says Falklands should be out of UN non self-governing territories list

  

  The United Kingdom spokesman Chris Bryant said that the British position is that Gibraltar, the Falklands or any other Overseas Territories should not be included on the United Nations list of non self-governing territories.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2009 - 08:36 UTC

  Falklands oil basin open to all companies including from Argentina

  

  The Falkland Islands would welcome more interaction with Argentine oil and gas companies as the search for what could be large offshore oil and gas reserves heats up, Falkland Islands director of minerals and agriculture Phyl Rendell told BNamericas.

• Saturday, June 20th 2009 - 16:25 UTC

  Falklands’ coins to celebrate Darwin’s 200 birth anniversary

  

  The Falkland Islands government is celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Charles Darwin with the issue of special coins from the Pobjoy mint.