Falkland Islands

• Monday, June 15th 2009 - 13:35 UTC

  Argentina is “waging economic warfare” on the Falklands

  

  The Falkland Islands government has accused Argentina of waging a campaign of “economic warfare” against it, according to an article in the Sunday edition of The Guardian by Robert Booth.

• Friday, June 12th 2009 - 18:22 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: “No place for claim” UK representative’s message to Argentina; Community Safety director: recruitment to begin overseas; Swine flu increase in Chile, Falklands still clear.

• Friday, June 12th 2009 - 17:39 UTC

  HMS Gloucester sets off for the South Atlantic

  

  The Portsmouth warship HMS Gloucester has been given a royal send-off ahead of her deployment to the South Atlantic.

• Thursday, June 11th 2009 - 03:20 UTC

  Argentine opposition calls for close trade, education, culture ties with Falklands

  

  Argentina should insist in developing the natural interdependency between the Malvinas Islands and the rest of Argentine territory, promoting sea and air links to help develop trade, educational and cultural ties with Islanders, according to Hipolito Solari Irigoyen, a political figure from the opposition Radical party and international jurist.

• Wednesday, June 10th 2009 - 13:29 UTC

  Falklands set for ‘peaceful’ relationship with new FCO Overseas Territory official?

  

  The Falkland Islands may be set to have a more peaceful relationship with the new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Overseas Territories, than with the last.

• Wednesday, June 10th 2009 - 02:39 UTC

  Argentina declares Darwin memorial “national historic place”

  

  The Argentine cemetery in Darwin, Falkland Islands, has been declared by the Argentine government a “national historic place”. The bill with the initiative was approved by Congress on May 13 and promulgated June 4th, according to the Tuesday publication in the official gazette.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2009 - 09:44 UTC

  Repsol, Petrobras and BP to explore for oil next to Falklands’ waters

  

  A consortium led by Spanish oil firm Repsol YPF SA (REP) plans to explore for oil in international waters between Argentina and the Falkland Islands, officials from the company said Monday.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2009 - 05:18 UTC

  Falklands call for Argentine Co-operation

  

  The Falklands Islands Government has again called on Argentina to join with them in maintaining good co-operative relations and welcomed the agreement for the forthcoming Argentine relatives’ pilgrimage to inaugurate the Falklands cemetery Darwin where their 1982 war dead are buried. The Islanders also respect the need for Argentine veterans of the war to visit the battlefields where they fought.

• Monday, June 8th 2009 - 20:23 UTC

  Four New Directors Appointed at the Falkland Islands Tourist Board

  

  A new Board of Directors was appointed at the Annual General Meeting of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board, held on Thursday 4th June. Five of the existing directors will remain on the board, with four new directors joining them.

• Friday, June 5th 2009 - 13:16 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: ‘A step back for the West’ - SAAS is forced to drop Fox Bay from its schedule; Will Falklands Landholdings split up its farms?; Shackleton joins Ross and Fitzroy at school; Islander abroad honoured.