The news that the BBC World Service is axing its dedicated and historic Calling the Falklands programme has caused dismay and anger among some Falklands supporters in the United Kingdom who believe it is an ill-timed error of judgment by the BBC and the Foreign Office, who finance the programme.
IN his activity report to the Falkland Islands Development Board last week, General Manager of the Falkland Islands Development Corporation Julian Morris said there are, lots of things happening which in the main are potentially extremely positive.
Sales of the Falkland Oil and Gas Limited Shares
The British government understands that the Falkland Islands' flagged fishing vessel arrested last Monday by the Argentine Coast Guard was fishing in international waters said on Wednesday a spokesman for the British embassy in Buenos Aires.
An unidentified illness has killed penguins in the Port Stephens area of West Falkland.
The Falkland Islands registered fishing vessel John Cheek is being escorted to Comodoro Rivadavia after having been boarded Monday morning for allegedly poaching in Argentine waters, according to an official report from the Argentine Coast Guard.
A former Royal Navy support ship that made history in the Falkland Islands conflict has been put up for sale on the Ministry of Defence's equivalent of eBay.
Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd. (FOGL), the oil and gas exploration company operating in the undrilled South and East Falkland basins, says a 15,000-km 2D seismic survey is nearing completion with just 3,500 km left to record.
A new contract that will transform the way in which logistics support is provided to the Armed Forces' largest helicopter has been awarded to the Boeing Company by the British Ministry of Defence.
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