Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, December 1st 2009 - 12:55 UTC

  RAF investigating “minor incident” involving a Typhoon in the Falklands

  

  An investigation has been launched after minor damage was found on two UK Royal Air Force aircraft shortly after they had completed an in-flight refuelling sortie near the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2009 - 12:51 UTC

  Falkland Islands Holdings nets £ 3.1 million with FOGL shares sale

  

  Services group Falkland Islands Holdings has reduced its stake in Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd, the oil and gas exploration company focused on licence areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, November 27th 2009 - 11:31 UTC

  Falklands’ begins 2010 with a new Director of Community Safety

  

  Chief Superintendent Gary Finchett, Northern Area Commander of Cheshire Police in the United Kingdom will be taking up the post of the Falkland Islands Director of Community Safety on 11 January.

• Friday, November 27th 2009 - 08:57 UTC

  Falklands’ exploratory oil drilling season takes off

  

  Falkland Oil & Gas Ltd. and Explorers Borders & Southern Petroleum are set to boost their coffers via share sales, with the cash earmarked for drilling work off the Falkland Islands, reports Upstreamonline. Oil rig “Ocean Guardian” left Scotland.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2009 - 10:05 UTC

  Oil rig “Ocean Guardian” leaves on 62-day journey to the Falklands

  

  A tug boat is to haul a North Sea oil and gas exploration rig from a Highlands deep water port on a 62-day journey to the Falkland Islands. The “Ocean Guardian” rig will be used by Desire Petroleum to explore reserves in the North Falkland Basin.

• Wednesday, November 18th 2009 - 13:53 UTC

  Falklands’ cruise season with 33 different vessels and 215 calls

  

  Thirty-three different cruise vessels are scheduled to visit a total of around 215 Falkland Islands destinations in the coming season.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 07:40 UTC

  Falklands’ new Legislative Assembly allocates portfolios

  

  The newly elected Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly announced Monday the portfolio allocations among its new members and on Tuesday will elect three of their number to sit on the Executive Council.

• Monday, November 9th 2009 - 15:15 UTC

  Italian film attempts balanced approach to Falklands/Malvinas dispute

  

  The Falklands/Malvinas are again the motive of a film this time by an Italian director and in the form of a documentary which tries to give a bigger picture of the issue, including Patagonia’s emptiness and the fact Falkland families have been living in the Islands for over 150 years.

• Saturday, November 7th 2009 - 16:35 UTC

  Successful online marketing for Falkland Islands tourism

  

  The results of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board’s first online marketing campaign in the UK have been outstanding, according to Jake Downing, General Manager of FITB.

• Saturday, November 7th 2009 - 04:16 UTC

  Falkland Islands voters send a clear message

  

  The Falkland Islands election of 5 November presented a clear and stark message. The tiny electorate was fed up with those whom they felt represented them in a cavalier fashion over recent years, and they were being punished.