Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, July 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  FIC staff opt for save as you earn share option scheme

  Following the success of its previous Employee Share Option scheme which was taken up by 34 members of staff in Stanley, Falkland Islands Holdings Ltd (FIH plc) announced that under the terms of its latest Save as You Earn Employee Share Option Scheme on 5th July 2007 some 55 employees of The Falkland Islands Company Ltd (FIC) in the Falklands were granted an option to subscribe for ordinary shares in FIH plc.

• Wednesday, July 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands rules on refunds for fishing licences

  Among a total of thirty-two papers for consideration by the Executive Council (ExCo) of the Falkland Islands Government this month were a number relating to the Islands' fishing industry, according to a release today.

• Saturday, June 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands admitted to the International Cricket Council

  

  The International Cricket Council (ICC) completed a unique 'century' Friday when it admitted four new countries, Cameroon, The Falkland Islands, Peru and Swaziland - taking its membership to 101.

• Friday, June 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

  

  Headlines:
  Our men in New York; Forty years of loyalty to the Falklands; New bullying claims rock police force; Liberation 'indiscretion'; Health survey results comino.

• Friday, June 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Sovereignty dispute “excludes” Falklands from C24 self determination

  

  The much disputed clause which would have the United Nations General Assembly exclude Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands from the full exercise of self-determination because they are caught in a “sovereignty dispute” was adopted by the UN Committee of 24 this week and passed to the UN fourth committee, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Thursday, June 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Government exhibiting at July Royal Show in Stoneleigh

  

  The Falkland Islands Government will be exhibiting at the Royal Show at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire from 1 — 4 July. In the 25th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict visitors to the show will be able to find out how the Falklands has developed since 1982 into a dynamic UK Overseas Territory which is diversifying its rural economy to achieve sustainable development.

• Wednesday, June 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands/Argentina: entrenched positions and no realistic change

  

  Relations between the Falkland Islands and Argentina with positions so firmly entrenched, “realistically are not going to change”, but Gibraltar and Northern Ireland show us that very intractable situations can make progress, when there's good will on both sides and willingness to put the sovereignty issue aside.

• Sunday, June 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Cruise industry is flourishing

  

  THE Falklands' flourishing tourism industry continues to grow, particularly in the cruise ship sector.

• Thursday, June 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands proposes Argentina relation based on “tolerance and respect”

  

  Falkland Islands elected Councillor Dr. Richard Davies addressing on Thursday the United Nations Decolonization Committee in New York invited Argentina “to build a better relationship between our countries, based on tolerance and respect, so that the sacrifice of all those who suffered and died in 1982 will not have been in vain”.

• Tuesday, June 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  “We want the freedom to develop and govern as we wish”

  

  TWENTY-FIVE years after British troops liberated the Islands Argentina continues to view the Falklands with an acquisitive eye.
  Recent Argentine governments have denied plans for further military action, but they pursue an aggressive diplomatic and public relations campaign to annex the Falkland Islands.
  The Argentines use every opportunity to promote their case. International organizations such as the United Nations and the Organisation of American States (OAS) are lobbied hard. Opportunities such as the Ibero American summit as well as scientific and conservation meetings are shamelessly used. Serious debate on issues like the conservation of fish stocks or wildlife are often hijacked or held up by Argentina's objections and statements about sovereignty.