Falkland Islands

• Thursday, September 30th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Oil and Gas Limited.

  Falkland Oil and Gas Limited, which holds a 77.5% interest in seven exploration
  licences covering approximately 33,700 sq km to the south and east of the Falkland Islands,
  announces that it has conditionally placed 25,000,000 shares at an issue price of 40p, raising £10 million (before expenses).

• Thursday, September 30th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  MEP Parish will visit Gibraltar .

  Mr. Neil Parish Member of the European Parliament for Gibraltar and the South West region will be visiting the Rock from October 12 and will be based at his office in Watergardens.

• Thursday, September 30th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Councillors in Labour Conference.

  The Falkland Islands stand set up at the annual Labour Party Conference in Brighton is attracting many visitors, reports FIBS.

• Wednesday, September 29th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands Patients Prefer Chile.

  Director of Falkland Islands Health Services, Norman McGregor-Edwards, claimed yesterday that patients sent to Chile came back with fewer complaints than those sent to Britain for treatment.

• Wednesday, September 29th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Straw-Moratinos meeting in October.

  The Convent has issued a press statement confirming recent press reports about the forthcoming meeting between Jack Straw and Miguel Angel Moratinos.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar Breaking News:

  Headlines:
  Royal Navy task group call in the Rock;
  Zapatero's UN speech criticized; Lord Thomas knocks Gibraltar; Spanish grand master will play in chess festival.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Fisheries Committee Approves Further Scallop Exploration.

  A proposal by the Falkland Island Government Fisheries Department to further explore the potential for scallop (ostiones) fishing around the Islands was approved by the Fisheries Committee at their meeting on Tuesday morning.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Update on New Fisheries Policy for Falkland Islands.

  Asked when there might be a date available for the publication of the new Falkland Islands Fisheries Policy, Attorney General, David Lang told the Fisheries Committee on Tuesday morning that he would be surprised if an answer to that question were to be available before “some time in November”.

• Saturday, September 25th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Bielsa and Straw Meeting: An Exchange of Courtesies.

  In an interview on Friday with Sue Gyford of the Falkland Islands Broadcasting Station (FIBS), Acting Governor, Harriet Hall, described the recent meeting between British Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw and his Argentine opposite number, Rafael Bielsa as “really just an exchange of courtesies”

• Friday, September 24th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Army barracks renamed after hero.

  An army barracks in Rotherham is to be named in honour of a soldier who died while protecting his colleagues.