Falkland Islands

• Monday, March 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Queen arrives in Australia ahead of Commonwealth Games.

  The Queen arrived in Australia on Sunday as organisers and athletes were busily putting the finishing touches to their preparations for the 18th Commonwealth Games.

• Monday, March 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Fox's call for action supported by Falklands councillor.

  British Shadow Defence Secretary, Liam Fox, has announced that he will be asking Defence Secretary, John Reid, whether the British government proposes any action to prevent the harassment of Falkland Islands fishing vessels by Argentinean naval ships.

• Sunday, March 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Representative takes the helm of UKOTA

  FALKLAND Islander Sukey Cameron MBE has been elected to serve as the Chairman of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA). She will serve for the next twelve months.

• Sunday, March 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands “harassment” by Argentina on Tories agenda

  Labour ministers this week will come under pressure to explain how they intend to protect Falkland Island vessels from being “harassed” by Argentina, as an escalating conflict over fishing rights threatens to sour relations between the South Atlantic neighbours still further, reports The Scotsman in its Sunday edition.

• Friday, March 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  
  Conservationists convene; Endurance heads to Argentine dry dock.
  
  News in brief:
  
  Illex catch rates are ?reasonable'; No news' on John Cheek; Inquest opened and adjourned; A striking military exercise.

• Thursday, March 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Another first for HMS Endurance

  “Next Friday, 10th March at 1400 hours the ice breaker HMS Endurance, belonging to the British Royal Navy, will enter dry dock for repair at the Naval Dockyard at Puerto Belgrano.”

• Thursday, March 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Stanley hosts international albatross and petrel workshop

  This Saturday's LAN Chile flight to the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) will bring together in Stanley environmentalists from several countries, including Chile, Brazil and Argentina, to participate in a workshop entitled, “Albatross and Petrels in the South Atlantic: Priorities and Conservation”.

• Wednesday, March 8th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Rockhopper completes seismic and mapping surveys

  Rockhopper Exploration which holds hydrocarbons exploration and production licences offshore the Falkland Islands completed in mid February seismic and electro magnetic imaging surveys over their acreage.

• Wednesday, March 8th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  HMS Endurance to Argentina for urgent repairs

  “There are no political overtones in this at all, it's just a necessary repair job that has to be done as quickly as possible, which means going to the nearest available dry dock of a size to take Endurance. She's a big ship and there aren't that many big dry docks around the South Atlantic.”

• Monday, March 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  FIG Completes Audit of Fuel Supply Agreement

  The Falkland Islands government (FIG) and Stanley Services Ltd (SSL) have revealed the formula used for fixing fuel prices.