Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, June 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' war book: Chile discards rift with Argentina

  Chilean Defence Secretary Jaime Ravinet discarded this Monday that the coming revelation of an alleged Chilean interest in attacking Argentina following the 1982 Falklands' conflict, according to a British historian, could cause a rift between Buenos Aires and Santiago.

• Tuesday, June 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  British-Argentine 1981 secret plans revealed

  The duplicity employed by the British Government and Foreign Office to negotiate secretly for the transfer of sovereignty to Argentina without at first telling the Falkland Islanders in the early 1980s is exposed in the Official History of the Falklands by Professor of War Studies, Sir Lawrence Freedman, just published in the United Kingdom.

• Tuesday, June 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Re-taking Falklands “barely militarily viable”

  Assessing how to react to possible Argentine aggression against the Falkland Islands, the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) declared in 1981 that the proposed diminution in Britain's amphibious capability in that year's Defence Review ? later reversed ? would mean that reinforcement, subsequent to an Argentine invasion, “would be extremely difficult, if not impossible”.

• Tuesday, June 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Astonishing weapons sales plan for Argentina

  British Defence Ministry officials incredibly considered selling powerful weapons to Argentina only months before the 1982 Falklands War invasion, including an aircraft carrier, Sea Harrier strike aircraft, Vulcan bombers and battle tanks, even though the British intelligence services were warning that Argentina might be considering “full scale military invasion”. The sales did not go ahead and all these weapons subsequently deployed by Britain were vital factors in winning the war.

• Monday, June 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  SS Great Britain, a Victorian lasting monument

  THE world's first passenger steamship, the SS Great Britain, is reaching the final stages of an £11.3 million restoration that is transforming her from a rusting hulk into a lasting monument to Victorian enterprise.

• Friday, June 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  Headlines:
  Flight safety award for agent; July 10 remembrance; ?Waxy' fuel no longer; Forbes case appeals.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  MBE for Captain Chris Elliott

  The British Antarctic Survey has reported that a man well known to the Falklands was awarded an MBE in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours list.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Upgrade funds for Islanders who house tourists

  Falkland Islanders who house tourists will be offered the chance of a grant to help them upgrade their property, reports the Falklands Broadcasting station.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar Hot News

  Headlines:
  Tripartite talks next July: Gibraltar/Spain/UK
  Middle Ages entrance to Gibraltar found.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  World's navies celebrate Trafalgar, honour Nelson

  More than 100 warships from 35 nations will crowd the Solent, Portmouth, next Tuesday in a spectacular display of naval power marking the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. The Fleet Review, attended by the Queen, will be the first since the Silver Jubilee of 1977.