Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, April 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Famous grave in South Georgia may be saved by hydroelectric project.

  In many parts of the world, the building of dams for hydroelectric schemes has led to whole villages being submerged, communities broken up, climate change and threats to fragile ecosystems.

• Tuesday, April 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Australian and New Zealand war dead remembered in Falkland Islands

  At dawn on the 25th of April, members of the growing Australian and New Zealand community in the Falkland Islands and friends gathered together at the Cross of Sacrifice in Stanley in an act of remembrance, which echoed similar gatherings taking place all over the world.

• Monday, April 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Deep sea visitors

  ONE of the most long-living fish in the world, an orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus), which has never been recorded in the Southwest Atlantic before, has been caught on the eastern slope of the Falkland Islands at a depth of about 770 m.

• Saturday, April 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Stanley Services promotes rambling and fly fishing groups

  Rambling groups and fly fishing are among the latest options offered to Falkland Islands tourists by Stanley Services, the company with the longest experience in land based tourism in the Islands going back to the late eighties.

• Friday, April 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Queen's Birthday Parade goes off without a bang

  As befits a British territory, the birthday of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, is celebrated each year in the Falkland Islands with a public holiday and a parade.

• Thursday, April 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  Happy Birthday Your Majesty; Councillor unfazed by ?anti-Falklands' Argentine fishing bill; No bill for rower; Iceland opportunity; Public Family Bill discussions.

• Wednesday, April 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Councillors in Malta for Regional CPA Conference

  Two members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Council (LegCo) are bound to Valetta, Malta next week to attend the annual conference of the British Isles and Mediterranean Region of the British Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

• Wednesday, April 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  UK Parliament seats for Overseas Territories

  A bill to make provision for the representation of the British Overseas Territories in the European Union and in Parliament was presented this week by Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski from Shrewsbury and Atcham.

• Tuesday, April 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  UT scientist sheds light on ocean bacteria

  Research by a University of Tennessee scientist shows that tiny bacteria that help regulate greenhouse gases survive best in specific water temperatures, a finding with significant implications in the face of global climate change.

• Monday, April 17th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  “Vulcan 607”: revealing the stories behind the bombing of Stanley airport

  THE story behind Operation Black Buck, the incredible raid on Stanley airport by Vulcan bombers in 1982, is told in a new book due to be released in June.