Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, October 22nd 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  “Mare Australis” in Punta Arenas.

  Chilean vessel “Mare Australis” with 180 passengers from 13 different countries called in Punta Arenas last Saturday for the second cruise of the season and late in the evening with a similar number of tourists left for the weekly tour of the region.

• Wednesday, October 22nd 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Fisheries News.

  Headlines:
  New “stealth” US fisheries research for Alaska; Koreans now biggest consumers of seafood worldwide; Brazil: Government rectifies foreign vessels chartering decree; Chile: Rare environmental emergency in fishing plant.

• Tuesday, October 21st 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Memorial and demining in UK-Argentine agenda.

  In the framework of the Argentine-British high level regular talks initiated in 2002, a high ranking Foreign Office official met this Monday in Buenos Aires with the Argentine Foreign Affairs Deputy Secretary Jorge Taiana.

• Monday, October 20th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Concern over failed sale of abattoir.

  The failed bid for the privatization of the Sacor abattoir in Porvenir, Chilean Tierra del Fuego has raised uncertainties about the future of the plant and concern among farmers regarding the coming lamb season.

• Sunday, October 19th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Punta Arenas-Falklands links underlined by British Ambassador.

  British Ambassador in Chile Richard Wilkinson underlined in Punta Arenas the importance of trade and communications links between the Patagonian Chilean city and Falklands, and confirmed talks for a second weekly flight to the Islands.

• Saturday, October 18th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  New Regional Hospital for Punta Arenas.

  Punta Arenas Mayor Jaime Jelincic announced that this coming week the regional government would be requesting the Chilean Public Health Ministry the building of a new regional hospital for Magallanes that should be operational in 2006.

• Saturday, October 18th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar unveils 13 month program of Tercentenary celebration.

  Gibraltar Minister for Tourism Joe Holliday this week unveiled a 13 month programme of heritage, military, cultural, entertainment and sporting events to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the British capture of Gibraltar from Spain in 1704.

• Friday, October 17th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  Headlines:
  Third by-election candidate; Overseas medical budget: pace of referrals reduced; Blake to conference; Bomb found at airport; Monsignor Agreiter dies; James Clark Ross arrival marks start of Antarctic season.

• Thursday, October 16th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Mind your own business, Bossano tells Spain.

  Leader of the Opposition Joe Bossano has noted that at the time of the Anglo-Spanish negotiations over Gibraltar, Madrid did not raise the question of visits by nuclear submarines other than suggesting their acquiescence “should have sovereignty concessions as a quid pro quo.”

• Wednesday, October 15th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Change in fisheries policy for Falkland Islands

  The Falkland Islands Government has amended their fisheries policy in a bid to make the industry more stable and sustainable. The biggest change in the new policy is that it is now a rights based policy rather than a licence allocation only policy.