Headlines:
Exciting opportunities ahead; Ambassador-designate visits Islands;
News in brief:
Fishing update; Cover comb shearing.
At the British Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth this Wednesday Jonathan Evans the leader of the Conservative members of the European Parliament thanked Bernard Hazell from the Gibraltar branch for the outstanding election result there in June, where the party achieved a massive 70% of votes cast.
If Argentina wants to discuss the subject of flights between the South American continent and the Falklands, then they should first respond to the British proposals on the table said Falkland Islands Governor, Howard Pearce, speaking in Stanley, on Tuesday.
Efficiency and cost saving, achieved by the use of state-of-the art technology distinguish the New Polar, latest addition to the Falkland Islands fishing fleet. Vessel owners, Polar Limited hosted a reception on board the recently Falkland flagged vessel on Friday evening.
HMS Leeds Castle, in one of her last acts before departing the Falkland Islands, rededicated the Ardent-Antelope Cross on a typically blustery September day.
The Argentine Government wishes to remind that the Malvinas Islands, Southern Georgias and South Sandwich Islands and the maritime spaces around them are an integral part of the Argentine national territory and, illegitimately occupied by the United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland, are the subject of a sovereignty dispute between the two countries.
Fresh fruit from as far a field as the United States of America is now gracing the fresh produce cabinets in the West Store of Stanley.
Headlines:
Spain to participate in Trafalgar celebration; Spanish travel writers in Gibraltar; La Linea claims forefront of relations; Opposition leader meets Tony Blair. ?I'll stand again says Caruana.
New Senior Magistrate Clare Faulds arrived in the Falkland Islands last week and is settling into her new work place.
The need for overseas representation of Falkland Islands interests to counter Argentine government lobbying was a theme picked up by nearly every member during speeches in support of the Motion for Adjournment, which signaled the end of last week's meeting of the Falkland Islands Legislative Council.