Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Twenty two years on: commemorating liberation.

  A cool but calm and clear day greeted members of the public who gathered to witness the annual Liberation Day parade.

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  International Hague Court “only alternative” for dispute

  The International Court of the Hague is the “only alternative” capable of introducing new dynamics to the Falklands/Malvinas dispute, because “there are no more options for Argentina regarding Malvinas”, states Marcel Kohen an International Law Professor from the Geneva High Studies Institute.

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Wayne Rooney: The “new” Pele.

  Forget Diego Maradona - The 18 year old English 'wonder kind' Wayne Rooney is, according to England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson, the greatest teenage talent to emerge since Pele.

• Friday, June 18th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  Saluting the heroes of 1982; Chief Justice rejects jailed nurse's appeal; Seismic 3D data ready this month; Councillors in Washington; Patrolling Sigma aground.

• Friday, June 18th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Rebuke of Argentine Intimidation.

  The Falkland Islands have delivered a strong rebuke to the Argentine Government for what the Falklands London representative, Miss Sukey Cameron, condemned as “blatant and unprincipled intimidation”.

• Friday, June 18th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' Councillors reject Sovereignty talks.

  Falkland Islands elected Councillors addressing the UN Decolonisation Committee, C 24, emphasized Islanders right to self determination and argued that Argentina's sovereignty negotiations claim means “asking us to change from an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom to a prize colony of Argentina”.

• Wednesday, June 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News.

  An aquaculture feasibility study should be completed in the islands by the end of this year, the Falkland Islands Development Board.

• Wednesday, June 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands and Argentina ready for C-24 Day.

  This Friday in New York two Falkland Islands elected Councillors and the Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister will repeat the annual ritual of addressing the United Nations Decolonisation Committee, C-24.

• Tuesday, June 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar votes Tory for European Parliament.

  Last week as 350 million Europeans participated in elections for the European parliament, for the first time a British overseas territory has voted as part of a UK area.

• Friday, June 11th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News update

  Headlines: C24: councillors to deliver ?real message' on self-determination; Jailed nurse to appeal sentence; Liberation Monday; Argentine film crew visits.