Falkland Islands

• Friday, April 25th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Aerolineas Argentinas Malvinas' flight application rejected

  Plans by Aerolineas Argentinas to operate a twice weekly air service to the Falklands have been rejected by the Department of Transport in Britain. An application was made by the airline on 2 April, to open an air link between Buenos Aires, Rio Gallegos and the Islands. Had permission been granted the airline proposed to begin the service as early as next month.

• Friday, April 25th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  Headlines: Custody for indecent offender; Action against SARS; Her Majesty's 77th birthday; Sudden death at MPA; Argentine election Sunday; Progress on second flight.

• Wednesday, April 23rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Madrid-Gibraltar flights plan

  Mayor of Spanish city Algeciras Patricio Gonzalez issued a statement in which he claimed that an aviation agreement between Britain and Spain for three daily flights between Madrid and Gibraltar is about to be finalised.

• Wednesday, April 23rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News

  Warning from Chubut fishing companies; Meeting to explore Faroese fisheries management; Airfreight costs cut to promote exports; A taste of the same medicine in Taiwan; Galicia's productivity recovers; UK fish filleting bus hits the road;

• Tuesday, April 22nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  FIGO's busy year

  Having just celebrated its 20th anniversary since its establishment in 1983, the Falkland Islands Government Office in London is embarked on a busy year.

• Tuesday, April 22nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  SARS prevention with fishermen.

  Chinese crewmen that will be arriving next week to Montevideo will be immediately transported in isolation conditions to their fishing vessels in the port and are banned from circulating in the city. The same precautions apply to Chinese fishermen arriving by sea.

• Friday, April 18th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News

  Headlines: Booming shrimp sector in Brazil; Poland demands greater quotas; New NZ hoki freezer trawler; Loco fishing ban lifted in May; Brazil targets red crac; Hepatitis outbreak in fishing vessel; Chilean-Peruvian cooperation

• Thursday, April 17th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News

  Headlines:
  Chinese vessels predating claims Chile; Brazil promotes fresh water fish exports; Australia sinks toothfish pirate boat; EUR 27 million for fishing ports; Galician companies target Morocco; Brazilian Fisheries Department unveiled;

• Thursday, April 17th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Praise for Falklands Way of Life.

  Praise for the Falkland Islands as a place both to live and to work is contained in the latest edition of one of the United Kingdom's biggest selling monthly publications, “Saga Magazine” distributed to about a million subscribers.

• Thursday, April 17th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine Airlines still hopeful about flights.

  Aerolíneas Argentinas is hopeful it will be able to begin flights to the Falkland Islands in the near future and says negotiations are on-going with the British Civil Aviation Authority “and then we will see how we coordinate things, as matters are complicated because we need the intervention of the Foreign Ministry,” airline spokesman Julio Scarmella told MercoPress.