Falkland Islands

• Sunday, December 14th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine Navy icebreaker “Almirante Irizar” sails from Buenos Aires this Monday to begin the “full”

  Argentine Navy icebreaker “Almirante Irizar” sails from Buenos Aires this Monday to begin the “full” Antarctic 2003/2004 campaign.

• Friday, December 12th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Tribute and thanks to Falklands champion.
  Merle Christie's half a century service

  A long-serving champion of the Falkland Islands in the campaign to protect British sovereignty has announced her retirement from the Falkland Islands Association Executive Committee. Mrs Merle Christie has worked tirelessly for the Falklands' cause for more than half a century. Even now, at the aged of 81, her expertise will not be lost. She is continuing to compile and catalogue the Association's unique archives.

• Friday, December 12th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  UK MPs monitor Argentine Falklands' action.

  As Argentina intensifies hostile pressure on the Falkland Islands, a strong message of
  support has come from the British Parliament saying the Argentine Government's actions are being kept under scrutiny.

• Friday, December 12th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Penguin News Front Page plus Editorial

  Headlines :
  Nothing to apologise for: Governor Pearce: ?No nuclear weapons entered Falklands or Argentine waters'; Sir Rex Hunt's warning; Passengers left behind; Flight lobby continues; Ship Orion on its own; Students' change to benefit hospital patients; Editorial.

• Thursday, December 11th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  1914 Falklands Battle Remembrance

  The Armed Forces were represented at the annual Falklands Battle Day ceremony in London by Admiral Sir Michael Layard, the senior naval officer who escaped from the transport ship Atlantic Conveyor sunk by an Argentine exocet in the 1982 war. He later became one of the most senior Royal Navy Admirals.

• Thursday, December 11th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Rex Hunt warning about Argentina.

  The former Governor of the Falkland Islands, Sir Rex Hunt, has expressed concern that the Argentine President, Nestor Kirchner, has made it clear that his government will ignore the Falkland Islanders but continue the campaign for sovereignty negotiations with Britain.

• Wednesday, December 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Conservation important for both Argentine & Falklands Fishery, says Falklands Fisheries Director

  According to the Falklands Director of Fisheries John Barton, an agreement on the conservation of fish stocks in the South Atlantic which will be beneficial to both Argentine & the Falkland Islands, remains a priority when a meeting of the South Atlantic Fisheries Commission (SAFC) begins in Buenos Aires on Thursday.

• Wednesday, December 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  “Discrimination” claims against Lan Chile

  One of Lan Chile's top officials was summoned this Monday to a Santiago court for the company's alleged involvement in a “physical discrimination” case presented by a passenger who last October 26 was impeded from taking a domestic flight to Santiago.

• Wednesday, December 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Whale monitoring in South Atlantic

  A group of Brazilian scientists will be satellite monitoring five “Jubarte” whales (humpback or black whales, megaptera novaengliae) in their travel from the coast of Rio do Janeiro to Antarctic waters.

• Wednesday, December 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Princess Anne in Gibraltar's tercentenary

  Gibraltar's Government House announced Monday that Princess Anne will be carrying out her first official visit to Gibraltar in the coming spring in coincidence with the 300th anniversary of British Gibraltar.