Falkland Islands

• Monday, July 14th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina to protest “Falklands' fishery licensing”

  British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Argentine President Nestor Kirchner met for 25 minutes Sunday evening in Surrey and according to Argentine press reports the Falkland Islands and South Atlantic fisheries, were among several issues addressed by the two leaders.

• Friday, July 11th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  World Leaders focus on “Third Way” Ideas.

  President Nestor Kirchner of Argentina is making his first visit to the United Kingdom and other European countries since assuming office on May 25.
  
  Here is a special article by Mercopress London Correspondent Harold Briley.

• Friday, July 11th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  San Matías Gulf hake quotas under review.

  The Río Negro government's Fisheries Advisory Council is calling on fishing companies to evaluate the future distribution of hake quotas since this is the most important resource in the San Matías Gulf.

• Friday, July 11th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Friday 11th update

  Headlines: Three medals for Falklands; Revenue up; Tributes to hero; Falklands poll.

• Wednesday, July 9th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands 16th in medals table at Islands Games.

  The Falklands total of three medals a silver and two bronze, left them in 16th place in the medal table, as the 10th NatWest Island Games closed in the Channel Island of Guernsey.

• Wednesday, July 9th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News

  Headlines
  Salmon company denies poor employment practices; Brazil targets tripling fishery exports; EC aid finally approved; Fisheries 'must be' withdrawn from Euro Constitution;

• Wednesday, July 9th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Veteran dies in drowning tragedy

  Tributes have been paid in the United Kingdom and in the Falkland Islands to a hero of the 1982 conflict who has drowned while attempting to rescue his wife and child in a boating tragedy while on holiday in Cyprus.

• Tuesday, July 8th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Foreign office post but a 'Falklands' family.

  Russ and Joan Jarvis and their son Andrew came to the Islands over six years ago when Mr Jarvis took up the Foreign and Commonwealth post, Government House First Secretary.
  
  His contracts now completed, Mr Jarvis and his family leave the Islands this month.
  
  Earlier this week Mr Jarvis chatted to Rodrigo Cordeiro about his time in the Falklands.

• Monday, July 7th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Recovering the Falklands is “important”.

  The poll contracted by President Kirchner's administration is taken regularly to monitor public opinion response to government's decisions and announcements.

• Monday, July 7th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Lan Chile faces drastic fine.

  The Chilean Fiscal Prosecutor after carefully studying the case presented against Lan Chile by citizens organizations from Punta Arenas has proposed the Chilean flag carrier be drastically fined the equivalent of 250,000 US dollars for having allegedly breached in 37 occasions air fare legislation. The proposed fine is the highest under the current legislation.