Falkland Islands

• Thursday, February 7th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Gibraltar joint sovereignty row.

  Reaction to the talks on Gibraltar's future (on February 4th) between the United Kingdom and Spain indicates that Britain wants the 27,000 Gibraltarians to accept joint Anglo-Spanish sovereignty in exchange for an end to Spanish sanctions and for help and co-operation from Spain.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  “Tell the world about the Modern Falklands”

  The 20th anniversary of the Falklands Conflict should be used to project a positive picture to the world of the modern Falkland Islands and the tremendous progress made in recent years. That's the view of Lord Hurd, former British Foreign Secretary and the first ever to visit the Falkland Islands -- in 1994.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Gibraltar: update meetings by Foreign Secretary.

  STATEMENT GIVEN BY THE FOREIGN SECRETARY, JACK STRAW, TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, LONDON, TUESDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2002

• Monday, February 4th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Gibraltar's people ought to accept this sensible deal.

  THE FEROCITY with which many Gibraltarians will denounce the deal expected to be announced today between Britain and Spain to share sovereignty over the Rock may be a moment of catharsis. It reflects the understandable feeling of betrayal shared by many other communities left behind by the receding of the red ink from the map of the world. The force of the Gibraltarians' insistence on their Britishness carries echoes of the excessive loyalty to symbols of Britishness demonstrated by the unionists in Northern Ireland.

• Monday, February 4th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Breaking News from South America.

• Friday, February 1st 2002 - 20:00 UTC

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• Friday, February 1st 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Foreign jiggers once again at '200-mile' border

  Hundreds of jiggers along with about a dozen large factory vessels are once again operating near the country's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in Argentina from where they move into territorial waters to illegally catch squid (Illex argentinus).

• Thursday, January 31st 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands Defence Ministry Chief Dies

  The British Government official who headed the Ministry of Defence during the Falklands War, Sir Frank Cooper, GCB, CMG, has died, aged 79.

• Thursday, January 31st 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  'Negotiations on Gibraltar”. Peter Hain Speech

  FCO Minister of State, Peter Hain, gave a speech on Gibraltar in an adjournment debate in Westminster Hall today.

• Wednesday, January 30th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands fighters hitch a ride.

  The Royal Air Force has introduced a novel way of flying its front-line Tornado fighters to the Falkland Islands. They go as passengers inside the giant C17 Globemaster transport aircraft on lease from the United States.