Falkland Islands

• Friday, February 15th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Dr. Stanham & wife visit the Falklands.

  Dr. Jorge C. Stanham and his wife Alice visiting the King Penguin colony at Volunteer Point in the Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, February 14th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands Play revived

  A television play praising Margaret Thatcher's handling of the Falklands War is to be shown by the BBC fifteen years after it was shelved amid allegations of political bias.

• Wednesday, February 13th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands Invasion - by the Media.

  Already a spate of articles and television features have begun appearing in the United Kingdom, marking the twentieth anniversary of the 1982 Argentine April invasion.

• Monday, February 11th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  A nostalgic visit for Prince Andrew

  The announcement that the Duke of York will be visiting the Falkland Islands in November as part of the events marking the 20th anniversary of the 1982 Conflict has been enthusiastically welcomed in the United Kingdom as well as by Islanders.

• Monday, February 11th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  South America News.

• Friday, February 8th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Penguin News: November Visit '82 Prince

• Friday, February 8th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  ?Lost' Argentine Pucara found.

  A crashed Argentine Pucara aircraft, which was shot down during the Falklands War, and which has remained virtually undetected ever since, has recently been ?found' in a remote area of the Falklands.

• 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