Falkland Islands

• Friday, April 27th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  National emergency in Uruguay.

• Thursday, April 26th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Pro-Argentine Professor gets new post at Chatham House .

  The new Director of Britain's prestigious Royal Institute of International Affairs, known as Chatham House, is Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas, who succeeded Dr. Chris Gamble, on April 23.

• Thursday, April 26th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands population “shocked” at Defence Chief's suspension.

  The Falklands population are reeling at the news of the suspension of the local head of the Falklands Islands Defence Force (FIDF), Major Marvin Clarke. In the 110 years of the existence of the local Falklands Defence Army, never previously has the Commanding Officer faced such a humiliating experience and during a public meeting held in Port Stanley on Tuesday evening, Falklands Councillors refused to discuss the suspension of Major Clarke.

• Thursday, April 26th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  ?A Town Council is not a Constitutional matter'

  A discussion as to whether the Falklands should reinstate its long defunct Town Council and a Lord Mayor, continues to reverberate around the Islands.

• Wednesday, April 25th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile Expert and Diplomat Dies: John Hickman

  A former British diplomat and expert on Latin America and member of the South Atlantic Council, which promotes discussions with Argentina over the Falkland Islands, has died .

• Wednesday, April 25th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Schoolboy Initiates Valuable Publicity.

  Thanks to the initiative of a Stanley schoolboy, the Falklands Islands have enjoyed positive publicity in one of the United Kingdom's best-selling celebrity magazines. Ten-year- old John Didlick wrote to a television personality who featured in last year's documentary “Castaway 200”, Ben Fogle.

• Wednesday, April 25th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Constitutional Debate at Public Meeting

• Tuesday, April 24th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Hot News.

• Monday, April 23rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  FIBS Breaking News.

• Saturday, April 21st 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  FIS announces new e-commerce platform in partnership with major Japanese seafood

  In partnership with seven major Japanese seafood companies, Fish Information & Services (FIS) has announced the pending launch of a new electronic seafood commerce system, Fish On line, that will provide buyers and sellers of seafood with a business platform for one of the largest seafood markets in the world.