The internationally renowned composer and conductor , Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, who has written the first Antarctic Symphony for fifty years, says he would love to revisit the Falklands which, he says, could inspire him to write music about the Islands.
The crisis facing the fishing industry is obviously affecting our port as well, given the significant drop in the total volume exported compared with previous years,” says a report issued by the Municipality of Port Deseado, Santa Cruz Province.
His Excellency the Governor, Mr Donald Lamont left the Islands this weekend to attend official business in the United Kingdom. He will participate in the annual Governors meeting in London, which will take place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week.
Waste food from the British Army -- whose soldiers eat meat imported from Uruguay and Brazil -- could have been the source of the disastrous foot-and-mouth epidemic sweeping Britain in recent weeks.
St. Lucia Prime Minister, the Caribbean island that currently chairs the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, (or C 24), supported the resumption of negotiations between Argentina and Britain regarding the Falkland Islands sovereignty.
A series of positions in the Falklands newly constructed Abattoir (Slaughterhouse) are not all designed for ex-patriate officers who will be recruited from England, said Head of the Falkland Islands Development Corporation, Richard Baker. Speaking at a public meeting in Stanley this week, Mr. Baker said that ?hopefully we will get some local (Islander) applicants, 4-5 at least'.
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.