Negotiations for an association, trade and cooperation agreement between the European Union and Mercosur are in stand by waiting for results from the World Trade Organization, Doha round, said the European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso.
The Foreign Press Association of New York, the oldest media organization in the United States, is celebrating its 90th Anniversary this year with Carl Bernstein as the keynote speaker at a gala dinner to be held on May 13 at the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan.

The Falkland Island registered trawler Sil has been chartered by Government of South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands for a research fishing cruise.

Headlines: Concordia Bay is on her way; Anger at squid fee hike; Argentine protest at drilling plans; Co-op in difficulty?

A Falklands councillor invited to give an opening presentation at a tourism industry infrastructure meeting in Gibraltar will describe the Falklands experience in setting up an industry from nothing.

The United States economy expanded at an annual rate of 0.6% in the first quarter of 2008, exceeding analyst expectations of an annualized growth rate of 0.2%.

Borders & Southern Petroleum Plc from the UK and which explores for oil near the Falkland Islands rose in London trading on Monday on speculation Royal Dutch Shell Plc may make a takeover bid, according to Bloomberg News.

Headlines: An end to Queen's parade?; Puerto Deseado begins survey; Will Desire reveal all?; War focus for feature film.

Rockhopper Exploration plc announced it was moving to the final phase prior to the drilling campaign for hydrocarbons in the North Falkland Basin which will involve two to four wells out of a potential of eight with another company.

HMS Nottingham returns to her home port of Portsmouth on Friday after a six-month operational deployment patrolling the South Atlantic conducting maritime security operations.