Tag: Falkland Islands

• Monday, March 28th 2011 - 04:58 UTC

  Falklands has OT sign declaration in support self determination

  

  Defining the future relationship of Overseas Territories with the European Union (EU) was the purpose of the ninth annual Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union Forum, held earlier this month in the Pacific state of New Caledonia and attended by Legislative Assembly Member Roger Edwards, Michael Poole of FIG and the Falklands UK representative Sukey Cameron.

• Monday, March 28th 2011 - 04:49 UTC

  Falklands’ oil equipment arrives in vessel with giant computer-controlled kite

  

  One of the strangest ships ever to visit the Falkland Islands this week lay at anchor in Port William after making a hasty departure from FIPASS. Had it not left the dock, an ongoing legal wrangle involving its owners could have caused it to be detained there indefinitely – rendering a significant proportion of FIPASS unusable by other vessels, perhaps for a very long time.

• Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 07:45 UTC

  HMS Gloucester returns to Portsmouth from Falklands on her final homecoming

  

  HRH The Duchess of Gloucester joined Type-42 destroyer HMS Gloucester as she sailed back into Portsmouth Friday from her seven-month deployment to the South Atlantic patrolling Falklands and South Georgia Island waters.

• Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 06:56 UTC

  Guess what? “in the (Falklands) Malvinas Islands they only speak English”

  

  In the Malvinas Islands, guess what? They speak English according to Juan Antonio Agulles, mayor of the Argentine town of Malargüe, recently back from a trip to the Falkland Islands with a delegation of the so-called Rugby with out Frontiers.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2011 - 20:13 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ tours are top three in South America

  

  Three Falkland Islands tours achieved the top ratings out of all South American excursions taken by Princess Cruise Line passengers during the 2010/11 season, confirmed Tourism Coordinator Samantha Marsh of Falklands Port and Shore Excursion Agents Sulivan Shipping Ltd.

• Monday, March 21st 2011 - 23:15 UTC

  Falklands’ 2010 land-based tourism ‘surprisingly good’ as opposed to cruise ships

  

  Using the United Nations definition of tourism, 2010 was a surprisingly good year for land-based, as opposed to cruise ship tourism in the Falkland Islands, with numbers up from 4,241 in 2009 to 6,017 in 20010.

• Monday, March 21st 2011 - 18:35 UTC

  Falklands’ oil find likely to be commercially viable, says Rockhopper Exploration

  

  Rockhopper Exploration announced Monday that its Sea Lion discovery in the North Falkland basin is likely to be commercially viable and anticipated drilling for further appraisal wells (a minimum of three).

• Saturday, March 19th 2011 - 22:54 UTC

  Falklands reports grounding of a pod of 400 pilot whales

  

  A record grounding of an estimated 400 pilot whales was reported this week in the Falkland Islands.

• Saturday, March 19th 2011 - 07:26 UTC

  Oil legislation to obstrut Falklands’ industry, a ‘boomerang’ for Argentine companies says FCO

  

  For the Foreign Office the bill approved this week by the Argentine congress that proscribes fines and sanctions for companies or persons involved in support of the oil industry in the Falkland Islands is a ‘boomerang’’ that will only harm Argentine companies, reports Buenos Aires daily La Nacion in its Friday edition.

• Thursday, March 17th 2011 - 21:05 UTC

  Argentina further tightens the noose on the Falkland Islands

  

  The Argentine senate unanimously approved Wednesday a bill that bars companies and persons from participating in hydrocarbons exploration and exploitation activities in the Argentine continental platform (which includes the Falkland Islands), and proscribes fines for infractions and barring periods of time from 5 to 20 years for companies that violate the law.