Tag: Falkland Islands

• Friday, August 3rd 2018 - 07:24 UTC

  Falklands: Sao Paulo as second commercial flight draws strong local response

  

  The Falkland Island Government’s announcement of their preferred option for a second commercial flight between the Falklands and South America has been met with both applause and outrage, reports the latest edition of the Islands' weekly, Penguin News.

• Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 07:47 UTC

  King penguins down to 10% of original population in three years in French island

  

  The planet's largest colony of King penguins has declined by nearly 90% in three decades, alarmed researchers said on Monday. The last time scientists set foot on France's remote Ile aux Cochons — roughly half way between the tip of Africa and Antarctica — the island was blanketed by two million of the flightless birds, which stand about a meter tall.

• Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 15:30 UTC

  Falklands operating surplus reaches £38 million; strong corporation tax receipts

  

  The Falkland Islands Government operating surplus now stands at over £38 million, Standing Finance Committee members were informed this week. The large surplus is due to favorable corporation tax receipts, and was arrived at by deducting operating costs of £68 million from the year’s income, which is £106 million.

• Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 14:53 UTC

  Relatives authorized to visit the grave of Argentine veteran buried in South Georgia

  

  Family of the only Argentine naval officer killed and buried in South Georgia during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict will soon be able to visit their father's grave in Grytviken, according to reports in the Buenos Aires media.

• Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 02:52 UTC

  Premier Oil Outline Procurement and Infrastructure Plan in the Falkland Islands

  

  As Mercopress have reported over recent months, Premier Oil continue to progress their Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) process for the Sea Lion oil discovery. As a next step in this process, earlier this week Premier Oil plc provided details of their intended approach to both procurement and infrastructure to support the discovery to the north of the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, July 27th 2018 - 07:22 UTC

  Argentina questions Falklands release on a second flight: proposals are still under consideration

  

  The Falkland Islands government announcement that it has chosen Latam as preferred operator to provide a second commercial flight between the Islands and the continent, with a stopover once a month in Argentina, did not come without a reaction from the Argentine government.

• Thursday, July 26th 2018 - 19:47 UTC

  Falklands chooses Latam as preferred operator for a second flight

  

  The Chilean/Brazilian Latam airline has been chosen by the Falkland Islands Government as the preferred operator to provide a second commercial flight between the Falkland Islands and South America. The official announcement was made on Thursday, 26 July.

• Monday, July 23rd 2018 - 05:58 UTC

  Hammond in Argentina iterates Falklands self determination and calls on Macri to address inflation and labor reform

  

  The UK Government position is unchanged: only the Falkland Islanders have the right to determine their own political and economic future, stated Phillip Hammond in Buenos Aires where he attended a two-day G20 ministers meeting.

• Friday, July 20th 2018 - 04:18 UTC

  Falklands' survey says air link and telecoms biggest barriers to business growth

  

  The biggest barriers to business growth in the Falkland Islands are the air link to Chile and telecommunications bandwidth (speed and quality) according to the Falkland Islands Development Corporation Business Climate Survey. In the survey to which 106 businesses responded (a 42% response rate) 30.86% selected those options.

• Tuesday, July 17th 2018 - 11:26 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego infighting over the Malvinas Question Observatory

  

  Last week's meeting in Buenos Aires of the Malvinas Question Observatory from the province of Tierra del Fuego with the Malvinas Department at the Argentine foreign ministry has not been without consequences.