Falkland Islands companies buoyed
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
Exploration companies with operations in the Falkland Islands were in focus again yesterday. Shares in Rockhopper Exploration jumped 33.3 per cent to 78p after...
Falklands War: Falkland Islands, Events leading to the Falklands War, Operation Black Buck, 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands, Battle of Goose Green, Battle of Mount Harriet
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
Exploration companies with operations in the Falkland Islands were in focus again yesterday. Shares in Rockhopper Exploration jumped 33.3 per cent to 78p after...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 04/03/2009
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez repeated her country's demand for sovereignty talks with Britain over the Falkland Islands in a speech broadcast from London yesterday.
Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 02/05/2009
The Commander of the British Forces XI has drawn first blood in the three-game South Atlantic Ashes in the Falkland Islands, winning the opening match against the Governor's XI by 105 runs.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 02/04/2009
The Speaker of the Falkland Islands’ legislative council has been fined by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for insider dealing.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 02/03/2009
Prince William's military deployment to the Falkland Islands has reignited the festering issue of the archipelago's sovereignty.
Luxury Property Blog (Free subscription) | 01/22/2009
Remember the Falkland Islands? (...)
A Luxury Travel Blog (Free subscription) | 01/22/2009
Travellers searching for a first-class wildlife and wilderness experience should look no further than the newly upgraded Sea Lion Lodge, located on the most southerly inhabited island in the Falklands archipelago. Home to over 47 species of birds, including three species of penguins, and an estimated 70 species of flowering plants, it’s perhaps no wonder that [...]
Timothy Birdnow (Free subscription) | 01/19/2009
This from the Federalist Patriot: “Go back a hundred years — before there was a United Nations and before ‘world opinion’ was taken into account. An Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands at that time would have risked not only a British counter-attack to retake the islands but also British attacks on Argentina itself. Anywhere in [...]
tbirdnow.mee.nu (Free subscription) | 01/19/2009
This from the Federalist Patriot: "Go back a hundred years -- before there was a United Nations and before 'world opinion' was taken into account. An Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands at that time would have risked not only a British counter-attack to retake the islands but also British attacks on Argentina itself. Anywhere in the world, attacks such as those on Israel today would not...
Naval Open Source INTelligence (Free subscription) | 01/17/2009
The navy has revealed it is arranging for HMS Endurance to be towed back to Portsmouth on a barge. The ice patrol vessel has been out of action since it suffered a major flood on December 16, and is currently in the Falkland Islands. Hundreds of litres of icy water gushed into the ship's engine room when she was in the Strait of Magellan off Chile. Read more
Times Online (Free subscription) | 01/14/2009
The brother of the accomplice to Richard Ralph, the former Falkland Islands Governor who was fined last year for insider dealing, was himself fined £176,254 today for his role in the affair.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 01/14/2009
TWO education officers from the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) have travelled to the Falkland Islands to teach school children there about Scottish wildl
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
EDUCATION officers from Edinburgh Zoo have headed to the Falkland Islands to teach local children about Scottish wildlife.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
The first zero emission electric van to be made in Wales is sold to farmers in the Falkland Islands.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 01/06/2009
A Portsmouth-based Royal Navy ship which lost power when the engine room was flooded is towed to the Falkland Islands.