Tag: cement blocks

• Tuesday, July 29th 2014 - 05:53 UTC

  Brussels says it found 'no breach of EU environmental laws' in activities carried out by Gibraltar

  

  The European Commission has informed the British Government that it has found no breach of EU environmental laws in the activities carried out by the Gibraltar Government including bunkering activities, the Eastside or Sovereign Bay project and, in particular, the Artificial Reef System in North-West British Gibraltar Territorial Waters.

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2013 - 23:17 UTC

  Gibraltar diplomatic conflict “an important fire” says Spain, but friendship with UK must prevail

  

  Spanish Foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo addressing parliament on Tuesday described the current diplomatic conflict with the UK as an ‘important fire’ and blamed it on three apparently minor incidents: Gibraltar authorities having dropped the agreement with Spanish fishermen a year ago; the recent dumping of cement blocks in the bay of Algeciras (Gibraltar) and the construction of a new reef.

• Tuesday, August 27th 2013 - 01:05 UTC

  EU will decide if cement blocks dumped in Gibraltar Bay is an environmental crime

  

  Brussels will determine whether the 70 cement blocks dumped in the Gibraltar bay are legal or not, according to the European Union spokesperson Olivier Bailly who anticipated an EC fact finding mission can be expected next month to visit the controversy area.