Tag: Gibraltar National Day

• Tuesday, September 12th 2023 - 07:16 UTC

  UK Foreign Secretary Cleverly at Gibraltar Day celebrations, on a private capacity visit

  

  British Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, was present on Sunday at the Gibraltar National Day celebrations. Cleverly, who was on a private visit to the Rock with his family, followed the celebrations from a balcony in Casamates, but did not take part in the official events.

• Friday, September 8th 2023 - 10:31 UTC

  Falklands delegation present at Gibraltar National Day on Sunday

  

  A group of eighteen members from the House of Commons and the House of Lords will be in Gibraltar this week on a working visit for National Day, Sunday September 10. They will coincide with a separate delegation of leaders from the British Overseas Territories, including Falkland Islands representatives who will engage in preparatory work with a view to the next meeting of the Joint Ministerial Council with the UK in November.

• Tuesday, September 12th 2017 - 08:42 UTC

  May reaffirms UK's Gibraltar sovereignty commitment in National Day message

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May has said the United Kingdom will stand by Gibraltar for as long as Gibraltarians wish to remain British, reaffirming the double lock sovereignty commitment as the Rock celebrated a historic National Day.

• Saturday, September 9th 2017 - 20:54 UTC

  Sir Alan Duncan in Gibraltar to celebrate the Rock's National Day

  

  The United Kingdom will stand by Gibraltar, its people and its economy for as long as Gibraltarians wish to remain British, Sir Alan Duncan said ahead of an official visit to the Rock. Britain’s Minister for Europe at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office arrived at the Rock on Saturday and will spend the weekend in Gibraltar celebrating National Day, 10 September, and the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Referendum.

• Saturday, September 12th 2015 - 10:18 UTC

  Gibraltar: Elizabeth “our Queen by invitation and not by imposition; twice voted”

  

  The Queen of Gibraltar and the Rock’s evacuation generation were honoured on National Day Thursday by thousands of Gibraltarians who crammed into Casemates Square dressed in red and white.

• Wednesday, September 11th 2013 - 00:59 UTC

  “We will never concede one drop of our waters to Spain”, pledged Picardo on Gibraltar Day

  

  By Jim Watt - The Gibraltar National Day political rally organised by the Self-Determination Group for Gibraltar (SDGG) was held at Casemates square on Tuesday. On stage were local politicians, including the leader of the opposition, heads and representatives of other British Overseas Territories, including the Falkland Islands, British MP's from all parties and Mr Perry Stieglitz Gibraltar's man in the US.

• Tuesday, September 10th 2013 - 17:17 UTC

  PM Cameron praises Gibraltar’s ‘enormous dignity’ and the ‘solid, sure and enduring’ relation with UK

  

  UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday, 10 September, praised the “enormous dignity” shown by Gibraltar in response to months of pressure from Spain and said the Rock's relationship with Britain was “solid, sure and enduring”.

• Monday, September 10th 2012 - 01:25 UTC

  Foreign Office flies Gibraltar flag on Rock’s Day; last June 14 it was the Falklands’ flag

  

  The Foreign Office will fly the Gibraltar flag on Monday, National Day in its building along Whitehall. Foreign Office ministers David Lidington and Mark Simmonds, respectively the ministers for Europe and the Overseas Territories, have said they welcome the raising of the Gibraltar Flag over the FCO in Whitehall to mark Gibraltar Day.