MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 7th 2013
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Saturday, September 7th 2013 - 01:34 UTC
Gibraltar: CPA calls on Spain to cease immediately all political pressure and threats
Delegates at the 59th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in South Africa, including Falklands’ delegates approved a motion expressing strong support for Gibraltar and denouncing Spanish political pressure on the Rock as “totally unacceptable”.
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Saturday, September 7th 2013 - 01:26 UTC
UK peers and members of Parliament will attend Gibraltar National Day
A large group of UK peers, Members of Parliament and Members of the European Parliament will attend Gibraltar’s National Day, next week, has been released. On Thursday a long list of representatives from other Overseas Territories including MLA Ian Hansen from the Falkland Islands was announced.
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Saturday, September 7th 2013 - 01:22 UTC
Rajoy and Cameron meet on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Russia
While Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy held a one-to-one meeting with his British counterpart David Cameron on the G20 Summit sidelines in Russia to discuss the Gibraltar sovereignty dispute, officials of the British overseas territory accused Madrid of setting a “pre-war environment.”
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Saturday, September 7th 2013 - 01:14 UTC
Extremist group protest against Prince Anne outside Buenos Aires Opera House
With faces covered, flags and sticks the Argentine fundamentalist group Quebracho staged a protest in front of Buenos Aires Colon Opera House where the opening ceremony of the International Olympic Committee took place on Friday evening and which includes among its members Princess Anne.
