Tag: Fabian Picardo

• Wednesday, January 20th 2016 - 06:58 UTC

  New Gibraltar governor pledges to ensure sovereignty, safety and success for the Rock.

  

  The new Governor of Gibraltar, Lt General Edward Davis, was formally sworn in on Tuesday January 19 following his arrival with his wife on the navy vessel RFA Mounts Bay.

• Saturday, November 28th 2015 - 06:45 UTC

  “Tsunami support” re-elects Gibraltar Chief minister Fabian Picardo

  

  Gibraltar's incumbent Chief Minister Fabian Picardo thanked his supporters for their “tsunami of support” on Friday after he won a landslide victory in a general election.

• Thursday, October 15th 2015 - 04:45 UTC

  Should UK Overseas Territories have representation in Westminster?

  

  A recent formation of the Friends of the British Overseas Territories, FOTBOT, had an interesting participation at the British parties conferences this season with fringe meetings open to the public and panel discussions on political issues pertaining to the British Overseas Territories, including whether BOT's should have representation in Westminster.

• Saturday, October 10th 2015 - 02:20 UTC

  Gibraltar invited to high level security briefing at Ministry of Defense in London

  

  Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has been invited to attend a high level security briefing at the Ministry of Defense in London next week, part of a drive by the British Government to foster closer links with the Government of Gibraltar.

• Monday, October 5th 2015 - 08:29 UTC

  Gibraltar calls for UK to remain in the EU: “it needs to be fixed, not thrown away”

  

  The European Union needs to be ‘fixed, not thrown away’, Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has said in a letter to The Times. The letter follows news that Nigel Lawson is to lead the Conservative movement to leave the EU and Mr. Picardo told the newspaper that those whose best future lies in remaining in a secure Europe “need to speak up”.

• Saturday, October 3rd 2015 - 07:37 UTC

  Gibraltar's new governor is a former Royal Marine, who takes office in early 2016

  

  In a press release issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on October 1, it was announced that the new Governor of Gibraltar would be former Royal Marine Lieutenant General Edward (Ed) Davis CB CBE.

• 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.

• Thursday, August 27th 2015 - 04:53 UTC

  Spain confident its Gibraltar tough policy is 'bearing fruit' and will continue

  

  The Spanish Government’s measures toward Gibraltar are ‘bearing fruit, Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel García-Margallo said in a weekend interview in which he vowed to maintain pressure on the Rock. Although the minister’s tough language on Gibraltar was nothing new, it was the second time within the space of a week that he had spoken out on the Rock.

• Monday, August 10th 2015 - 06:21 UTC

  UK calls 'outrageous' and 'unlawful', Spanish incursions in Gibraltar waters

  

  Spain has been accused of an “outrageous” and “unlawful” violation of British sovereignty after boats entered UK waters in Gibraltar on Sunday. Helicopters were also flown over a beach on the British territory as Spanish police chased criminals on the water, a move branded extremely dangerous by the Government of Gibraltar.

• Tuesday, July 21st 2015 - 05:18 UTC

  UK Territories’ Environment Ministers chart a course for a sustainable future

  

  Environment Ministers from the UK Overseas Territories (OTs) and Crown Dependencies (CDs) gathered together for the first time ever in Gibraltar’s Garrison Library last week to consider the environmental challenges facing the Territories.