Tag: Fabian Picardo

• Wednesday, July 31st 2013 - 04:56 UTC

  Spain warns Hague that it will continue to enforce strict Gibraltar border checks

  

  Foreign Affairs minister José Manuel García-Margallo has told his UK counterpart, William Hague that Spain will continue to enforce strict Gibraltar border checks “whenever necessary” because this was in line with Madrid’s EU obligations and that Guardia Civil officers were searching for contraband.

• Monday, July 29th 2013 - 05:57 UTC

  Gibraltar blasts Spain over incident and calls for upgrade or Royal Navy engagement rules

  

  Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo Governor Sir Adrian Johns said Spain had no right to interfere with activities in British Gibraltar territorial waters and called for an upgrade of Royal Navy engagement rules.

• Saturday, July 27th 2013 - 19:55 UTC

  Bay of Gibraltar ‘naval’ battle over artificial reef that prevents Spanish fishing

  

  Drivers were forced to queue for hours in blistering heat as Spain tightened its border controls with Gibraltar in the wake of the standoff at sea on Thursday.

• Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 21:01 UTC

  PM Cameron reassures Gibraltar “no compromise on sovereignty”, following shooting incident

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron has told Chief Minister Fabian Picardo that Britain “will not compromise on sovereignty” in the face of Spanish incursions into British Gibraltar territorial waters.

• Friday, July 5th 2013 - 03:26 UTC

  Gibraltar ruling party wins by-election; vote of confidence for CM Picardo

  

  By Jim Watt - Gibraltar’s ruling GSLP candidate Albert Isola had a comfortable win in Thursday’s by-election. The election was called due to the death of the popular MP Charles Bruzon.

• Wednesday, June 19th 2013 - 23:54 UTC

  Gibraltar invites Spanish treasury inspectors to dispel claims of tax evasion money

  

  Spanish treasury inspectors tasked with “tightening the noose” on Gibraltar have been invited to travel to the British Overseas Territory and talk to officials in a bid to debunk claims that the Rock is harbouring tax dodgers from Spain.

• Tuesday, June 4th 2013 - 08:13 UTC

  Gibraltar celebrates becoming UEFA 54th member with a 54p stamp

  

  A stamp has been issued to commemorate Gibraltar’s historic achievement of becoming the 54th Uefa member. The Government opted for a 54p value as Gibraltar is now the 54th member country. Stephen Perera photographed the embroidered badge from a new GFA team jersey and the GFA’s founding year of 1895 is clearly visible for the world to see

• Tuesday, May 21st 2013 - 00:29 UTC

  Gibraltar ‘will never be Spanish’ and will enjoy full self-government says Chief Minister Picardo

  

  Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has told German readers of Frankfurter Allegmeine Zeitung that he is firmly convinced that Gibraltar will never be Spanish because today’s Europe is about the people rather than the states.

• Saturday, April 20th 2013 - 08:48 UTC

  Gibraltar will commemorate, not celebrate the 300 year of the Treaty of Utrecht

  

  Gibraltar will commemorate, not celebrate the 300 year old Treaty of Utrecht this year, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo, told members of the Fabian Society in London earlier this week. The treaty refers to the cession in perpetuity by Spain to the British Crown of Gibraltar in 1713 under Article X of the agreement which put an end to the War of Spanish Succession (1701/1714)

• Friday, February 22nd 2013 - 15:43 UTC

  Self determination and world examples dominated political debate hosted by Falklands

  

  The 43rd British Islands and Mediterranean Region (BIMR) Annual Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), held in the Falkland Islands on the 12th and 13th February 2013, was described as both fascinating and provoking by delegates.