Tag: Fabian Picardo

• Thursday, March 30th 2023 - 15:39 UTC

  Gibraltar Airport Tunnel Opens

  

  Jim Watt - Gibraltar. The tunnel for traffic to access the frontier with Spain without having to cross the runway has been an ongoing project beset with delays.

• Friday, September 2nd 2022 - 19:00 UTC

  Captain of Gibraltar oil spill ship arrested for ignoring instructions

  

  The captain of the OS 35 bulk carrier ship leaking fuel off Gibraltar since Thursday has been arrested, police sources confirmed Friday.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Gibraltar government officials meet with C24 Chair

  

  Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo, together with the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia, met privately with the Chair of the United Nations Committee of 24, Ambassador Keisha McGuire, (Grenada), at the UN headquarters in New York.

• Saturday, October 2nd 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Gibraltar Chief Minister tests positive for COVID-19 on return from UK

  

  Gibraltar Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo QC MP, tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday upon his return from the United Kingdom. Mrs Picardo, who travelled with the Chief Minister, has tested negative.

• Saturday, March 6th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  UK-Gibraltar partnership strengthened by new funding stream

  

  The UK Government has included Gibraltar in the UK Community Renewal Fund for 2021-22. This means that projects in Gibraltar will be eligible for funding up to a maximum of half a million pounds.

• Saturday, January 9th 2021 - 23:55 UTC

  Gibraltar receives first consignment of Pfizer vaccine; inoculation begins Sunday

  

  British Overseas Territory Gibraltar received on Saturday the first consignment of the COVID-19 vaccine supplied by the UK. The vaccine supplied is the Pfizer BioNTech, which has been given to the vast majority of people that have received a COVID-19 vaccination in the U.K.

• Saturday, October 3rd 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Gibraltar leaders hold virtual meeting with the All Party Group on post Brexit talks with EU

  

  Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and the Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Joseph Garcia held a virtual meeting with members of the All-Party Group on Gibraltar on Thursday, which included Members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords with Group Chair Sir Bob Neil MP.

• Saturday, September 19th 2020 - 06:32 UTC

  Boris Johnson reiterates his support for Gibraltar

  

  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged his full support to Gibraltar and its people whatever happens in a telephone conversation with the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo on Friday.

• Tuesday, September 15th 2020 - 09:02 UTC

  Picardo reiterates ‘not an inch’ of Gibraltar will be given away during Brexit negotiations

  

  The Government of Gibraltar warns over media speculation arising from reports in the Spanish press, as Gibraltar enters the final stages of Brexit negotiations before the December deadline.

• Tuesday, August 4th 2020 - 08:49 UTC

  Gibraltar will continue lobbying US congress despite Spanish tactics

  

  Gibraltar has taken notice of the reports in the UK's press which confirm that, for several years, Spain has been actively engaged in anti-Gibraltar lobbying in Washington DC.