Tag: Gibraltar National Day

• 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.