Tag: Gibraltar

• Monday, May 22nd 2017 - 08:13 UTC

  Gibraltar hosting Brexit conference for Commonwealth parliamentarians

  

  Nearly forty Parliamentarians from eleven Commonwealth countries and territories (including Falkland Islands) are meeting in Gibraltar in order to discuss the impact of the decision taken in the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, among other current issues.

• Friday, May 12th 2017 - 08:49 UTC

  Gibraltar's Attorney General appointed to FIFA's Ethics Committee

  

  The Government of Gibraltar has warmly congratulated Michael Llamas QC upon his appointment as Europe's representative in the highly prestigious and important Ethics Committee of FIFA. Llamas joins other highly distinguished lawyers and judges who will form part of the Ethics Committee. These include a former President of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

• Thursday, May 11th 2017 - 09:56 UTC

  Gibraltar preparing for a hard Brexit; expects new opportunities for financial services

  

  Gibraltar is preparing for a hard Brexit but expects new opportunities for its financial services sector despite the challenges ahead, Finance Centre Director James Tipping told a European Parliament committee in Brussels. Mr Tipping told the parliament’s Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion that Gibraltar’s finance centre was “small by European standards” but crucial to Gibraltar’s economy.

• Wednesday, May 10th 2017 - 08:06 UTC

  Germany optimistic about “a friendly and sensible political agreement” over Gibraltar

  

  The German Government believes Brexit offers “a possibly historic opportunity” for the UK and Spain to reach “a friendly and sensible” political agreement over Gibraltar’s legal status, according to Spanish press reports.

• Sunday, April 30th 2017 - 09:22 UTC

  “Plainly obvious” EU would include Spain's Gibraltar veto in Brexit negotiating guidelines

  

  European leaders have endorsed a joint negotiating position on Brexit, including the controversial Spanish veto over the application of any future U.K./EU trade deal to Gibraltar. The 27 remaining members states formally agreed their talks strategy at a special European Council meeting in Brussels.

• Saturday, April 29th 2017 - 09:10 UTC

  Labour manifesto expected to strongly support Falklands' right to self determination

  

  Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry has strongly suggested that the Labour manifesto, to be launched on 15 May, will make clear that the disputed Falkland Islands will remain British for as long as those living there want to be, according to Politics Home

• Friday, April 28th 2017 - 10:21 UTC

  Gibraltar could be Spanish in four years, “but Gibraltarians must be seduced”

  

  Gibraltar could be Spanish “within four years”, Spain’s former foreign minister, José Manuel García-Margallo, said on Wednesday insisting that “the Hong Kongisation” of the Rock was possible in that timescale.

• Friday, April 28th 2017 - 09:23 UTC

  Labour “unequivocally committed” to protecting British sovereignty of Gibraltar

  

  Labour is “unequivocally committed” to protecting the British sovereignty of Gibraltar, Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry said during a surprise visit to the Rock. Mrs Thornberry was shown around Gibraltar International Airport and the frontier by Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia, on the back of a long standing promise.

• Thursday, April 27th 2017 - 10:33 UTC

  Post-Brexit “clear and explicit commitments” to Gibraltar wanted from UK political parties

  

  The Gibraltar Government is calling on Britain’s political parties to make “clear and explicit commitments” to Gibraltar in their manifestos for the June 8 general election. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said his government would seek assurances on Gibraltar’s post-Brexit future from parties contesting the UK election.

• Wednesday, April 19th 2017 - 04:36 UTC

  Gibraltar's football upbeat: FIFA will finance an UEFA category 4 stadium

  

  The Gibraltar Football Association is to buy the Victoria Stadium from the Gibraltar Government, in a move that paves the way for local football teams to play international games at home and, in parallel, will trigger a £16.5m investment in new sport infrastructure around the Rock, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.