Tag: Gibraltar

• Friday, June 13th 2014 - 07:02 UTC

  Gibraltar to experiment with a wave-power alternative energy project

  

  The Government of Gibraltar has signed its first power purchase agreement for the provision of renewable energy. The agreement, which is with Eco Wave Power, is for the provision of an initial 0.5MW energy device on the eastside of the Rock.

• Monday, June 9th 2014 - 06:57 UTC

  British submariner named Commander of UK forces in Gibraltar

  

  British naval officer in charge of the UK’s submarine fleet has been appointed as the new Commander British Forces in Gibraltar, with effect from August 5. Commodore Ian McGhrie will succeed Commodore John Clink, who will be promoted to Rear Admiral and will take on the 2-Star appointment of Flag Officer Scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England and Flag Officer Reserves.

• Monday, June 2nd 2014 - 08:04 UTC

  Gibraltar's Poggio to be succeeded by Jason Cruz in two years time

  

  The Gibraltar Government’s recently-appointed representative in Hong Kong, Jason Cruz, will succeed Albert Poggio as the Rock’s man in London in two years’ time, it was revealed in Parliament by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo who confirmed the decision as he answered Opposition questions about Mr Cruz’s salary and employment package.

• Monday, May 26th 2014 - 08:15 UTC

  Spanish regional leader says current Spanish policy on Gibraltar “is going nowhere”

  

  Manuel Chaves, the PSOE (Socialist opposition party) MP and former president of the Junta de Andalucia, has said Spain’s policy on Gibraltar “is going nowhere” because Gibraltarians are the ones who will decide their own future.

• Saturday, May 24th 2014 - 07:43 UTC

  The 1978 'nominal' co-sovereignty secret project for Gibraltar, with UK, EEC and Spain's guarantee

  

  A form of “nominal” co-sovereignty to be guaranteed UK, Spain and the EEC was proposed by Gibraltar Chief Minister, the late Sir Joshua Hassan, in January 1978, according to papers newly-released to The National Archives.

• Wednesday, May 21st 2014 - 06:05 UTC

  Gibraltar plans to open office in Brussels and contract US law firm in Washington

  

  The Gibraltar Government is strengthening its lobbying presence in Brussels and Washington in order to ensure that the profile of Gibraltar is heightened at a political level. The Government plans to expand its representation in Brussels along similar lines to the Gibraltar London office.

• Wednesday, May 21st 2014 - 06:01 UTC

  UK denies claims it will send additional military personnel to Gibraltar against Spanish incursions

  

  The UK Ministry of Defense has played down claims that the British Government is to send additional military personnel to Gibraltar. The announcement follows reports in the Daily Express over the weekend that the British Government was to deploy additional sailors to Gibraltar to allow the Royal Navy to operate patrol boats 24 hours a day to challenge “nightmare incursions by Spanish fishing trawlers.”

• Monday, May 19th 2014 - 12:04 UTC

  British MEP alleges UK torpedoed Spain's 2020 Olympics' bid because of Gibraltar

  

  The British Government torpedoed Spain’s bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games as a reprisal for the Spanish Government’s hard line stance on Gibraltar, Sir Graham Watson has claimed.

• Monday, May 19th 2014 - 09:50 UTC

  Gibraltar: Spain hits back at UK accusing the Rock of increased tobacco smuggling

  

  The Spanish Government has accused Britain of failing to tackle a sharp rise in tobacco smuggling at the border. In a statement marking the six-month deadline set by the European Commission following its visit last year, Spain also said that cooperation with law enforcement agencies in Gibraltar had deteriorated.

• Friday, May 16th 2014 - 19:23 UTC

  “Labor tried to sell you down the river into the Mediterranean” Tories remind Gibraltar

  

  Grant Shapps, British Conservative MP and party chairman urged Gibraltarians to vote Tory in the EU election and reminded the Rock that Labor ‘tried to sell you down the river into the Mediterranean’. Shapps was speaking shortly after arriving in Gibraltar and paying a courtesy visit on acting Chief Minister Dr John Cortes.