Tag: Gibraltar

• Monday, August 29th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  Gibraltar included in the Home Office list of recognized cities

  

  Gibraltar has been included in the Home Office's list of recognized cities. Although the Rock was awarded city status in 1842, it was under Diocesan Letters Patent and not under the normal City Status Letters Patent and therefore never ended up on the official list.

• Friday, July 8th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Gibraltar tells Andalucía, “cooperation YES, joint sovereignty NO, they don't mix!”

  

  The Government of Gibraltar announced it has taken notice of the positive statements by the President of the Junta de Andalucía on cooperation. The President made the comments in the context of the political changes happening in the United Kingdom, and also on the recent June election overwhelming victory of the conservative opposition, Popular Party described as “historic”.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  Gibraltar minister attends Falkland Islands remembrance ceremony

  

  Gibraltar Minister for Housing, Employment, Youth and Sport, Steven Linares MP, represented the Rock in marking the 40th anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands from Argentine occupation in 1982.

• 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.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2022 - 23:53 UTC

  Royal visit to Gibraltar

  

  On Tuesday and Wednesday this week Gibraltar had a unique opportunity to express their unwavering loyalty to Her Majesty the Queen by welcoming The Earl and Countess of Wessex to the Rock who were visiting to celebrate Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee with the people of Gibraltar.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Gibraltar's Falklands war exhibition: “we share the right to freedom and self-determination”

  

  An exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands was opened in Gibraltar by Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Joseph Garcia. The exhibition was curated by the Archivist Anthony Pitaluga and prepared by the Gibraltar National Archives.

• Friday, April 15th 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  Gibraltar reduces duties on fuel until July first, to help consumers

  

  Given the increased cost of automotive diesel and petrol, the Government of Gibraltar is taking action to reduce the price of fuel to help consumers.

• Friday, April 8th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Gibraltar joins commemoration of 40th anniversary of Falklands conflict

  

  As part of the commemorative plans for the 40th anniversary of the Falklands Islands conflict, Gibraltar Cultural Services on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, will be hosting a series of lectures. 2022 marks 40 years since the end of the conflict.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  Royal Gibraltar Regiment guarding Tower of London, St James Palace, Windsor and Buckingham Palace

  

  The Royal Gibraltar Regiment is conducting Ceremonial Public Duties in London, almost ten years after their second commitment, with their first being in 2002. Following a rigorous inspection of ceremonial uniform and drill sequences which was carried out at Wellington Barracks on Friday, the Royal Gibraltar Regiment proceeded with their First Queen’s Guard which took place at Buckingham Palace on Monday 21 March.

• Monday, March 7th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Brexit keeps Gibraltar ambulances off Spain

  

  In a new direct Brexit spinoff, authorities at the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar have confirmed that routine patients may henceforth be ferried for treatment to Spanish hospitals only if their ambulances are staffed by Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) employees who live in Spain or by EU nationals, it was reported.