Tag: Gibraltar

• Wednesday, September 28th 2011 - 01:42 UTC

  UK opens consultation period on new strategy for Overseas Territories

  

  The Foreign Office has launched a consultation on a new strategy for the Overseas Territories and is inviting views from people of those Territories and the UK on how to implement the goals.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2011 - 06:19 UTC

  UK reiterates support of Gibraltar sovereignty and will protest naval incident

  

  Any discussions that UK has on Gibraltar with Spain “reflect our clear position on sovereignty, which is that the UK will never enter into arrangements under which the people of Gibraltar would pass under the sovereignty of another state against their wishes” Europe Minister David Lidington has said.

• Thursday, September 8th 2011 - 01:22 UTC

  Gibraltar and La Linea committed to share ‘a common socio-economic future’

  

  Gibraltar and La Linea are meant to “share a common socio-economic future” Chief Minister Peter Caruana declared Tuesday in the neighbouring Spanish town hall after his first official meeting with the new Socialist (PSOE) mayor Gemma Araujo.

• Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 06:04 UTC

  Gibraltar territorial waters dispute postponed at least until after November

  

  Spain’s Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenz has confirmed that there will be no further tripartite talks regarding Gibraltar whilst the dispute on issues related to sovereignty of Gibraltar territorial waters continues.

• Thursday, July 28th 2011 - 08:58 UTC

  Gibraltar ‘invaded’ by 7.000 cruise passengers; 330.000 expected this season

  

  Gibraltar’s Main Street was a hive of activity on Tuesday as two cruise ships carrying over 7,000 passengers arrived in the Rock. The “Independence of the Seas” and the “Grand Princess” both arrived early in the morning carrying 4,200 passengers and 2,900 passengers respectively, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2011 - 03:36 UTC

  Gibraltar and La Línea jointly celebrate and promote neighbourly relations

  

  To promote good neighbourly relations and closer ties between Gibraltar and La Linea, the Spanish town Mayor, Gemma Araujo, hosted a Gibraltar Day at the official municipal pavilion of the La Linea Fair.

• Monday, July 18th 2011 - 10:47 UTC

  Hague announces UK will appeal EC decision on Gibraltar waters

  

  Foreign Secretary William Hague said the Government has a clear responsibility to uphold the UK's position over the waters around Gibraltar and will be appealing a European Commission decision benefiting Spain.

• Thursday, July 14th 2011 - 18:38 UTC

  Gibraltar’s current debt level makes Europeans “green with envy”

  

  Gibraltar’s economy is performing well and its current debt levels are not a cause for concern said Professor Albrecht Ritschl from the London School of Economics interviewed by Radio Gibraltar to provide an independent assessment of the latest economic data presented in the local Parliament last week.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2011 - 20:46 UTC

  Royal blessing for Gibraltar priest to head leading Catholic college in Valladolid

  

  The King of Spain will approve the appointment of Father John Pardo as head of the Catholic college in Valladollid.

• Sunday, June 19th 2011 - 22:52 UTC

  Cruise vessels would be allowed to operate casinos while docked in Gibraltar

  

  Senior cruise executives from across the globe showed “considerable interest” in plans to permit gambling on cruise ships docked overnight in Gibraltar.