Tag: Gibraltar

• 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.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 21:08 UTC

  Spain accuses Gibraltar before the C 24 of “colonialism by consent”

  

  Spain has told the United Nations Committee of 24 (C24) that despite the “impasse afflicting the Brussels process”, Madrid's goodwill allows regional co-operation with Gibraltar and UK to continue under the Tripartite Forum.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 19:45 UTC

  Gibraltar calls on opposition to forget about C24, ‘they will never de-colonize’

  

  The Gibraltar Government called this week on the Opposition “to abandon attendance at the Committee of 24 and support Chief Minister Peter Caruana at the United Nations in October.”

• Thursday, June 9th 2011 - 19:42 UTC

  Spain’s objective is sovereignty over Gibraltar, Minister Jimenez tells Parliament

  

  Spain's dealings with Gibraltar have the overriding objective of recovering sovereignty over the Rock, Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jiménez told parliament in Madrid this week.

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 06:32 UTC

  Major reforms to sullage plants in Gibraltar following last week’s fire

  

  Gibraltar Government is likely to have fuel services, including sullage plants of the type that caught fire last Tuesday and injured welders and cruise passengers, moved away from their current location.

• Wednesday, June 1st 2011 - 16:31 UTC

  Gibraltar Opposition confirms it will attend the UN C24 meeting as petitioner

  

  Gibraltar Opposition Leader Fabian Picardo will head for New York later this month to address the United Nations Committee of 24 as part of the opposition GSLP/Liberal policy of continuing to ask the C24 to de-list British Overseas Territory and formally close the decolonisation process.