Tag: Gibraltar

• Thursday, July 1st 2010 - 21:05 UTC

  MP Laing, chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Gibraltar Group

  

  British Conservative MP Elainor Laing is the new chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Gibraltar Group, a House of Commons spokesman announced Wednesday night. Mrs Laing is no stranger to the Rock as she attended the main National Day rally when it was organised in Casemates Square.

• Thursday, June 24th 2010 - 04:24 UTC

  Spanish Parliament supports Gibraltar’s bunkering operations

  

  The Spanish Parliament voted Tuesday against a proposal urging a ban on the use of floating storage tankers in Gibraltar. The Popular Party motion before the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Commission called on Madrid to ask the British Government to force Gibraltar to store all bunkering fuel on land.

• Saturday, May 15th 2010 - 04:29 UTC

  Gibraltar Celebrates: Hague and Fox “Could not be Better Choices”

  

  Gibraltar Chief Minister Peter Caruana gave the warmest welcome the Rock could give to a new Foreign Secretary as he described William Hague, former Tory leader, as a “safe pair of hands” from Gibraltar's perspective.

• Saturday, May 15th 2010 - 03:51 UTC

  “Nick and I Don’t Talk about Gibraltar at Home”

  

  Miriam González, the Spanish wife of recently appointed United Kingdom Deputy Prime Minister Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, has captured the imagination of the media, especially in her native country.

• Friday, April 30th 2010 - 01:44 UTC

  Academic Analysis of the Gibraltar-Spain-UK Dialogue Process

  

  The book “Gibraltar y el Foro tripartito de Diálogo” that was recently published by the University of Cádiz, was presented in Gibraltar earlier this week. Gibraltar’s Minister for Culture coordinated the presentation at a press conference in the Mackintosh Hall.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 18:33 UTC

  P&O Azura Calls in Gibraltar on its Maiden Voyage

  

  The newest addition to the P&O fleet the magnificent Azura sailed into Gibraltar on Sunday. The 289.60 meter vessel with 17 decks high, carrying 2.816 passengers and 1.241 crew members arrived in port at 12:30hrs reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 19:59 UTC

  Majority of Gibraltarians Consider the Role of The Governor Relevant

  

  A majority of Gibraltarians considers that the role of the Governor is important/ relevant in today’s Gibraltar. That is the conclusion of the recent poll carried out by the Gibraltar Chronicle.