European Commission Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation José Manuel Albares and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, together with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo, met in Brussels earlier today.
Following a recent statement by Unite the Union expressing concern over the time frame of the investigation into the allegations of bullying made against Joanna Hernandez, the Opposition has commented on the Government’s lack of comment on the matter. The party insists that they expressed their own concerns ‘as to the manner in which the Government has decided to conduct this investigation and the amount of time it was taking the Government responded that the GSD was just being vindictive by raising these issues.’
Albert Isola, Minister for Financial Services, will this week be lead a delegation, comprising of financial services professionals with particular expertise in funds and asset management, to Hong Kong.
The visit is anchored around the Hedge Funds World Asia conference in Hong Kong at which Minister Isola will be giving an address. In addition, Minister Isola will be hosting a financial services lunch for some sixty professionals and engaging in a significant series of bilateral meetings with both the private and public sector in Hong Kong over a four day period. Private sector participants from Gibraltar, accompanying the Minister to Hong Kong, will also be attending the bilateral meetings that have been set up with, inter alia, law and accounting firms.
This evening at 7:30 pm a host of workers unions and social groups from La Linea and Gibraltar will protest against a variation of issues including the employment situation n La Linea, tax havens and frontier queues.