Jun 21 Garcia tackles Gibraltar-EU issues in Brussels
The Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Joseph Garcia, has held a series of very useful back-to-back meetings in Brussels with officials of the European Commission and Members of the European Parliament.
A number of issues which affect Gibraltar in Europe were discussed during the meetings. This included on-line gaming, taxation, aviation, environmental and maritime matters. Dr Garcia also raised the continuing delays at the frontier.
The Deputy Chief Minister, at the invitation of the Chairman Liberal Democrat MEP Sir Graham Watson, also addressed a meeting organised by the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies (ICPS) on the subject of maritime security from a Gibraltar perspective. He told the audience, which included the European Commission and a number of NGOs, that Gibraltar was ideally placed at the crossroads of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic and went over a number of security issues as they affect the Port of Gibraltar and British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW). The address was very well received and it was followed by a lively question and answer session.
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Special Olympics Gibraltar will hold the 28th Summer Games this year on 25th, 26th and 27th June. The organization welcomes teams from the Isle of Man, Andorra, Barbate and Algeciras. 
Officers of HM Customs intercepted two men during an attempt to export cigarettes at British Lines Road late last night. The men fled the scene when challenged by Customs; the officers detained their vehicle.
