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.
The group has been born out of the need to defend the common socio-economic interests of the area and identifies the normalisation of movement across the frontier as its prime objective.
Yesterday morning the first meeting between representatives of unions and business associations from both sides of the frontier has been held. As a result it has been agreed to create and to operate a Cross-Frontier Group, as an instrument of cooperation and collaboration with particular reference to socio-economic issues and the defence of common interests.
The Gibraltar side is composed of: Unite GTA/NASUWT and GGCA together with the Gibraltar Chamber of Commerce and GFSB. The Spanish side consists of business group APYMELL, and main unions CCOO and UGT.
Miss Gibraltar’s 1st Princess, Jamielee Randall, recently left Gibraltar to participate at the Miss International 2013, which is being held in Okinawa and Tokyo, Japan, in December.
On her arrival, Jamielee found herself with a full schedule of photo shoots, rehearsals, filming and touring the region. The highlight of her trip will be the Miss International Final to be held on Tuesday 17th December 2013.
The Royal Gibraltar Post Office is to introduce a new initiative comprising a free Post Office Box Unit (POBU) service for Registered Charities in Gibraltar.
Although this will not equate to a free postal service, it will provide a free post office box address through which charities can collect their mail. Each registering Charity will be issued a unique number commencing with 90, followed by their issued Registered Charity Certificate Number.