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.
When describing the press coverage of the current cross-border tension, a Public Relations expert speaking on yesterday morning’s BBC TV’s News 24 channel described the press coverage as ‘Gibraltar 1, Spain 0 in Public Relations terms.’ Such has been the extent and quality of the media’s coverage of recent events.
This morning the Guardia Civil can be seen shadowing the bunkering operation out at sea. This continued over an extended period of time with the Royal Navy issuing warnings as per protocol, though these warnings seemed to be ignored.
In the Magistrates Court today, 26 year old Jose Manuel MENDEZ of 38/7 Flat Bastion Road was sentenced to fourteen and ten weeks imprisonment to be served consecutively following convictions for driving offences.