Gibraltar’s representation at the Labour Party Conference continued yesterday evening with the Gibraltar Reception hosted by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and featuring a keynote speech by the UK Minister for Europe and the Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty MP.
Speaking at a private reception marking Europe Day this afternoon the Chief Minister officially announced that the Government of Gibraltar would shortly be commencing a formal consultation with stakeholders in this nation, on Gibraltar’s Schengen status and membership of the Common Customs Union of the European Union.
Two local men appeared at the Magistrates Court yesterday morning on charges of, ‘Possession of a commercial quantity of tobacco’ (40,400 cigarettes) and ‘Being knowingly concerned in the attempted exportation of a commercial quantity of tobacco’.
With another year brings another edition of the Strait Games. The 2014 initiative, to be held in Gibraltar, was officially launched by His Worship the Mayor Adolfo Canepa yesterday afternoon at a presentation also attended by the Mayor of San Roque and the Vice Consejero of Ceuta.
The annual conference of the European Association of Airport and Seaport Police (EAASP) was held in Dubrovnik Croatia between 28th -30th April 2014.
The conference was opened by the EAASP President, RGP Commissioner Eddie Yome, and heard from presentations on current themes by speakers from a cross section of the air and maritime law enforcement and security industry.