May 16 - Crime Report For 15-5-14
Media – Police Reports
Date: From 0630hrs the 15/05/2014 to 0630hrs the 16/05/2014
CRIME REPORTS
May 15 - Government and Opposition Clash on Schengen Consultation
Referring to the Chief Minister’s recent announcement that the Gibraltar Government will embark on a public consultation exercise on whether Gibraltar should join the Schengen Agreement and the EU’s Common Customs Union, the Opposition has claimed that had they been consulted before the announcement, ‘the Chief Minister would have advised that there are other more important and pressing issues to consider’ than a bi-partisan approach to the matter.
May 15 - EU Commission Deadline for Frontier Improvements Expires Today
According to the Gibraltar Government, the six-month deadline set by the European Commission for the improvement of traffic flow at the border between Gibraltar and Spain has expired today. However, the delays at the border continue in both directions with no improvement.
The Government has commented that whilst they have almost completed the work on the recommendations made to it by the European Commission, the Spanish Government has barely started, with only a leaked blue print for reformed works revealed by the Spanish press.
May 15 - Wilkie Ltd to Cease Trading in Gibraltar
Unite can confirm that we have been carrying out formal consultation with Wilkie Ltd who on the 1st of April 2014 informed Unite that it will stop trading as a result of the retirement of the Managing Director.
