In another report on Gibraltar’s current dispute with Spain, the Telegraph has carried out a poll asking for readers to vote whether Gibraltar is British or Spanish. With 725 voters claiming that Gibraltar is in fact Spanish, 4,092 correctly believe that it is British.
A local man was arrested in Laguna Estate on suspicion of handling stolen goods in the early hours Saturday following a break in at commercial premises in Laguna Estate.
Laguna Estate resident Francis Mercieca, aged 38 subsequently charged with one count of handling stolen goods, one count of possession of a controlled drug, 0.5 grams of Cannabis Resin and one count of having an article with a blade or point in a public place.
In sight of the heavy measures outlined by Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo in an attempt to seriously clamp down on frontier controls and help fishermen who Sr. Margallo claims have been affected by the implementation of an artificial reef in BGTW, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has reiterated it’s position on Gibraltar’s sovereignty, claiming that the UK will not compromise it.
The FCO adds that political difference will be resolved through political mean and not through disproportionate measures such as the border delays. The UK Government wishes to continue to have a strong relationship with the Government of Spain.
This year’s Calpe Conference, held in Gibraltar by the Gibraltar Museum and GONHS aims to answer the question ‘how do we access the datasets required for detailed scientific enquiry at such an enormous temporal scale?’
With Gibraltar being at the forefront of some of these areas of research: the Gibraltar Museum and the GONHS Cave Science Unit are, together with their international collaborators, important players in the fields of archaeology, geomorphology and climate science.
