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 mark the end of their awareness campaign, Childline Gibraltar is hosting a Blue Week Quiz on Friday 14th March 2014 at 7:30pm. The event, to be held at the Royal Calpe will costs £15 per person and requires teams of 4 – 6.
Both the UK and US have experienced recent heavy bouts of extreme weather, ranging from ‘polar vortexes’ to intense floods and 80 mile per hour winds. Questions are being raised as to whether there is a link between dreaded climate change and the hellish weather conditions still being experienced in the UK.
The Opposition “seem to believe that people have forgotten that they were in Government for 15 years until December 2011” according to a statement this afternoon from the Government. A statement from Number 6 says that latest press release by the GSD and comments made by their spokesman Selwyn Figueras in relation to reform of the legal aid and assistance system is a case in point.
The Government says that it condemns the GSD for its continuing campaign which it claims attempts to undermine the effectiveness of the Government strategy to increase the number of Gibraltarians in employment in accordance with the commitment given in the 2011 Election Manifesto.