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.
Unite's Young Members Committee continue their campaign towards the improvement of the apprenticeships qualifications in Gibraltar. The Committee, has over the past few weeks, met up with the Minister for Employment and Training Joe Bossano, and with the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo.
The hourly turnout rates for today’s European Parliament elections are, after a slow start, closely following those recorded when Gibraltar last went to the polls in 2009.
The Type 23 Frigate HMS Northumberland arrives in Gibraltar tomorrow for a short visit as she sets out on a seven--month operational deployment to the Gulf region.
After Spain’s recent announcement that it would step up checks at the border, a spokesperson for the UK Government has said that the problems affecting border flow are raised on a regular basis in “high-level conversations” with the Commission. The statement says that these exchanges have intensified in the run-up to the Commission’s six-month deadline.