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 Financial Services Commission has welcomed new Commission Member, Mr Adrian Coles, following his appointment by Financial Services Minister Albert Isola.
Mr Coles is set to replace outgoing FSC Chairman, Alan Whiting who, after nine years at the FSC, reached the end of his permitted tenure as a Commission Member. The outgoing CEO of the FSC, Marcus Killick, on behalf of the staff and Commission thanked Mr Whiting for his years of service to the FSC, the latter ones as its Chairman.
54-year-old British woman living in Gibraltar, Sally Doreen Harris, has been charged with eight counts of theft following an investigation by the RGP’s Serious Crime Unit.
A Spanish national was arrested by HM Customs on Devil’s Tower Road at 0815hrs today. He was challenged by Customs when he was seen within the construction site north of the public beach in possession of three large holdalls. He fled the scene and was arrested by officers responding to the incident as he exited the area onto Devil’s Tower Road.
According to researchers, the immensely popular social media platform Facebook will be “largely abandoned” by 2017 as more and more users grow tired of its attractions.