The Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia has said that although Gibraltar prefers a treaty to govern our relationship with the European Union, there are fundamental red lines which the Government is not prepared to cross in order to achieve it. Dr Garcia was speaking in Brighton today at the annual party conference of the U.K. Liberal Democrats.
Seventy six scientists from Mediterranean countries, including Gibraltar, recently met in Thessaloniki (Greece) in a seminar organized by the European Union’s Environment Directorate General.
The Retired Members Group of Unite the Union are organising a symposium on the effects of the Spanish Civil War had in the local community especially on the trade unions and the wider labour movements of the day.
This morning, all traffic at the frontier came to a halt as the RGP dealt with a suspect bag that caused the closure of the runway for over an hour. The issue was resolved at around 9am, when traffic flow across the runway continued, with a backlog of both pedestrians and vehicles piling through the frontier as cross frontier workers headed to work.
The Government has formally submitted a 100 page dossier to the United Nations which outlines the campaign of hostility and aggression that Gibraltar is subjected to by Spain. This follows the questioning by the Spanish Government of the accuracy of the statements made by the Chief Minister to the United Nations Fourth Committee in October.