Coinciding with tomorrow’s World Book Day celebrations, the Ministry of Culture has purchased £6000 worth of new books for the John Mackintosh Hall Library, including adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children’s fiction.
Gibraltar’s National Team will take on Estonia tonight at the Victoria Stadium as they continue to push towards the challenge of the UEFA Euro Qualifiers. Following Saturday’s defeat against the Faroe Islands tonight’ s line up has seen some slight changes with Anthony Hernandez moving out of the reserves and into the final line up.
In yesterday’s Commons debate on Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Labour MP for Heywood and Middleton Jim Dobbin questioned Europe Minister David Lidington on the number of incursions by Spanish state vessels in BGTW between December 2013 and now. Minister Lidington stated that there had been a total of 496 incursions throughout 2013, with 9 being carried out in December. This year there has been 77 unlawful incursions as of 28th February. Guardia Civil carried out 53 of these, with two being carried out by the Spanish Navy.
Gibraltar Tourist Board will attend this year’s edition of the international travel trade fair ITB Berlin which is held in the German capital from 5th- 9th March. The ITB Berlin (Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin) is the world's premier tourism trade fair alongside FITUR and the World Travel Market.
