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.
By mid April, the full designs for a complete re structure of the proposed Alzheimer’s and Dementia Home at the former Royal Naval Hospital, are expected to be completed. The former Administration had originally planned for a 66-bed project, which would be made up of 58 beds in the Alzheimer’s and Dementia unit and 8 beds in a separate unit for disabled patients. The project was revised and the Unit was set to include a further 22 beds. At this point the former administration was advised against the idea as it went against UK regulations and the plan dropped to 80 beds.
The much anticipated Gibraltar Heritage Journal No19 is now available for sale.
This edition of the Journal contains articles on A Gibraltar Diary of the Falklands War, by Michael Sanchez; Memories and Memorabilia from the 1950s and 1960s, by Malcolm Beanland; Gibraltar’s Religious and Other Traditions, by Manolo Galliano; The Devil’s Tower, by Freddie Gomez; The Victoria Cross, Gibraltar and the Royal Lodge of Friendship No.278, by Keith Sheriff; William Henry Bartlett: Smugglers, Spaniards and Moors, by Neville Chipulina. There is also a notes and queries section with reminiscences from the 1954 Royal visit, the refitting of the Uganda, the building of the Alameda Housing Estate and the Yangtse Incident, as well as an updated Gibraltar Bookshelf and Cumulative index.