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.
During this morning’s Development and Planning Commission it was confirmed by the panel that the next meeting on April 8th will see the applicants of the Europa Point Stadium present their project to the Commission, and any objectors who formally requested inclusion in the meeting will follow with any objections they may have.
Gibraltar is set to launch a judicial review on the UK government’s Point of Consumption tax regulatory model, which will be passed over the next couple of weeks.
A mentally ill man who is currently in the King George V Hospital was deemed to be unfit to plea or stand for trial at a Supreme Court case review this morning. The local man, who is in his forties, was arrested in 2012 on suspicion of arson. He spent several months in prison on remand before being transferred to the hospital.