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 EU Programmes Secretariat of HM Government of Gibraltar is pleased to announce that, after extensive negotiations, a total of €10.5 million has been allocated to Gibraltar’s European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF) Programmes for the 2014 – 2020 programming period.
This allocation was announced last week in Westminster by the Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
The Government is planning a number of improvements at the North Front Cemetery.
Last year new benches were placed around the Cemetery and a number of trees were provided as a first step in beautification. A vegetation management plan is now being developed, as well as a number of planting schemes in some areas.
The Government has issued the following statement:
It is incredible that the GSD are still of the opinion that they would have continued with their plans for Dementia Residential Unit at the Royal Naval Hospital site had they remained in Government.
Opposition spokesperson for Social Services, Mrs Isobel Ellul-Hammond, brazenly stated in Parliament during the course of her budget address that the GSD's plans for this place were perfectly acceptable and well within the guidelines and recommendations for NHS registered elderly homes and, had they continued in office, they would have continued with the facility as planned. She says that the single rooms measuring 9.62m2 are an accepted size for the restoration of an existing historical building.
Unite the Union has welcomed this year’s budget announced by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo in Parliament last week.
Unite the Union is fully aware and conscious of the disastrous economic situation that the vast majority of European Countries are going through, because of the strict austerity measures being implemented as a consequence of the present International economic crisis.
The EU Programmes Secretariat of HM Government of Gibraltar is pleased to announce that, after extensive negotiations, a total of €10.5 million has been allocated to Gibraltar’s European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF) Programmes for the 2014 – 2020 programming period.
The Government is planning a number of improvements at the North Front Cemetery.
A statement from Unite the Union:
