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.
Soldiers from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment returned home yesterday following a month long exercise in the UK.
The exercise know as Jebel Tarik is held annually in Brecon, Wales and is a mandated training camp which qualifies both Regular and TA Soldiers on all weapon systems. The exercise conducts live firing training but there is also plenty of conventional dry training using blank ammunition.
Major David King was the officer in charge of the exercise was pleased with how well the exercise went but more so that morale remained high throughout.
The double-standards of the Opposition are evident once again in the attitude that they have adopted to the publication of information by the Government once a meeting of Parliament has been called.
Their view is that the Government should not publish information in statements or otherwise which may impact on a question that is to be answered in Parliament.
However, they have no difficulty in asking questions in public on issues which are already the subject of Parliamentary questions which they have previously just tabled themselves. This shows that they apply one set of standards to the Government and another set of standards to themselves by proceeding to do very much the same thing that they complain about.
The Opposition Spokesman for Sports and Leisure, the Hon Edwin Reyes, has sent messages wishing the very best of Gibraltarian luck in all their competitions, to the two men’s and two ladies’ local hockey teams who will be participating in the following International Competitions over the next few days: