European Commission Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, Spanish Minister for ForeignAffairs José Manuel Albares and UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron, together with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo, met in Brussels on Thursday 16th May.
Albert Isola, the Minister with responsibility for Financial Services, will lead a delegation to Singapore on 6/7th July and then on to Hong Kong on 8/9 July. The delegation will include representatives from Gibraltar Finance, the Financial Services Commission and a strong contingent from the private sector including lawyers, accountants, fund administrators, insurance professionals and the Stock Exchange. The visit has been organised by Gibraltar Finance which has worked closely with Jason Cruz in Hong Kong.
The GSD has replied to the explanation offered by the Chief Minister regarding his apparent support for an anti-LNG bunkering page on Facebook. A statement from the party reads as follows:
The Government says it is delighted to announce that the Republic of Latvia has now confirmed in writing that Gibraltar is no longer on its tax haven blacklist with effect from 1st November 2014. This follows ongoing representations made by Gibraltar’s Ministry of Financial Services to the Ministry of Finance in Latvia.