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.
In just thirty days Team Gibraltar will enter the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England for the Opening Ceremony of the twenty-second edition of the Commonwealth Games. The traditional curtain raiser to a Games will announce the start of nine days of competition across 27 sports when a message from Her Majesty the Queen (Head of The Commonwealth) is read. The message which has travelled around the Commonwealth on a two hundred and ninety-four-day journey and was in Gibraltar at the start of June where a spectacular Baton journey on the Rock which saw the whole community involved. General Secretary Joe Schembri said “It was important that we involved many in the Baton’s trip and I think we delivered. Being a small country, we have an advantage in being able to show the whole country in two days, no other country can say that!”
The Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF) has announced the opening of entries for the second edition of the Sovereign Art Foundation Students Prize, Gibraltar. This annual award celebrates the talent and quality of artworks from secondary school art students, whilst drawing awareness to the importance of art in the education system and rewarding secondary school art programmes for nurturing this talent.
The Minister for Business and Tourism, Vijay Daryanani, had the opportunity to meet with HRH The Prince of Wales at a reception hosted by the Prince in Kigali, Rwanda.
The QC Appointments Committee which makes recommendations to His Excellency the Governor for appointment to the rank of Queen’s Counsel in Gibraltar has announced today that it is inviting applications for appointment as Queen’s Counsel.
