The Government says it notes, “with disappointment”, the European Parliament’s objection, today, to the entry into force of the European Commission’s decision to remove certain jurisdictions, including Gibraltar, from the EU’s list of ‘high-risk’ third-countries with strategic deficiencies as regards anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (“AML/CFT”).
The Chairman of the Equality Rights Group, Felix Alvarez, has welcomed the announcement in Parliament today by the Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, in discussions on ERG’s Campaign for One Civil Marriage Law for All, that there will not be a Referendum to decide the matter. The ERG notes the recent campaign for a decision by referendum which has been mounted by those opposing same-sex marriage.
M.O. Productions has announced that the International Adjudicator travelling from the United Kingdom for the 14th edition of the Gibraltar International Dance Festival is Ms Deborah Norris.
The Equality Rights Group Chairman, Felix Alvarez, has recently returned from a four day UK trip which coincided with the 50th Anniversary of Britain’s accession to the European Convention of Human Rights on 14th January 1966.