Below follows a joint statement on the progress of the EU-UK Agreement in respect of Gibraltar:
European Commission Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares and UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron, together with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo met in Brussels on Friday 12 April.
The Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, held a reception yesterday evening to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of Gibraltar Nynex Communications Limited, following the privatisation of the Government Telephone Department by the GSLP Government in May 1990.
The Spanish national daily, ABC, has issued what is being considered in local circles as an unprecedented rectification after it published an article claiming that Gibraltar did not cooperate in matters of international tax transparency.
A memorial event to mark 75 years of the wartime evacuation of the civilian population of Gibraltar will take place on Friday. This coincides with the very day 75 years ago when the first vessel transported Gibraltarian evacuees on the Government evacuation scheme across the Straits from Gibraltar to French Morocco. The Government has taken the view that it is important to commemorate the event and to honour that generation.
A chance encounter on a web forum has led to a book deal for local writer Joe Moss. ‘Atacama’, his first novel, was snapped up by the U.S-based Zharmae Publishing Press and will be launched locally early next month.