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.
Following the expiry recently of the six month period set by the Commission to review the operation of the Frontier between Gibraltar and Spain, the Chief Minister has formally notified the Commission of the measures that have been taken by Gibraltar ‘in line with the recommendations’ set by then in November.
The Equality Rights Group has sent its congratulations to Nadine and Alicia Muscat on the occasion of their civil partnership, the first to be celebrated in Gibraltar. Nadine changed her surname by deed poll recently to adopt her partner’s name.
In response to the Opposition’s recent statement on public finances the Government has insisted that the undeniable fact is that they ‘were right to highlight to the public the level of borrowing of over half a billion pounds at the time of the election, given the size of the economy then and the rules on borrowing as well as the hidden hole of one hundred million pounds in company liabilities.