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.
The GSD will be holding its Annual General Meeting on tomorrow at 7pm at the John Mackintosh Hall. Following on from the Party’s new Constitution, which was passed by its Executive Committee a few months ago, this will be the first time that the GSD’s membership will be voting in half of the Party’s Executive Committee.
For many years it was believed that a large doorway opposite the Ince’s Hall had been brought there from a nearby site. However, conservation and restoration work carried out by the Gibraltar Museum in 2013 confirmed that it was, in fact, in its original location. Drawings and plans dating back to the late 16th and early 17th Centuries show that this was indeed the location of the Roman Catholic Church of Nuestra Señora del Rosario.
Setting the tone for tourists, itching to explore Gibraltar's more vintage locations, the Gibraltar Classic Vehicles Association have set up a display of a selection of vintage cars in the Cruise Terminal. The display includes an old Hawk, a 1951 MG YA and a vintage Harley Davidson motorbike.
A Spanish national was arrested by HM Customs yesterday evening at Eastern Beach. He was intercepted by officers whilst walking north towards the frontier fence carrying a haversack which was found to contain 2,000 cigarettes (10 cartons).