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.
Service Children’s Education (SCE) School St Christopher’s Early Years Foundation Setting has been awarded the prestigious Early Years Quality Mark for their Early Years Foundation Stage.
St Christopher’s is the first Early Years SCE School to be awarded the Quality Mark through the Alliance of Lifelong Learning based in the UK. Kay Turner an Early Years Advisor from SCE Schools said, ‘this is a real milestone; it is the first Early Years Award for any of our SCE Schools and is a testament of all the hard work done by Amy and her team and the fantastic leadership skills of Amy.’
After the summer recess, the museum lecture series on the History of Gibraltar resumes next Tuesday. Tom Finlayson, former Government Archivist, will be talking about his specialist subject, the History of the Gibraltarians. Tom is an established historian and author. Among his books are two seminal works – The Fortress Came First and Gibraltar: Military Fortress or Commercial Colony.
The talk will analyse the various factors and elements, which have gone into the development of the Gibraltarian as we know him/her today.
The Ministry for Culture has announced that this year’s New Years Eve celebrations are to be organised, produced and staged by Gib Media. The Ministry insisted that it will be working closely with the company to provide an entertaining event.
Gibraltar’s Financial Services Commission has claimed to be at the forefront of implementing effective regulation of electric money solutions. The Commission is working towards building on their regulatory knowledge to support future growth in the crucial area of Gibraltar’s financial sector. In a staunch effort to demonstrate that E-money solutions are now as mainstream as other financial products, the Commission’s ‘Banking, E-Money and Investment Services Division’ is further developing the internal ‘centre of excellency’ in the E-money sector.