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 weekend, 2nd to 4th February, a group of 21 participants, from the Open Award Centre, who are undertaking their GOLD AWARD, travel to Spain to participate in the first of two programmed training weekends in preparation for the Adventurous Journey section of their programmes.
The Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia met Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron and Minister for Europe Leo Docherty in London yesterday.
After a distinguished career in the legal profession spanning over four decades, Robert Vasquez, a leading figure at and past partner of Triay Lawyers and in the legal profession in Gibraltar, has decided to step back from his role in the firm as a consultant, and to cease engaging in the law requiring a practising certificate.
Minister Feetham recently embarked on a visit to the Continent 8 Datacentre, nestled within the historic COMCEN site within the Admiralty Tunnel. The tour included notable landmarks such as the former NATO command centre and the Eisenhower room, where the then General Eisenhower who would later become president commanded allied troops in Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War.