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 Government of Gibraltar has made its annual donation to a local charity instead of sending official Christmas cards. Yesterday the Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, presented a £3000 cheque to representatives from The Mindspace Project, Galadriel McGrail, Kationa Matto and Abigail Mañasco.
HMS Trent returned to Gibraltar to conduct important post deployment maintenance and provide the ship’s company with some much-needed rest and recovery after their trip to West Africa.