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 GSD says that, although it is now five months after the Eastside Blue Water Development was announced by the Government in June 2015, the GBP 83 million premium has not yet been paid by Camoren Holdings Limited to enable draft leases to be exchanged.
A 38-year-old Lithuanian national was this weekend extradited from Gibraltar and handed over to the Lithuanian authorities following his arrest in Gibraltar earlier this month on the strength of a European Arrest Warrant issued in Lithuania.
The Minister for Sports, Culture, Heritage and Youth, Steven Linares, has wished the Gibraltar National Dance Team, led by Team Manager Wendy Garro, all the best of luck on behalf of the people of Gibraltar in their forthcoming participation at the international dance competitions organised by the International Dance Organisation (IDO).
RAF Gibraltar have won an award recognizing their performance in the field of aviation safety at a recent European Aviation Safety Awards Ceremony held in London.