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”).
Last night at around 10pm, Customs officers gave chase to a suspect who had been sighted carrying three large bags north from Eastern Beach towards the frontier fence. Customs chased the man on foot and forced him to drop the bags. The man evaded capture by returning, empty-handed, to the public beach where he was collected by a second man driving a Spanish registered car.
The tender for the organisation, production and staging of the next four Miss Gibraltar Pageants has been jointly awarded to Stage One Productions and Santos Productions.
During a debate in the UK Parliament’s House of Lords yesterday afternoon, Conservative Minister baroness Warsi stated that Gibraltar has seen ‘a welcome reduction’ in incursions from Spanish vessels, since December 2013. The discussion saw questions on Gibraltar posed to the Senior Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, by a selection of life peers with a vested interest in Gibraltar’s on-going dispute with Spain.