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”).
Following recent meetings with the Royal Academy of Art, the Ministry of Culture is developing various projects that would see the Ministry and the Royal Academy working together to extend strategic support for the Fine Arts in Gibraltar. The aims of this collaboration are to widen the scope for artistic and cultural activities and to export Gibraltar’s culture to other countries.
The QC Appointments Committee which makes recommendations to His Excellency the Governor for appointment to the rank of Queen’s Counsel in Gibraltar has announced today that it is inviting applications for appointment as Queen’s Counsel.
Ahead of this afternoon’s Development and Planning Commission, at which the plans to develop a Marriott Hotel at the site of the former Royal Gibraltar Yacht Club are being discussed, the Mid Harbours Action Group have expressed their views on a gamut of matters relating to the Hotel and an office block also planned for the site.