UK’s Ambassador to Spain, Simon Manley has called for debate over Gibraltar/ Spain Frontier issues. He insisted that it needed to be carried out at ‘European Level’ with discussions about a system for the free and sustainable circulation of people and workers. The statement was reported by Typically Spanish.
Minister for Equality, Samantha Sacramento last week attended meetings in London as part of her role on the regional committee of Commonwealth Parliamentary Women (CPW).
Amongst other things, this committee seeks to find ways of increasing female representation in parliament but, in this most recent meeting, there was also discussion of a CPW regional conference to be held in Gibraltar in February 2015.
HM Customs, the Royal Gibraltar Police and the Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service have wished all an enjoyable Christmas and New Year, and are reminding the public of the importance of behaving responsibly even when out having a good time. A joint statement released by the three forces stated, ‘During the festive season, celebrations may sometimes get out of hand and lead to unfortunate accidents.
The Gibtelecom Board met late last week to successfully complete the buy-back of Telekom Slovenije’s 50 per cent shareholding in the Company, by the Gibraltar Government. This followed the signing of a Share Purchase Agreement between the two parties on 17 November 2014.
