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”).
This morning the Chief Minister met with Dr. Eli Schussheim, who for the over 40 years has been the Director of EFRAT, an Israeli NGO with the mission of convincing women considering abortions to continue their pregnancies by providing them with information and financial aid.
Gorham’s Cave, its sister caves and surrounding cliffs, have been inscribed onto UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The decision was taken by the World Heritage Committee at its 40th Session which is currently being held in Istanbul, Turkey. This is Gibraltar’s first site to be inscribed on the prestigious list; with it the United Kingdom’s list of World Heritage Sites reaches 30. The Gorham’s Cave Complex thus joins a select club of United Kingdom sites that includes the Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey, the Giant’s Causeway, Stonehenge and the Tower of London.
The William Tilley lodge of the Gibraltar RAOB (Buffaloes) is holding a charity "horse racing night" at the Laguna Social Club in Laguna Estate this evening starting at 8pm.