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 GBC News, last Friday, reported that GONHS had said that its remit is nature conservation and consequently it prefers a new power station to be located at the North Mole instead of Lathbury.
Representatives from the European Commission are set to visit the border tomorrow. The visit was meant to be an unannounced spot check but it has been widely leaked by the Spanish press.
Following the successful seizure on Thursday morning of a total of 21 bales of cannabis resin, the RGP Marine Section have this weekend, in two separate incidents, recovered a total of 10 bales of cannabis resin. The drugs had an approximate street value of just under £1.5 million and each bale weighed around 30 kg.
Frank Carreras, the President of the Gibraltar Amateur Athletics Association (Gib 3As), has been elected President of the Athletics Associations of the Small States of Europe (AASSE) following their annual general meeting held last weekend in Lausanne, Switzerland.