European Commission Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, Spanish Minister for ForeignAffairs José Manuel Albares and UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron, together with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo, met in Brussels on Thursday 16th May.
The Borders and Coastguard Agency (BCA) recently launched www.gibraltarborder.gi an informative website devoted to increasing knowledge of the Agency and designed to provide real time travel updates. This includes land frontier queue information as well as access to real time frontier queue cameras, its Twitter feed @gibraltarborder along with flight and cruise liner schedules, making the website an effective travel planner. Travellers planning a trip to Gibraltar can, prior to travelling, use the interactive Visa and Entry section to confirm whether they require a Visa to enter Gibraltar or if they qualify for a Visa Waiver.
Unite the Union says it would like to make its views public in respect of the process that has been undertaken whereby allegations of bullying and harassment towards 35 Government trainees, Grads, and staff by a senior manager within the Civil Service have been investigated.
Gibraltar's first insurance linked securities (ILS) transaction was completed on Monday 13 April. Some 12 months ago the Government of Gibraltar announced its ambitions to establish itself as a new ILS jurisdiction within the European Union, and just last month George Osborne announced similar intentions for the United Kingdom.
St Anne’s School took part in their annual ‘Fitness and Health challenge’ on Friday 20th March. Pupils, teachers, auxiliary staff, parents and friends power-walked or jogged around the athletics track for forty-five minutes. A warm-up session was led by Natalie Hill (Choose Fitness Instructor). The pupils (and staff) were encouraged to do regular exercise and eat healthily in the lead-up to the event.