Oct 02 - GFA Ready for a Busy Season
As the new football season approaches, the Gibraltar Football Association have announced a selection of friendly matches and competitive fixtures for Gibraltar’s teams. The first of which will take place the Victoria Stadium on 5th March 2014, against the Estonian national team. A further friendly with the team will he held in Tallinn, Estonia on 26th May. A GFA statement today claims that ‘negotiations are also on-going regarding the possibility of two international friendly fixtures in Gibraltar in November 2013 and March 2014 against two fellow UEFA national associations. Further information on this will be issued soon’.
The Government has said that it is “saddened” to learn of Barclays’ decision to reduce the size of its footprint on the Rock as it reviews its business worldwide. In particular, the Government is disappointed that the bank’s Main Street branch will close next year, resulting in the loss of a number of jobs and of Barclays’ local banking services.
HMS Talent arrived at HM Naval Base today as part of scheduled operational tasking.
Following the announcement that Barclays has made today, Unite the union have said that they feel that this is a “very sad day not only for its employees, but also the Gibraltar community as a whole.”
