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 Sunborn floating hotel project has featured in the National Post, a newspaper based in Toronto, Canada. The article is titled: “This Gibraltar Superyacht Hotel is Designed to Float the Boat of Your Inner Tycoon” and compares the levels of comfort and luxury to be offered by the Sunborn to those enjoyed by affluent Russians.
HMGoG : UK HAS NOT AGREED BILATERAL OR QUADRILATERAL
Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar warmly welcomes the statement of staunch support from Foreign Secretary William Hague yesterday on his arrival in Brussels about the determination of the United Kingdom to to stand with the people of Gibraltar at this time of disproportionate and politically motivated controls at Gibraltar frontier.
HMGoG has also noted the statement by Mr Margallo today at his press conference after the EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels yesterday.
Answering questions at a press conference today, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague told Wall Street Journal Reporter Laurence Norman that he welcomed the fact the European Commission is sending a fact-finding mission to the border. He added that the Government believed the delays at the border have been disproportionate and are politically motivated. ‘No-one should underestimate our determination to stand with the people of Gibraltar.’