• Government Disappointed at EU Parliament Delisting Vote
  • Government Disappointed at EU Parliament Delisting Vote

    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”). 

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Aug 29 Alleged Frontier Incident - Guardia Civil

Frontier Incident The Royal Gibraltar Police has received an unofficial report from Guardia Civil to the effect that a small number of missiles have been thrown at Guardia Civil officers on duty at the frontier yesterday afternoon. This has allegedly taken place at the peak of extensive queues to exit Gibraltar which at their height reached four hours.

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Aug 28 - Algeciras Fishermen Make Cameron Plea to ‘Withdraw Concrete Blocks’

fishing The Brotherhood of Algeciras Fishermen has this week sent a letter to her Majesty the Queen of England. The letter contains over 12,000 signatures collected online, in support of the fishermen’s plight.

Europa Sur notes that the letter asks the Queen why the fishermen have been prevented from fishing in the bay as they have done before. Author of the letter, Manuel Vázquez claims that Picardo’s insistence that hell will freeze over before the artificial reef is removed was ‘like a knife in his heart’.

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