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 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.
For one week, seven local acts competed for three places on the Main Stage. Over 2800 votes were cast by the public; more than £1,400 will now be donated by Gibtelecom to the GBC Open Day as a result of the phone voting.
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’.