In addition to the Chief Minister and Premiers of other Overseas Territories, Gibraltar will be hosting a large group of peers, Members of Parliament and Members of the European Parliament at this year’s National Day.
Members of the House of Commons include the Rt Hon Simon Hughes, Jim Dobbin, Jack Lopresti, Angus MacNeil, David Morris, Bob Neill, Andrew Rosindell, Alec Shelbrooke, Col Bob Stewart and Dame Angela Watkinson.
Amongst the peers attending are Rt Hon the Lord Kilclooney, Lord Bilston, Baroness Butler-Sloss, Lord Chigley, Lord Rogan, Baroness Hooper and Lord Davies of Coity CBE.
Six new recruits from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment recently passed out at the Infantry Training Centre (ITC) in Catterick.
Pte Attou (18), Pte Barber (18), Pte Drimmie (17), Pte Dunham (18), Pte Makin (20) and Pte Wylie (17) have all successfully completed their 26 week Combat Infantryman Course. All infantry soldiers in the British Army must complete the course which teaches the soldier a number of skills from war-fighting tactics through to ceremonial drill. It is designed to ensure that the newly qualified solider is fully prepared to join their chosen unit and is ready for operational deployment.
Lawyer and former Government Minister Fabian Vinet and his wife Genevieve, a school teacher, are raising money for the Rainbow Ward at Saint Bernard’s Hospital and London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital. On Saturday 14th September they will be taking part in the ‘Thames Path Challenge’, a 50km non-stop endurance, against-the-clock trek which they aim to complete in about twelve hours.
Described as a test of physical and mental strength, the Walk starts at 8am near Putney Bridge and covers public footpaths and other terrain through Richmond, Kew, Twickenham, Hampton and Kingston, finishing at Runnymede. The charitable venture has been made possible thanks to the direct assistance of Lombard Odier & Cie (Gibraltar) Limited. “We are so grateful to Lombard Odier and its Senior Management for having financed all the logistics surrounded the Walk,” said Genevieve and Fabian. “Lombard Odier are in effect our Main Sponsors and their help really has been invaluable. It is thanks to their assistance that 100% of all other funds received will be donated to the charities.”
Following on from the news released in February of 2013 by Superbreak Holidays ofthe UK that their sales to Gibraltar had increased, the company has once again announced a further increase.
Bookings for Gibraltar currently stand at just over 300% year on year. The company has reported an increase in bookings during the run of the series “Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun” aired on Channel 5 in the UK earlier this summer. In addition a spike in bookings was experienced after the run of two episodes of the popular UK TV series “New Tricks”, where Gibraltar was featured.
Superbreak points out that the key indicator of the success of Gibraltar is that it has jumped from the 15th to the 10th position in their list of top selling destinations and is now ahead of cities such as Prague. Superbreak has over 30 years of experience in providing quality UK and European short breaks.
Appearing before the Spanish Parliament yesterday, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo explained that Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy would once again request bilateral talks with the UK at the UN General Assembly to be held in New York later this year.
Europa Sur reports that last year Sr. Rajoy proposed the commencement of open and honest dialogue with the UK, over Gibraltar sovereignty. Also during his speech, Sr. Margallo touched upon the possibility of addressing Gibraltar’s sovereignty at the International Spanish Courts.
A total of eight political leaders from UK Overseas Territories will be present in Gibraltar to celebrate National Day next week.
They are from Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos and Pictairn.
A full programme of activities and events has been prepared for them. This will include working meetings in advance of the Joint Ministerial Council between the Overseas Territories Governments and the United Kingdom Government which will take place at the end of the year.
In addition to the Chief Minister and Premiers of other Overseas Territories, Gibraltar will be hosting a large group of peers, Members of Parliament and Members of the European Parliament at this year’s National Day.
Six new recruits from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment recently passed out at the Infantry Training Centre (ITC) in Catterick.
Lawyer and former Government Minister Fabian Vinet and his wife Genevieve, a school teacher, are raising money for the Rainbow Ward at Saint Bernard’s Hospital and London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital. On Saturday 14th September they will be taking part in the ‘Thames Path Challenge’, a 50km non-stop endurance, against-the-clock trek which they aim to complete in about twelve hours.
Following on from the news released in February of 2013 by Superbreak Holidays ofthe UK that their sales to Gibraltar had increased, the company has once again announced a further increase.
Appearing before the Spanish Parliament yesterday, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo explained that Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy would once again request bilateral talks with the UK at the UN General Assembly to be held in New York later this year.
