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UK ISSUES NEGOTIATING MANDATE FOR FUTURE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EU: GIBRALTAR INCLUDED

The Gibraltar Government says it welcomes that the UK has confirmed that its position on the mandate to negotiate future relations with the EU will include Gibraltar.

This is contrary to the position set out in the negotiating guidelines issued by the EU to the effect that no future agreement between the EU and the UK will apply to Gibraltar. Read more

Goodwill, cooperation and progress at Brexit meetings in Algeciras

The first set of meetings of the committees established under the Withdrawal Agreement on the departure of the UK and Gibraltar from the European Union, which took place in the headquarters of the port of Algeciras on Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th February, have now concluded. Read more

The past, the present and the future of Community Care

There has been much confusion about Community Care, and PANORAMA has done the right thing: Interview the chairman of Gibraltar Community Care Ltd, the top lawyer James Levy, to try and put everything in context and help clear the misunderstandings and allay the fears that may exist. Read more

Gibraltar attends Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians conference in the Falkland Islands

Minister for Justice and Equality, Samantha Sacramento, has attended the annual conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) of the British Islands and Mediterranean and Region of which the Gibraltar Parliament is a member.

This year's conference was hosted in Stanley by the Falkland Island Legislative Assembly and the theme of the conference was 'Combating Stereotypes in Small Jurisdictions' and explored different issues within that theme. Read more

St Bernard’s Lower Primary School ‘Resilience Through Sport’ event

St Bernard’s Lower Primary School ‘Resilience Through Sport’ event, marking the end of a 6-week project. Read more

Picardo has already given away greater rights, says GSD

The statement by the Chief Minister on GBC that the Government would never accept “a two-tier process at the frontier that [give] Spanish workers or European workers generally easier access to Gibraltar than Gibral-tarians have to Spain” is simply untrue because they have already precisely agreed that in the Withdrawal Agreement.

The GSD adds that this and the MOU on Citizens Rights recognize that frontier workers will have rights beyond the transitional period. There are no enduring rights of freedom of movement beyond the end of the transitional period for Gibraltarians who live and work here to go across to Spain.

The compilation of lists of Spanish workers apparently for the purpose of facilitating their smooth passage across the frontier can inevitably lead to a two-tier system of passage. Why else would they be compiled? Read more

Opposition have still not understood the Withdrawal Agreement, says Govt

The Leader of the Opposition has either still not understood the content of the Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union or is mischievously twisting the facts in order to mislead and confuse public opinion. This is because the latest Opposition statement on frontier workers bears little resemblance to reality. Read more