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Azopardi and Picardo CLASH over Tax Treaty with Spain

Opposition leader Keith Azopardi and Chief Minister Fabian Picardo have clashed over the Tax Treaty with Spain.

It follows Mr Azopardi having given notice yesterday that he proposes to move a motion in Parliament, which elicited a quick response from Mr Picardo, chastising the Leader of the Opposition.  Read more

House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP is appointed Chancellor of the University of Gibraltar

The Minister for Education, Gilbert Licudi , has appointed Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP as the new Chancellor of the University of Gibraltar. Sir Lindsay succeeds Lord Luce who was the first Chancellor having held the position since 2015.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle says he is “honoured beyond belief” at being appointed Chancellor of the University of Gibraltar.

The House of Commons Speaker said the small, narrow peninsula in the southern tip of Europe had “always held a special place in my heart”.  Read more

Gibraltar Sports and Leisure Authority (GSLA) and Junior Darts Corpo-ration (JDC) enter into Agreement

Minister for Sport, Steven Linares, held a Press Conference relating to the forthcoming Junior Darts Corporation (JDC) event. The Minister was accompanied by the Chairman of the JDC, Mr Steven Brown.  Read more

GSLP LIBERALS SUPPORT GIBRALTAR COMMUNITY CARE - and ask the public to await the outcome of the review

The GSLP Liberals say they have noted the comments made in respect of Gibraltar Community Care Ltd by the trustees and directors of that charity and its underlying company and the statements by the GSD.

The GSLP Liberals remind the GSD that in 1996 Gibraltar Community Care held £60m in reserves and that by the time the GSD left office in 2011 the reserves of the charity had been reduced to ZERO.  Read more

Committees established under MoUs to meet in Algeciras

The Withdrawal Agreement for the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union included a Protocol on Gibraltar. This, and four Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs), provided the framework which has led to the orderly departure of Gibraltar from the European Union and to the extension to Gibraltar of the transitional period. Read more

Directors of Community Care write letter to all recipients of Household Cost Allowance and Community Officers

The Directors of Gibraltar Community Care Limited are writing to all recipients of the Household Cost Allowance (also known by some as ‘the three monthly cheque’) and existing recipients of payments from the charity under the Community Officer Scheme. The letter from the directors to its existing beneficiaries is entitled ‘COMMUNITY CARE IS SAFE’. Read more

Anti-Gibraltar comments made by Spanish MEP deplored by Government

The Government says it deplores the misinformation and blatant inaccuracy of comments about Gibraltar made by Ciudadanos MEP Jordi Canas yesterday. It is clear that he does not have a clue about Gibraltar, still less about the positive and close economic inter-relationship between Gibraltar and the neighbouring region of Spain. Someone in his position should know better. Read more

On the 75th anniversary of the Second World War, let's honour the memory of Winston Churchill and Dwight Eisenhower

by JOE GARCIA

There are to be great celebrations in the UK on 8 May to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. And in Gibraltar, although rather belatedly, we ought to honour the memory of Winston Churchill and Dwight Eisenhower - and I'll tell you why and what should be done. Read more