19/01/2022 - 09:42
In Perspective: by RYAN ASQUEZ
WHEN THE FRONTIER WAS CLOSED - CONTINUES FROM YESTERDAY
GOOD NEIGHBOURLY RELATIONS BUT NOT AT ANY EXPENSE
Despite the fact that these events took place several decades ago, Freddie stressed that we still need to remain wary of Spain’s intentions: ‘whereas this all happened many years ago, Spain’s ultimate goal is to regain sovereignty of Gibraltar, and we must never let our guard down’. Read more
19/01/2022 - 09:40
by CATHERINE NUZA
Finding other life on another planet might not be a waiting game anymore as discoveries create a new avenue for scientists to peruse! Read more
18/01/2022 - 17:50
On behalf of my colleagues and myself I wanted to wish you and your families a happy, healthy and peaceful 2022.
This will be a year of some major challenges – whether we can finally secure a safe and beneficial agreement with the EU on a new relationship; whether we will emerge from the COVID pandemic and regain our full freedoms; whether we will prosper economically and emerge from the serious financial crisis we are in; whether our public services will deliver efficiency when you need to see a doctor, have your housing problem dealt with or hope your son or daughter finds a job. Read more
18/01/2022 - 14:33
Tuesday 18th January 2022
Total tests done: 472,757
Test results pending: 146
Test results received: 472,611
Confirmed cases: 11,064 (+129) Read more
18/01/2022 - 09:52
The UK-Gibraltar Board, which supervises preparations for a No Negotiated Outcome (NNO) to the treaty negotiations with the European Union, met again yesterday afternoon.
The virtual meeting was chaired jointly by the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia and the new UK Minister for Europe Chris Heaton-Harris, in what was their first meeting. Read more
18/01/2022 - 09:43
In the period January to December 2021, the RGP’s Drug Squad seized over £22,000,000 of drugs, as well as over 4,000 litres of fuel intended for use by drug smuggling gangs. Read more
18/01/2022 - 09:41
Gibraltar’s business community will no doubt be relieved to hear from Sir Joe Bossano that VAT would not be introduced and that joining the Customs Union per se was not on the cards.
However the suggestion of import duties that might mirror EU VAT does raise the question as to increased costs for the consumer and decrease in competitiveness. Read more
18/01/2022 - 09:36
by RYAN ASQUEZ
On 8 June 1969, General Francisco Franco, Caudillo of Spain, shut his country’s land border with Gibraltar. Just under 2 years earlier, Gibraltarians had overwhelmingly voted to remain British. The dictator’s hope was to strangle Gibraltar into submission. He failed, but it was not until 1985 that the frontier would be fully reopened as a condition of Spain’s accession to the European Economic Community. Read more
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