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Gibraltar to mark EU departure tonight

Gibraltar will mark our departure from the European Union tonight with a short and solemn ceremony at midnight, says the Government.

The focus of the ceremony will be the three flagpoles at the northern end of Gibraltar which are located just a few metres from our land border with the EU.  Read more

GIBRALTAR HAD ONE ONE FOOT IN AND ONE FOOT OUT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

When Gibraltar joined the EU not all aspects of the EU treaties applied to us. We were outside the Common Agricultural Policy; outside the Common Fisheries Policy; Gibraltar applied no VAT; it was also outside the Custom Union.

And we have been outside the Schengen Area given that the United Kingdom opted out of the Schengen Agreement.

That is to say we had one foot in and one foot out of the European Union. Now, we will be completely out of the EU. But we have to look back to look forward. Read more

Gibraltar’s Low-Key EU Exit

On Wednesday the European Parliament ratified the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. It was one of the most historical political moments in the EU since the second world war as the EU Parliament said farewell to those British MEP’s. This ended a three-hour debate and more than three-and-a-half years of tortuous and complex negotiations between Brussels and Britain, who will be the first ever EU member state to leave the European Union.  Read more

Careful con el fandango of the flags in the darkness of midnight, y nos quiten our Union Jack...

Que susto dear Cynthia, que nos quitan el flag when el Union Flag has always been my flag.

My dear Cloti, you've got the wrong end of the flagpole, what is coming down es el flag del EU porque we are no longer Europeo.

Que mal huele eso, pero make sure que no se equivoque nadie, porque cuando quiten el flag at midnight it will be very dark.  Read more

Royal Commonwealth Society welcomes the raising of the Commonwealth Flag in Gibraltar

The Gibraltar branch of the Royal Commonwealth Society (“RCS”) will greet Brexit day with a firm determination to redefine our relations with both our European and wider Commonwealth partners.

'Like much of our community, we leave the EU with a heavy heart. As Gibraltarian British citizens, we have worn our Gibraltar, British and European badges with equal pride and with no sense of contradiction. We are now required, however, to forge new, and potentially wider, relationships. Our Commonwealth links provide an excellent platform on which to build our international links,'they say.  Read more

What Kind of Europe Are We Leaving Behind?

Instead of nationally jabbering on about the cost of living, divorce, abortion, traffic, the frontier queues and so on, shouldn’t we, as the small country that we are, focus our creative energy on identifying what kind of new and modern relationship with Europe or the EU best suits our national interest, and not just leave it to the politicians to decide on everything single thing about our future and what’s going to happen to all of us after Brexit!  Read more

LOTTERY RESULTS

Coordinating Group Established to Monitor Coronavirus

A meeting was held at No 6 Convent Place to discuss the outbreak of the Wuhan Novel Coronavirus in China. A coordinating group of Government Departments, the Royal Gibraltar Police and Gibraltar’s Essential Services has been established as a precaution to monitor the situation and prepare for any possible effects that the virus could have on Gibraltar.  Read more