04/04/2019 - 09:45
GSD Leader Keith Azopardi said last night: “We have always been clear that if Brexit is inevitable we wish to see a relationship with the EU recalibrated on the basis of a retention of freedom of movement and single market access. We have been saying so for a long time and urging Government to put its case to achieve that. Read more
04/04/2019 - 09:43
Bishop Fitzgerald Schools’ Year 7 pupils enjoyed participating in a ‘mock trial’, in a real court room scenario. Read more
03/04/2019 - 09:33
The Government has acquired an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, which will make people wonder if the Government is to operate from outer space. Read more
03/04/2019 - 09:31
Gibraltarian Democracy Already on State of High Electoral Alert…But?
Brexit aside, if that’s possible at the moment, but with the amount of political and none political press releases issued recently, including the debates on social media and talk out in the street, cafes and clubs has already proved beyond doubt, that the Gibraltarian democracy is already in a State of High Electoral Alert. Read more
03/04/2019 - 09:30
The Gibraltar and UK Governments discussed contingency planning for a no deal Brexit for nearly three hours yesterday afternoon. Read more
02/04/2019 - 10:44
A major storm has blown over a statement by Together Gibraltar which said that the Government had issued 'public sector gagging order months before a general election.' It is so that such a policy document was issued internally but it appears that the civil service may have put their foot in it. Read more
02/04/2019 - 10:42
I am deeply disappointed with the decision to remove the Chairman of the LIBE Committee as Rapporteur for the regulation on Visa Exemptions, specifically for UK nationals in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
I disassociate myself with this process and consider it scandalous that such a decision has been taken purely on the basis of the nationality and therefore the assumed bias of the rapporteur. Read more
02/04/2019 - 10:40
What Does Spain Say to That?
Last week the EU Parliament was busy sorting out its tax problems. In an important report that member states were voting, they passed that seven EU countries (Belgium, Cyprus, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta and The Netherlands) were operating and showing the exact same traits and norms of a tax haven in facilitating aggressive tax planning. Read more