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22nd October 2024
The Cross Frontier Group will seek meetings with the European Commission and the UK Government to explain firsthand the fears and uncertainties faced by communities on either side of the border against the backdrop of negotiations for a UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar. The group’s representatives have already met with Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and Spanish...
22nd October 2024
A Bill for a new law allowing the Supreme Court to make Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) was published in Tuesday’s Gazette, proposing an amendment to the Proceeds of Crimes Act 2015. The Bill creates another tool to tackle financial crime, echoing legislation that already exists in various jurisdictions including the UK. It would allow the...
22nd October 2024
The RGP’s acting superintendent Sean Perera was among police officers invited to attend a serious and organised crime conference in Stratford Upon Avon, UK, recently. He was joined by several hundred officers from multiple UK forces, Australia, New Zealand and several British Overseas Territories. The conference addressed issues such as crypto currency money laundering, firearm...
22nd October 2024
A controversial UK Bill on assisted dying has triggered discussion in Gibraltar after the Gibraltar Government told GBC it was following the developments closely. The legislative process in the UK is still in its very early stages and the Gibraltar Government has signalled only that it is following the debate carefully before considering any next...
22nd October 2024
Gibraltar will be represented this week at the biennial Commonwealth Conference by the Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Joseph Garcia and two youth delegates in Samoa. Political, business, women and youth leaders from all over the Commonwealth are gathering in Samoa around the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). They will be led by King...
21st October 2024
By Maria Jesus Corrales The Mayor of La Línea, Juan Franco, is focusing his energy this week on Friday’s mass demonstration against the backdrop of ongoing treaty talks. Like Gibraltar, La Linea has faced an uncertain future since the Brexit referendum in 2016. But the city feels sidelined in many ways, fearful that its unique...
9th October 2024
By Rhiannon James, PA Political Staff, and Chronicle staff British sovereignty of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands is not up for negotiation, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he told MPs they “are British and will remain British”. He was addressing Opposition concerns after the UK Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the...
9th October 2024
By David Lynch and Helen Corbett, PA Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch will go head-to-head in the final heat of the Conservative Party leadership contest, after James Cleverly was knocked out in the latest round of voting. Former home secretary Mr Cleverly was eliminated in Wednesday’s ballot of Tory MPs, following Tom Tugendhat who was...
7th October 2024
The sovereignty of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands “is not up for negotiation”, Foreign Secretary David Lammy told the House of Commons on Monday, as he faced questions on the UK’s decision to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Mauritius will assume sovereignty over the Indian Ocean archipelago while the joint US-UK military base remains...
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