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Convent Christmas Fair Committee donates £1,000 to Mission to Seafarers

The Convent Christmas Fair Committee has donated £1,000 to The Mission to Seafarers Gibraltar as part of a series of charitable contributions funded through the Fair. The Committee agreed to distribute additional funds raised through the event to a number of Gibraltar charities and unanimously selected The Mission to Seafarers Gibraltar following an appeal. The...

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Bossano outlines investment potential after JTA agreement 

The Minister for Inward Investment and the Gibraltar Savings Bank, Sir Joe Bossano, has said a non-binding agreement with Qatar-based JTA Investment Holding forms part of efforts to bring international partners into financing private-sector projects in Gibraltar, but there has been no further feedback from the company since he signed it late August.  Answering questions...

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Gibraltar and Abu Dhabi-based foundation explore stablecoin project to turn Gib into ‘digital bridge’ between Europe, Africa and the Middle East 

The Government and the Abu Dhabi-based ADI Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore establishing a consortium in Gibraltar to develop digital currencies linked to sterling, the US dollar and the euro.  The proposal, which would involve Gibraltar-licensed banks and other institutions, with ADI Chain providing the infrastructure for issuing the currencies, aims...

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Govt and GSD clash over EES registrations 

The Government and the GSD clashed yesterday after the Opposition criticised the Government’s response to problems faced by local residents who have been registered on the EU Entry/Exit System despite being exempt under the terms of the treaty.  The GSD said the Government should have anticipated the problems and been more proactive in resolving them. ...

UK/Spain News

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Campo - PP tells Landaluce to resign as Algeciras mayor over sexual allegations

The Partido Popular (PP) in Cadiz has called on Algeciras mayor Jose Ignacio Landaluce to resign “immediately” following media reports of formal complaints made by two female party members alleging sexual assaults.  Following the publication of the reports in Europa Sur and El Mundo, the PP in Cadiz asked all serving PP councillors in Algeciras...

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UK will not stand by in Argentina’s ‘economic coercion’ of Falklanders

By George Thompson, Rhiannon James and Harry Taylor, Press Association political staff The Government will not “stand by” while Argentina uses “economic coercion” against the people of the Falklands, a Foreign Office minister has said. Setting out the UK’s response to “aggressive” Argentinian threats, Uma Kumaran pledged further “robust” measures if the situation persists, insisting...

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MI5 chief says ‘true whole-of-society effort’ needed to counter terror threats

The head of MI5 said a “true whole-of-society effort” was needed to build national resilience in the face of terror threats facing the UK. In a speech at Thames House on Tuesday, Sir Ken McCallum issued a rallying cry to the British public to be prepared to play a part in protecting national security and...

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Albares tipped to lead PSOE election list in Andalucia

Spain’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jose Manuel Albares, looks set to lead the Socialist list in Andalucia in Spain’s forthcoming general election, Spanish media reported on Tuesday. Mr Albares, who played a critical role in the negotiation for the UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar. Was one of three potential candidates to head the list of PSOE...