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Economic Crime Unit’s new offices unveiled, alongside a call for further investment

The RGP Economic Crime Unit unveiled its new offices on Line Wall Road staffed by a 21-strong team to meet the complex needs of Gibraltar’s growing economy, an investment formally unveiled on Tuesday accompanied by calls for further Government expenditure in policing. Speaking at the formal opening, RGP Commissioner Owain Richards welcomed the investment in...

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New group to plan healthcare jobs and placements for returning graduates

A new Healthcare Workforce Strategic Group will assess how students training in health and care professions can move into jobs in Gibraltar when they qualify and return home. The group held its first meeting on Tuesday and will identify current and anticipated vacancies, coordinate placements and graduate programmes, and examine any gaps between the professionals...

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Edgar Lavarello and Erika Pozo join GSD executive

Chartered accountants Edgar Lavarello and Erika Pozo have joined the GSD executive, with Mr Lavarello announcing he will step down from his partnership duties at PwC earlier than planned to become involved in politics. The two were co-opted onto the executive at a meeting on Monday night, having worked with GSD leader Keith Azopardi and...

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Public asked to watch out for house buntings after three spotted at Europa Point

The Department of the Environment has asked the public to report sightings of house buntings after a group of three was spotted in the Europa Point area. The North African species has recently started to colonise Europe and has appeared occasionally in Gibraltar over the past few years. House buntings have begun nesting in Algeciras...

UK/Spain News

UK/Spain News

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...

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La Línea - First week of Spain’s revised traffic rules sees 19 PLET seizures, 47 fines

La Línea’s Policía Local has reported that 47 fines have been levied and, in 19 cases, Personal Light Electric Transporters (PLETs, such as electric scooters) seized since the nationwide introduction on new traffic regulations on October 1.  Most of the offences recorded by officers involved riding in pedestrianised areas and failing to wear a helmet,...