11/12/2018 - 11:22
The analysis of Mr Azopardi and the GSD Opposition of the Gibraltar Memoranda of Understanding can only be seen as a cheap and transparent attempt to confuse public opinion. Moreover, their view is legally flawed, politically wrong and totally unsustainable, says the Government's respose. Read more
11/12/2018 - 11:21
Earlier, the GSD had said that the EU Withdrawal Agreement [“WA”] was a bad deal for Gibraltar, and that it allowed Spain a voice in our domestic affairs and a measure of control over these. Read more
11/12/2018 - 11:19
A little reminder to refresh the memory of Spanish diplomacy: there was a time when King Juan Carlos told the British Ambassador in Madrid, Sir Richard Parsons, that it was not in Spain’s interest to recover Gibraltar in the near future … because King Hassan II will immediately reactivate his claim on Ceuta and Melilla." Read more
11/12/2018 - 11:06
The Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra received a standing ovation from the people of Gibraltar for their performance at the Gibraltar International Jazz Festival.
The superb 19-part band treated their audience including Deputy Chief Minister, Minister of Culture, Media & Sport and The Governor to a two-hour spectacular set of jazz classics at St Michael’s Cave. Read more
11/12/2018 - 11:03
The position of the Government of Gibraltar has always been that the annual UN Consensus decision is contradictory and unacceptable. We have never supported it.
A Gibraltar Government statement adds: "It does not make sense for the United Kingdom to agree a Consensus wording that makes a reference to the 1984 Brussels Agreement, on the one hand, and then be committed at the same time to no discussion or negotiation of our sovereignty. Read more
10/12/2018 - 11:13
Speaking on BBC This Week, Mr Portillo said: “We have learnt that the EU is quite thuggish.
“And I hesitate to say that it is kind of almost mafia-like. But, I mean, it has held a gun to our head. How exactly that commends this organisation to us. Read more
10/12/2018 - 11:08
The future of Gibraltar as a modern day operational strategic military base will have to be evaluated amongst or alongside the realties of life, but importantly those events that threaten world peace, including those military priorities that require the support available at this extreme end of Southern Europe.
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10/12/2018 - 11:06
By Ashley Fox MEP
*Ashley Fox is an MEP for South West England and Gibraltar, and is the leader of Britain’s Conservative MEPs.
As an MEP for Gibraltar, I hope the events have convinced Sanchez that making undeliverable promises on Gibraltar is not going to help his struggling government. The territory’s sovereignty is not, and never has been, on the agenda, and nothing in the Withdrawal Agreement changes that. Read more
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