Fredbargate

Pilot survey says Gib is toughest runway for landings

Pilot survey says Gib is toughest runway for landings – Gibraltar Chronicle

Fredbargate

Sure to make someone happy

Bluefin season suspended, quota increased

But officials will also increase this year’s quota from 13 tonnes to 15.5 tonnes

Bluefin season suspended, quota increased – Gibraltar Chronicle

Fredbargate

How many frontier workers are there - and from how many countries?

So, we hear that 7,000, or 10,000 or 12,000 would be affected. The figure can go up and down depending on the political temperature, but what are we really talking about?

How many frontier workers are there - and from how many countries?

Fredbargate

British taxpayers were left with a bill of over £3.4m following the collision off Gibraltar last year between a Royal Navy submarine and a merchant ship.

Submarine collision led to £3.4m bill – Gibraltar Chronicle

Fredbargate

Puerto Rican pop star @ricky_martin has been announced as a headline act for the @MTVGibCalling music festival.

https://www.gibraltarcalling.com/

MikeJ

Iconic Gibraltar Naval Station receives a revamp

The outpost with arguably the best view in the Navy is to receive a £2m upgrade as Gibraltar's iconic 'Windy Hill' station is partially rebuilt.

Sitting high above the Strait of Gibraltar, personnel at the monitoring facility keep an eye on 60,000 ships entering or leaving the Mediterranean, or crossing between Africa and Europe.

Iconic Gibraltar naval station receives £2m revamp

Fredbargate

Back in the late 1970's I fitted an outside water tap to make it easier for them to water their chickens.
My reward two fresh eggs, a real treat in the closed frontier era.

Fredbargate

Government rentals to increase by 3%

The first increase in 34 years

This represents an increase of 39 pence per week for a two bed apartment in the Alameda Estate I.E. the present rent is approx £13/week

This represents an increase of 34 pence per week for a two bed apartment in the almost new Mid Harbours Estate I.E. the present rent is approx £11.33/week

I can envisage a lot of upset Giraltarians.

GBC - Gibraltar News - GBC TV and Radio Gibraltar

Compare this with the cheapest two bed rent I can find advertised today in the private sector of £900/ month

https://www.propertygibraltar.com/se...rom=&price_to=

Fredbargate

Cross Frontier Group set to push ahead with ‘post-Brexit bridge’

Cross Frontier Group set to push ahead with ‘post-Brexit bridge’ – Gibraltar Chronicle

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Spain's 'veto' over Brexit deal for Gibraltar could be illegal

MEPs and legal experts have warned that the veto over Gibraltar's future after Brexit would give Spain special status among EU nations, which are supposed to be equal.

Spain's 'veto' over Brexit deal for Gibraltar could be illegal

Fredbargate

Question for Dastis: Are we making progress or are we still stuck in the past?

Replied Sr Dastis: 'I give much importance to Gibraltar, as a claim to complete our territorial integrity, and to Gibraltar as a place where thousands of Spaniards work and where there is an economic, social and human relationship which I want to preserve.'

He added: 'What I don't want is to take initiatives that could endanger the future of those citizens that work on the Rock.'

Question for Dastis: Are we making progress or are we still stuck in the past?



Yo le doy mucha importancia a Gibraltar. A Gibraltar como reivindicación española para completar nuestra integridad territorial y a Gibraltar como lugar donde trabajan miles de españoles y donde hay una relación económica, social y humana que yo quiero preservar. Lo que no quiero es tomar iniciativas que puedan poner en peligro el futuro de esos ciudadanos que trabajan en el Peñón. Yo espero viajar al Campo de Gibraltar a la vuelta del verano.

«No condiciono un acuerdo Londres-UE a recuperar a la vez Gibraltar»

Fredbargate

Spain’s change of tone is welcomed if ‘genuine’, says Neill

Spain’s change of tone is welcomed if ‘genuine’, says Neill – Gibraltar Chronicle

Fredbargate

Gibraltar could stand to benefit from a UK-US trade deal after Brexit, according to a visiting congressman.

Virginia congressman Gerry Connolly - who is on the Rock meeting with the government this week - said Gibraltar’s future trade with US “depends on what bilateral relationship we work out with the UK”.

“There’s been a lot of optimistic talk of such a trade agreement especially in the light of the US walking away from multilateral trade agreements,” said Connolly. “The British government, in lieu of the Brexit vote, could probably have a positive impact here in Gibraltar, making it a gateway for UK-US trade and investment. As Gibraltar is part of the UK it could maximise its influence within that government to better its own advantage.

Gibraltar could be gateway for UK-US trade and investment, says Congressman

MikeJ

Another academic legal opinion:

https://www.academia.edu/34200005/Gi...sels_Agreement

In summary: The ICJ has made 4 Advisory Opinions and 1 Judgment that all confirm or state, ‘that the right to self determination is
applicable to ALL non-self-governing territories.’
and
the UN International Law Commission and the UN Human Rights Commission regard the right to self-determination as 'jus cogens' (compelling law).

So why is the Gibraltar issue settled once and for all in the international courts?

Fredbargate

I think a parallel to that Mike is the trouble we had to go to over UEFA and FIFA where the courts agreed that Spain has no legitimate claim over Gibraltar.

We have been petitioning the UN annually now for over 50 years to no avail.