Gibraltar
Jan 17th 2014, 5:43 am
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Re: Gibraltar
Jan 17th 2014, 5:51 am
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Re: Gibraltar
Why not stay there then,
OH I forgot, the PT section is not as busy and you would not have the same audience to show how PC and tolerant you are to other races, (not white Brits) though.
They are not interested in your posts, be honest.
OH I forgot, the PT section is not as busy and you would not have the same audience to show how PC and tolerant you are to other races, (not white Brits) though.
They are not interested in your posts, be honest.
Jan 17th 2014, 6:21 am
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Re: Gibraltar
Jan 17th 2014, 8:02 am
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Jan 17th 2014, 7:12 pm
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Re: Gibraltar
Fred does that mean you are going to stop telling us all what the UK government and the Spanish, government and the EU and any other agency you can think of should be doing to maintain your way of life.
It has occured to me that apart from you I cannot recall many posts from people who actually live in Gib. Why Not ? are they just getting on with life ???
It has occured to me that apart from you I cannot recall many posts from people who actually live in Gib. Why Not ? are they just getting on with life ???
Jan 17th 2014, 8:43 pm
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Thatcher aide says Gib is ‘a smokescreen’ for Spain
UK historian Norman Stone made his comments at Turkey’s Bilkent University where he currently lectures,
Mr Stone also says that the people of Gibraltar have already voiced their opinion and the latest disruptions will not change their minds.
“The people of Gibraltar do not want to join Spain. Why force them to? I don’t think there is any pro-Spanish element. The Spanish administration made such a mess of it [the situation]. They have driven the people of Gibraltar mad by making life uncomfortable ... if you treat people like that for 40 years, of course they are going to hate you,” he said.
UK historian Norman Stone made his comments at Turkey’s Bilkent University where he currently lectures,
Mr Stone also says that the people of Gibraltar have already voiced their opinion and the latest disruptions will not change their minds.
“The people of Gibraltar do not want to join Spain. Why force them to? I don’t think there is any pro-Spanish element. The Spanish administration made such a mess of it [the situation]. They have driven the people of Gibraltar mad by making life uncomfortable ... if you treat people like that for 40 years, of course they are going to hate you,” he said.
Jan 20th 2014, 8:03 pm
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The British nuclear submarine HMS Tireless is pictured above sailing into Gibraltar yesterday morning
We expect larger Royal Navy ships to continue to visit Gibraltar in relation to operational and training activity, reflecting its utility as a permanent joint operating base,
http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=32530
We expect larger Royal Navy ships to continue to visit Gibraltar in relation to operational and training activity, reflecting its utility as a permanent joint operating base,
http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=32530
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Jan 20th 2014, 8:04 pm
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Spanish voyage in the dark posed ‘serious maritime risk’
The British Government will raise safety concerns with Spain after two Spanish state vessels sailed through British waters without navigational lights.
The absence of light contravened international collision regulations and posed a serious risk at sea, officials said.
“The vessels were a serious risk to maritime safety around the Bay of Gibraltar and jeopardised not only the safety of the Customs and Guardia Civil vessels and officers, but other vessels and seamen in the area,” one source told the Chronicle.
The British Government will raise safety concerns with Spain after two Spanish state vessels sailed through British waters without navigational lights.
The absence of light contravened international collision regulations and posed a serious risk at sea, officials said.
“The vessels were a serious risk to maritime safety around the Bay of Gibraltar and jeopardised not only the safety of the Customs and Guardia Civil vessels and officers, but other vessels and seamen in the area,” one source told the Chronicle.
Jan 20th 2014, 8:05 pm
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Tourist data reveals impact of border checks
Government statistics released last week have laid bare the negative impact of Spanish customs checks on cross-border traffic and Gibraltar’s tourism sector in 2013.
The data reflected sharp double-digit drops in the number of pedestrians, vehicles and coaches crossing the border during the second half of the year.
http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=32522
Government statistics released last week have laid bare the negative impact of Spanish customs checks on cross-border traffic and Gibraltar’s tourism sector in 2013.
The data reflected sharp double-digit drops in the number of pedestrians, vehicles and coaches crossing the border during the second half of the year.
http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=32522
Jan 23rd 2014, 7:46 pm
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Gibraltar is permanent feature on Spanish agenda - Margallo
The Spanish Government has “not taken any step back” in relation to its Gibraltar policy “but it has taken many steps forward”, the country’s foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo has declared.
Despite the issue having dropped profile in the news since last summer, it is an issue “permanently” on the Spanish agenda, he told Onda Cero radio yesterday.
The Foreign Minister also emphasised that many issues were still in process including a series of complaints to the European Commission ranging from Gibraltar’s 10% company tax, ‘fiscal opacity’ to ownership of property in Spain by persons or legal entities based from Gibraltar which are now subject to a “massive” investigation by the Spanish treasury, the Hacienda.
Other areas being challenged are the bunkering in the Bay, the dumping of the cement blocks on the west side and the reclamation on the eastside of the Rock. He said a prohibition on exporting materials for reclamation in Gibraltar remains in place
http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=32579
With reference to the company tax
Bulgaria 10%
Cyprus 10%
Ireland 12.50%
Romania 16%
Guernsey 0%
Isle of Man 0%
The Spanish Government has “not taken any step back” in relation to its Gibraltar policy “but it has taken many steps forward”, the country’s foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo has declared.
Despite the issue having dropped profile in the news since last summer, it is an issue “permanently” on the Spanish agenda, he told Onda Cero radio yesterday.
The Foreign Minister also emphasised that many issues were still in process including a series of complaints to the European Commission ranging from Gibraltar’s 10% company tax, ‘fiscal opacity’ to ownership of property in Spain by persons or legal entities based from Gibraltar which are now subject to a “massive” investigation by the Spanish treasury, the Hacienda.
Other areas being challenged are the bunkering in the Bay, the dumping of the cement blocks on the west side and the reclamation on the eastside of the Rock. He said a prohibition on exporting materials for reclamation in Gibraltar remains in place
http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=32579
With reference to the company tax
Bulgaria 10%
Cyprus 10%
Ireland 12.50%
Romania 16%
Guernsey 0%
Isle of Man 0%
Jan 24th 2014, 8:54 pm
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Building bridges with ‘Maroc to Rock’ businesses
This has got to be more viable than trying to accommodate the idiots next door.
http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=32594
This has got to be more viable than trying to accommodate the idiots next door.
http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=32594
Jan 25th 2014, 4:31 am
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Gibraltar is permanent feature on Spanish agenda - Margallo
The Spanish Government has “not taken any step back” in relation to its Gibraltar policy “but it has taken many steps forward”, the country’s foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo has declared.
Despite the issue having dropped profile in the news since last summer, it is an issue “permanently” on the Spanish agenda, he told Onda Cero radio yesterday.
The Foreign Minister also emphasised that many issues were still in process including a series of complaints to the European Commission ranging from Gibraltar’s 10% company tax, ‘fiscal opacity’ to ownership of property in Spain by persons or legal entities based from Gibraltar which are now subject to a “massive” investigation by the Spanish treasury, the Hacienda.
Other areas being challenged are the bunkering in the Bay, the dumping of the cement blocks on the west side and the reclamation on the eastside of the Rock. He said a prohibition on exporting materials for reclamation in Gibraltar remains in place
http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=32579
With reference to the company tax
Bulgaria 10%
Cyprus 10%
Ireland 12.50%
Romania 16%
Guernsey 0%
Isle of Man 0%
The Spanish Government has “not taken any step back” in relation to its Gibraltar policy “but it has taken many steps forward”, the country’s foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo has declared.
Despite the issue having dropped profile in the news since last summer, it is an issue “permanently” on the Spanish agenda, he told Onda Cero radio yesterday.
The Foreign Minister also emphasised that many issues were still in process including a series of complaints to the European Commission ranging from Gibraltar’s 10% company tax, ‘fiscal opacity’ to ownership of property in Spain by persons or legal entities based from Gibraltar which are now subject to a “massive” investigation by the Spanish treasury, the Hacienda.
Other areas being challenged are the bunkering in the Bay, the dumping of the cement blocks on the west side and the reclamation on the eastside of the Rock. He said a prohibition on exporting materials for reclamation in Gibraltar remains in place
http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=32579
With reference to the company tax
Bulgaria 10%
Cyprus 10%
Ireland 12.50%
Romania 16%
Guernsey 0%
Isle of Man 0%
Companies can pay as little as 4 percent tax on their profits in Spain, despite a nominal rate of 30 percent
The Spanish government is working on sweeping reforms aimed at increasing one of the lowest tax revenues in Europe and that it plans to pass in the first half of the year.
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/spa...132155270.html
Jan 25th 2014, 7:12 am
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Building bridges with ‘Maroc to Rock’ businesses
This has got to be more viable than trying to accommodate the idiots next door.
http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=32594
This has got to be more viable than trying to accommodate the idiots next door.
http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=32594
Jan 25th 2014, 8:22 am
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Re: Gibraltar
I am sure that Fred will be the first to welcome the boatloads of economic migrants from N Africa who rush to take advantage of this new relationship.
"Better the enenmy you Know "
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Jan 25th 2014, 9:38 pm
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Number six rejects reports in the Spanish newspaper ABC, asserting that the Catalan Party ERC, together with the Gibraltar Government and other parties are preparing a series of protests in Brussels next week. Taking to twitter the Chief Minister has described the article as a lie.
http://gbc.gi/news/3109/government-rejects-abc-report
ERC y Gibraltar se alían en la UE contra España
http://kioskoymas.abc.es/noticias/es...-20140125.html
http://gbc.gi/news/3109/government-rejects-abc-report
ERC y Gibraltar se alían en la UE contra España
http://kioskoymas.abc.es/noticias/es...-20140125.html
