As in the early years of the British period, during the Siege the British Government considered to exchange Gibraltar for some Spanish possession.

* 1965 April – The British Government published a White Paper dealing with the question of Gibraltar and the Treaty of Utrecht.

The Chief Minister of Gibraltar is the head of Government.

As a British Overseas Territory, the Government of Gibraltar is not subordinate to the Government of the United Kingdom.

The preamble to thr 2006 Constitution repeated from the 1969 Constitution states that " Her Majesty's Government will never enter into arrangements under which the people of Gibraltar would pass under the sovereignty of another state against their freely and democratically expressed wishes.

The economy of Gibraltar is managed and controlled by the Government of Gibraltar.

Upon the approval of the 1969 Constitution and the dissolution of the City Council, the telephone service was transferred to the newly formed Government of Gibraltar.

Until 1990, all telephone services were operated by the Gibraltar Government Telephone Department.

On 1 January 1988, British Telecom ( BT ) and the Government of Gibraltar formed a joint venture company called Gibraltar Telecommunications International Ltd ( known by its commercial brand Gibtel ) to operate Gibraltar's international telecommunications services.

Both companies subsequently merged to form Gibtelecom, a joint venture between the Government of Gibraltar and Nynex's successor company, Verizon.

Earlier in December 2005, the European Commission initiated the second stage of infringement proceedings against the British Government relating to Gibraltar ’ s failure to transpose five European Union directives on electronic communications, but these were closed after the relevant legislation was passed into law by the House of Assembly in June 2006.

The company is co-owned by the Government of Gibraltar and Slovenia Telecom.

Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar is the democratically elected government of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.

* Gibraltar Government Website Information On Flag

In December 2004 the principle of tripartite talks, with the Government of Gibraltar as an equal party with the UK and Spain, was finally recognised, largely as a result of his involvement.

Under the chairmanship of the Minister, a Gibraltar Sports Advisory Council has been set up to advise the Government of Gibraltar on all matters relating to sport.

Whilst working as Hain's PPS she was criticised by the Government of Gibraltar for allegedly having falsely accused the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar on Sky News of being engaged in " smuggling on a massive scale ".

The role of the Governor is to act as the de facto head of state, and he or she is responsible for formally appointing the Chief Minister of Gibraltar, along with other members of the Government of Gibraltar after a general election.

The politics of Gibraltar takes place within a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic British Overseas Territory, whereby the Monarch of the United Kingdom is the constitutional head of state represented by the Governor of Gibraltar and.

As an overseas territory of Britain, the head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who is represented by the Governor of Gibraltar.

Carthage at the time was in such a poor state that its navy was unable to transport his army to Iberia ( Hispania ); instead, Hamilcar had to march it towards the Pillars of Hercules and transport it across the Strait of Gibraltar ( present-day Morocco / Spain ).

Gibraltar is a city in Wayne County in the U. S. state of Michigan.

The exhausted state of the fleet made it impossible for Howe to fit his ships properly or supply them with good crews, and Howe's progress to Gibraltar was hampered by the need to escort a large convoy carrying stores.

European Union law also applies in territories where a member state is responsible for external relations, for example Gibraltar and the Åland islands.

; ; ; ; ), also known as the Moorish Iberia, was a medieval Muslim state in parts of what are today Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, and France.

Whereas UK-issued passports state that " Her Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State requests and requires in the name of Her Majesty the Queen to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance ", Gibraltar-issued passports state that that it is the Governor of Gibraltar who requests and requires this.

Despite their depleted state, the Regia Aeronautica attempted a strategic attack on Gibraltar on 19 July with 10 SM. 79GAs, but only two managed to reach their target, again without achieving any result.

Among other suspect behaviors, the military involved in the putsch were received in Washington in 1980, and American forces in the Strait of Gibraltar were placed under a state of preparedness at the Torrejón de Ardoz Air Force base on the Sunday before the coup.

A Key Stage is a stage of the state education system in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the British Territory of Gibraltar setting the educational knowledge expected of students at various ages.

By 2006 the slope was entirely restored to its natural state and is now completely covered in vegetation native to this unique habitat of Gibraltar.

In 1943, Władysław Sikorski's coffin lay in state here, after his plane crashed into the sea just off Gibraltar.

The Gibraltar Trade Center is a giant public market in the Metro Detroit region of the U. S. state of Michigan.

The series was also broadcast in Gibraltar ( Danger Bay ) Bulgaria ( Опасният Залив ), Poland ( Niebezpieczna zatoka ), Czechoslovakia ( with Slovak dubbing-Nebezpečný záliv ), Iceland ( subtitled on state TV channel Sjónvarpið and named " Háskaslóðir "), Cuba ( named Bahía Peligro ), Sweden ( subtitled on state TV and named Äventyr i bukten ), Germany and the Netherlands ( subtitled ), Iraq ( ساحل المخاطر ), and in France ( named Cap Danger ).

Since that time, an alternate route, Alternate US Highway 24 ( ALT US 24 ) was designated between the state line and the Gibraltar area ; this highway later became part of I-75.

There previously was an alternate route signed for US 24 between the state line and the Gibraltar area.

Gibraltar economy, mainly based on commercial shipping and import-export trade, takes a new income source with the opening of a coaling station for the new steam ships.

In recent years, Gibraltar has seen major structural change from a public to a private sector economy, but changes in government spending still have a major impact on the level of employment.

It demonstrated that Gibraltar's economy has a significant and very positive economic impact on the Campo de Gibraltar.

However, his hopes of military support foundered as Philip III of Spain wanted to maintain the recent 1604 peace treaty with James I of England, the Spanish economy had gone bankrupt in 1596 and its European fleet had been destroyed some months earlier by the Dutch Republic at the Battle of Gibraltar.

In 2004, the refuge grew to include Humbug Marsh, which is located in Gibraltar and Trenton and also includes Hamburg Island.

He has finished outright first, or tied for first, in dozens of other international tournaments including Geneva ( 1979 ), Belfort, World Under 16 ( 1979 ), the BBC Master Game ( 1981 ), Amsterdam OHRA ( 1982 ), Baku ( 1983 ), Esbjerg ( 1984 ), Wijk aan Zee ( 1986, 1987 ), Reykjavík ( 1987 ), Amsterdam VSB ( 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993 ), Hastings ( 1987 / 88, 1988 / 89 ), Pärnu ( 1996 ), Groningen ( 1996 ), Tallinn / Pärnu ( 1998 ), Dhaka United Insurance ( 1999 ), Shymkent ( 1999 ), Pamplona ( 1999 / 2000 ), Tan Chin Nam Cup, Beijing ( 2000 ), Sigeman and Co. Malmö ( 2002, 2009 ), Gibraltar ( 2003, 2004, 2012 ), Budapest Hunguest Hotels ( 2003 ), Samba Cup, Skanderborg ( 2003 ), Taiyuan ( 2004 ), the Politiken Cup ( 2006 ), Bazna ( 2008 ), the Staunton Memorial ( 2009 ) Thailand Open ( 2011, 2012 ) and Luanda ( 2011 ).

In September 2003 the Met Office moved its headquarters to a purpose-built £ 80m structure near Exeter Airport and the A30, in Devon, being officially opened on 21 June 2004 — a few weeks short of its 150th anniversary — by Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, from its previous location of Bracknell in Berkshire, and it has a worldwide presenceincluding a forecasting centre in Aberdeen, and offices in Gibraltar and on the Falklands.

This was also seen during the 2004 celebrations of the tercentenary of British Gibraltar.

Despite their status as EU citizens resident in the EU, elections to the European Parliament were not held in Gibraltar until 2004.

* European Parliament Election, 2004 ( Gibraltar )

A statue was raised to honour Rooke at Gibraltar in 2004, during the 300th anniversary celebration.

For full results, see European Parliament Election, 2004 ( Gibraltar ).

* St. James's Palace Stakes-( 6 )-Dara Monarch ( 1982 ), Brief Truce ( 1992 ), Grand Lodge ( 1994 ), Giant's Causeway ( 2000 ), Rock of Gibraltar ( 2002 ), Azamour ( 2004 )

* Michael Kinane – Dara Monarch ( 1982 ), Brief Truce ( 1992 ), Grand Lodge ( 1994 ), Giant's Causeway ( 2000 ), Rock of Gibraltar ( 2002 ), Azamour ( 2004 )

In the 2004 European Parliament election, she secured a place on the Green Party list for the South West and Gibraltar region, the only Gibraltarian candidate ; this helped the Green Party to third place in the election in Gibraltar.

* 2004: The Royal Gibraltar Regiment

With the election of a moderate left-wing government in Spain ( 2004 ), a new Spanish position was adopted and, in December 2005, the governments of the UK, Spain and Gibraltar agreed to set up " a new, trilateral process of dialogue outside the Brussels Process " with equal participation by the three parties, any decisions or agreements to be agreed by all three.

Rock of Gibraltar and the dispute about his ownership was the subject of a little-known book by Scottish sportswriter Martin Hannan ( Mainstream, 2004 ).

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* Gibraltar Masters Chess Tournament, 2004, Gibraltar, Bronze.

Before the 2004 election, it was expanded to include Gibraltar.

Since January 2004, Parasol has lived in Gibraltar with her children.

* Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère – ( 7 ) – Second Empire ( 1997 ), Ciro ( 1999 ), Rock of Gibraltar ( 2001 ), Hold That Tiger ( 2002 ), Oratorio ( 2004 ), Horatio Nelson ( 2005 ), Holy Roman Emperor ( 2006 )

In 2004 the diversions amounted to from Gibraltar Reservoir, and from Jameson Lake.