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- ↑ "HM Government of Gibraltar - BANK AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 2018" (PDF). Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ↑ "The rocky road to Spain". BBC News. 2002. Archived from the original on 18 February 2006. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- 1 2 "HM Government of Gibraltar - BANK AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 2020" . Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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