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Guernsey's chief minister promised at the end of 2023, as he took over from the deposed Deputy Peter Ferbrache, the States would not have its fourth set-piece debate on the future of public finances.
Tech entrepreneurs from Guernsey have been promoting the island at a European web conference. Six Guernsey-based firms attended the Web Summit Lisbon 2024 at a stand run by Digital Greenhouse.
Follow BBC Guernsey on X and Facebook. Send your story ideas to channel.islands@bbc.co.uk. More on this story. Report reveals high life expectancy in Guernsey. Islanders asked to help shape health ...
The national animals of the island of Guernsey are the donkey and the Guernsey cow.The traditional explanation for the donkey (âne in French and Guernésiais) is the steepness of St Peter Port streets that necessitated beasts of burden for transport (in contrast to the flat terrain of the rival capital of Saint Helier in Jersey), although it is also used in reference to Guernsey inhabitants ...
Guernsey's largest industry is financial services, followed by tourism and agriculture. The island is particularly well known for its cattle. Guernsey's culture is strongly influenced by Britain, evident in its use of the pound sterling and the status of English as the primary native language.
Channel Islands cuisine is the cooking styles, traditions and recipes of the Crown dependencies of the Channel Islands, namely the Bailiwicks of Guernsey and of Jersey. Among the islands' specialities are locally-caught seafood, rich Channel Island milk , Guernsey Bean Jar , and Jersey cabbage loaf.
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La Gran'mère du Chimquière, the Grandmother of Chimquiere, the statue menhir at the gate of Saint Martin's church is an important prehistoric monument. Around 6000 BC, the rising sea created the English Channel and separated the Norman promontories that became the bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey from continental Europe. [1]