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How will Gibraltar’s gaming sector rise to the challenge of the UK’s tax changes?

THE recent announcement of sweeping tax increases on gambling and online gaming in the United Kingdom has sent ripples through Gibraltar’s economy, where the gaming

9 Jan, 2026 @ 12:04

Business & Finance·Gibraltar·Lead·Sponsored Article

EXCLUSIVE: Russian warship disguised as a trawler lurked off the Costa del Sol for days – as Putin ramps up activity in the Mediterranean

RUSSIAN activity has been ratcheting up in the Strait of Gibraltar as the Kremlin comes under increasing pressure to keep the oil flowing. Data shared

8 Jan, 2026 @ 16:02

Costa del Sol·Gibraltar·International Affairs·Lead

Surge in Russian ships through the Strait of Gibraltar sparks underpolicing fears

RUSSIAN ships have been swarming through the Strait of Gibraltar in what experts described as a highly unusual travel pattern – amid calls on Spain

2 Jan, 2026 @ 13:10

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

GROSS IMPROPRIETY: Gibraltar Chief Minister ‘crossed the line’ in a series of improper actions over arrest of friend suspected in fraud and security breach case

By Jon Clarke and Alessio Ghirlanda THE leader of Gibraltar has been forced to apologise after he was heavily criticised over his actions in an

23 Dec, 2025 @ 18:36

Gibraltar·Lead

UK and Spain seal historic post-Brexit deal on Gibraltar after years of talks

THE post-Brexit treaty on Gibraltar between Spain and the UK is now complete after years of wrangling, EU authorities have confirmed. The agreement was approved

19 Dec, 2025 @ 10:42

Gibraltar·Lead

A tunnel between continents under the Strait of Gibraltar IS possible: Route, depth, cost and timeline – this is how it will work

A TUNNEL connecting Europe to Africa beneath the Strait of Gibraltar is now considered possible, scientists have announced – as Spain revives a landmark engineering

16 Dec, 2025 @ 16:42

Gibraltar·Lead

Confused about doing business between Spain and Gibraltar? New chat robot is here to answer your questions

A NEW digital tool has been launched to help businesses understand the rules that will apply under the forthcoming UK–EU treaty on Gibraltar. The Gibraltar

10 Dec, 2025 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Gibraltar·Lead

The McGrail Report – Gibraltar is small and needs its best people regardless of affiliations, writes F Oliva

In his final column on the long-running McGrail saga – and with publication of the report delayed until December 15 – former Gibraltar Chronicle news

8 Dec, 2025 @ 17:57

Gibraltar·Lead

Weight-loss hunters trying to get Ozempic on the cheap are putting Gibraltar at the heart of a new black market with Spain

A NEW illegal business is flourishing in Gibraltar as narco-style ‘couriers’ buy Ozempic legally on the Rock before reselling it on the black market in

7 Dec, 2025 @ 10:30

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Ozempic and other anti-diabetes drugs lead medicine spending in Spain's health service

‘Narcos of Ozempic’: Gibraltar finds itself at the heart of a new weight-loss black-market with Spain

A NEW illegal business is flourishing in Gibraltar as narco-style ‘couriers’ buy Ozempic legally on the Rock before reselling it on the black market in

4 Dec, 2025 @ 11:42

Gibraltar·Health·Lead

BREAKING: Gibraltar Chief Minister rushed to hospital in Spain for emergency surgery – McGrail Report release to be delayed

FABIAN PICARDO is undergoing emergency surgery in Jerez today after suffering a retinal detachment in his right eye. The Chief Minister was rushed to hospital

4 Dec, 2025 @ 11:22

Gibraltar·Lead

The McGrail Report – The unlikely role that British TV cop classics played in Gibraltar’s inquiry into the police and the politicians, by F Oliva

Ex-Chronicle news editor Franciso Oliva muses on what can be divined from the pop culture references that cropped up sporadically during the hearings for the

1 Dec, 2025 @ 18:15

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar stunned by ‘devastating hammer blow’ as UK hikes gambling taxes – raising fears vital gaming firms could quit the Rock

THERE is growing fear that Gibraltar could lose up to a third of its public revenue after the UK hiked taxes on online gaming. Chancellor

27 Nov, 2025 @ 15:28

Gibraltar·Lead

IN PICS: The Royal Navy’s flagship HMS Prince of Wales arrives in Gibraltar accompanied by carrier strike group in display of military might

BRITAIN’s most powerful warship, the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, sailed into Gibraltar on Sunday after concluding a mammoth eight-month global deployment. The arrival

24 Nov, 2025 @ 11:40

Gibraltar·Lead

The McGrail Report – Gibraltar’s path to reconciliation after five years of fracture, by F Oliva

In his continuing column for the Olive Press, ex-Chronicle news editor Franciso Oliva muses on how the Rock can mend its fractured social fabric –

20 Nov, 2025 @ 18:00

Gibraltar·Lead

The McGrail Report – Toward a modernised model of policing for Gibraltar, writes F Oliva

In his continuing column for the Olive Press, ex-Gibraltar Chronicle news editor Franciso Oliva muses on the future of policing on the Rock.

15 Nov, 2025 @ 17:13

Gibraltar·Lead

WATCH: Shock as Donald Trump Jr makes flying visit to Gibraltar

DONALD Trump Jr, the eldest son of the US president, shocked onlookers in Gibraltar this afternoon when made a surprise visit to the Rock. Arriving

14 Nov, 2025 @ 18:39

Gibraltar·Lead

Special alert zone declared near expat hotspots on the Costa del Sol as West Nile Virus detected in the Campo de Gibraltar

HEALTH authorities have issued a fresh West Nile Virus alert after the virus was detected in a dead wild bird in the Campo de Gibraltar.

14 Nov, 2025 @ 16:00

Costa del Sol·Gibraltar·Health·Lead

The McGrail Report – Josef K: Between dystopia, depression and redemption in Gibraltar, writes F Oliva

In his third column of a new series for the Olive Press, ex-Gibraltar Chronicle news editor Franciso Oliva supplies his personal impression of the McGrail

12 Nov, 2025 @ 18:00

Gibraltar·Lead

The McGrail report – Making sense of what we saw in ‘Gibraltar confidential’, writes F Oliva

In his latest column for the Olive Press, ex-Gibraltar Chronicle news editor Franciso Oliva supplies his personal impression of the sprawling McGrail inquiry. THERE are

9 Nov, 2025 @ 18:00

Gibraltar·Lead

‘The McGrail Report is Gibraltar as you have never seen it before’ – Catharsis under the shadow of the Dragon Tree, writes F Oliva

In a new column for the Olive Press, ex-Gibraltar Chronicle news editor Franciso Oliva supplies his musings on the long-running McGrail saga. AS the McGrail

6 Nov, 2025 @ 18:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar’s long-awaited McGrail report shining a light into the Rock’s behind-the-scenes machinations is delivered today: Govt to publish it ‘in its entirety’

THE long-awaited report into the controversial retirement of Gibraltar’s former police commissioner, Ian McGrail, will finally be delivered to the government this afternoon. According to

6 Nov, 2025 @ 12:05

Gibraltar·Lead

IN PICS: The world’s largest aircraft carrier cruises past the Rock as it navigates the Strait of Gibraltar – to join Trump’s war party threatening Venezuela

THE world’s largest aircraft carrier has been snapped powering through the Strait of Gibraltar as it heads to join President Trump’s fleet terrorising the Caribbean.

6 Nov, 2025 @ 11:58

Gibraltar·Lead

What’s going on on the Rock? Tensions between Spain and Gibraltar go to the wire amid bid to derail historic treaty signing

AFTER months of detente, low-simmering tensions between Gibraltar and Spain are threatening to come to the boil once again – just as a treaty is

5 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

Gibraltar·International Affairs·Lead

Gibraltar hits back after Reform MP suggests the Rock could be used to process future asylum seekers

A KEY ally of Brexit architect Nigel Farage has come under fire after hinting that a future Reform UK government would be open to using

22 Oct, 2025 @ 08:00

Gibraltar·International Affairs·Lead·Politics

EXCLUSIVE: ‘We can’t just walk into their home and sit at their table’: Calls for more education after friends film themselves swimming with whales in the Strait of Gibraltar

MORE education is needed to stop people disturbing whales, conservationists have warned, after a video of three friends diving from a boat to swim with

9 Oct, 2025 @ 14:30

Andalucia·Cadiz·Gibraltar·Green·Lead

Gibraltar

How will Gibraltar’s gaming sector rise to the challenge of the UK’s tax changes?

EXCLUSIVE: Russian warship disguised as a trawler lurked off the Costa del Sol for days – as Putin ramps up activity in the Mediterranean

Surge in Russian ships through the Strait of Gibraltar sparks underpolicing fears

GROSS IMPROPRIETY: Gibraltar Chief Minister ‘crossed the line’ in a series of improper actions over arrest of friend suspected in fraud and security breach case

UK and Spain seal historic post-Brexit deal on Gibraltar after years of talks

A tunnel between continents under the Strait of Gibraltar IS possible: Route, depth, cost and timeline – this is how it will work

Confused about doing business between Spain and Gibraltar? New chat robot is here to answer your questions

The McGrail Report – Gibraltar is small and needs its best people regardless of affiliations, writes F Oliva

Weight-loss hunters trying to get Ozempic on the cheap are putting Gibraltar at the heart of a new black market with Spain

‘Narcos of Ozempic’: Gibraltar finds itself at the heart of a new weight-loss black-market with Spain

BREAKING: Gibraltar Chief Minister rushed to hospital in Spain for emergency surgery – McGrail Report release to be delayed

The McGrail Report – The unlikely role that British TV cop classics played in Gibraltar’s inquiry into the police and the politicians, by F Oliva

Gibraltar stunned by ‘devastating hammer blow’ as UK hikes gambling taxes – raising fears vital gaming firms could quit the Rock

IN PICS: The Royal Navy’s flagship HMS Prince of Wales arrives in Gibraltar accompanied by carrier strike group in display of military might

The McGrail Report – Gibraltar’s path to reconciliation after five years of fracture, by F Oliva

The McGrail Report – Toward a modernised model of policing for Gibraltar, writes F Oliva

WATCH: Shock as Donald Trump Jr makes flying visit to Gibraltar

Special alert zone declared near expat hotspots on the Costa del Sol as West Nile Virus detected in the Campo de Gibraltar

The McGrail Report – Josef K: Between dystopia, depression and redemption in Gibraltar, writes F Oliva

The McGrail report – Making sense of what we saw in ‘Gibraltar confidential’, writes F Oliva

‘The McGrail Report is Gibraltar as you have never seen it before’ – Catharsis under the shadow of the Dragon Tree, writes F Oliva

Gibraltar’s long-awaited McGrail report shining a light into the Rock’s behind-the-scenes machinations is delivered today: Govt to publish it ‘in its entirety’

IN PICS: The world’s largest aircraft carrier cruises past the Rock as it navigates the Strait of Gibraltar – to join Trump’s war party threatening Venezuela

What’s going on on the Rock? Tensions between Spain and Gibraltar go to the wire amid bid to derail historic treaty signing

Gibraltar hits back after Reform MP suggests the Rock could be used to process future asylum seekers

EXCLUSIVE: ‘We can’t just walk into their home and sit at their table’: Calls for more education after friends film themselves swimming with whales in the Strait of Gibraltar

ON THIS DAY: Dali, Buñuel – and Dani Carvajal? A trio of Spanish geniuses have links to this weekend in January

MICHAEL COY explains how the lives of two Spanish princesses 500 years apart didn’t go to plan – thanks to their choice of husbands

Ozempic users who go cold turkey record average weight gain of half a kilo each month, according to new study

The Andalucia President’s blackface stunt at Three Kings was wrong and insensitive – JOY E GLENN, a black mother in Spain, explains why

WATCH: Macabre ‘Black Axe’ cult is smashed in Spain: Police swoop on feared mafia group in Sevilla and Malaga