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Boney M are coming to Gibraltar: Legendary disco group to perform at FREE festival in November

BONEY M will play for FREE in Gibraltar exactly one month before Christmas Day with his founding band member Maizie Williams. The hit 70s disco band will be part of the Rock’s

27 Oct, 2023 @ 16:34

Gibraltar·La Cultura·Lead

Andalucia government takes down map showing Gibraltar’s territorial waters from website

THE regional government of Spain’s Andalucia has taken down a webpage showing a map that marked out Gibraltar’s territorial waters after Vox complained. Far-right party Vox raged in September that the Andalucian

27 Oct, 2023 @ 15:16

Andalucia·Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Flu Jab Plans Unveiled For At Least 75 Per Cent Of Elderly Living In Spain S Costa Blanca

Elderly people in Gibraltar can get their free seasonal flu jabs at Casemates on Saturday

A MOBILE health unit will offer free flu jabs at Casemates Square to Gibraltar elderly residents on October 28 before the start of the winter season. The walk-in vaccination clinic will not

27 Oct, 2023 @ 09:41

Gibraltar·Health

Financial services gurus line up for final Gibraltar Day events in UK capital with expert minister

A BREAKFAST and lunch in London for financial services gurus in Pall Mall gave new minister Nigel Feetham the final chance to showcase Gibraltar’s potential to UK investors. The three day series

26 Oct, 2023 @ 16:14

Business & Finance·Gibraltar·Lead

A painter and two sculptors from Spain take top three prizes in Gibraltar art exhibition

THREE Spaniards won the top prizes at the 50th Gibraltar International Art Exhibition being held at the Gustavo Bacarisas Gallery in Casemates Square. Minister for Culture Christian Santos officially opened the exhibition

26 Oct, 2023 @ 08:58

Gibraltar·La Cultura·Lead

Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo with UK Minister for Europe Leo Docherty

UK minister for Europe congratulates Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo after election win

UK MINISTER for Europe Leo Docherty ‘formally congratulated’ Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo for his election victory as they get ready for more EU treaty talks. Docherty confirmed ‘that he would

25 Oct, 2023 @ 16:50

Gibraltar·Lead·London·Politics

BA cancels Gibraltar flight to London after making passengers ride to Malaga in seven-hour ordeal

BRITISH Airways cancelled a UK-bound flight as passengers climbed the plane’s steps after a seven hour ordeal when they were forced to bus it to Malaga from Gibraltar. The Heathrow-bound flight was

25 Oct, 2023 @ 10:02

Andalucia·Gibraltar·Lead·Malaga

Five Gibraltar teams of 16 kids take on cream of UK in Cyber Centurion coding challenge

TEENAGERS from Gibraltar are taking part in a UK-wide team competition to solve coding problems and encourage the next generation of scientists. Five local teams made out of 16 students from Bayside,

25 Oct, 2023 @ 09:23

Gibraltar·Technology

Gibraltar to launch government-owned insurance company to provide low-cost liability cover

GIBRALTAR plans to launch a government-owned insurance company that will provide for liability cover at a more affordable price than ever before. Financial Services Minister Nigel Feetham – one of the five

25 Oct, 2023 @ 09:00

Business & Finance·Gibraltar·Lead

New Gibraltar ministers visit government departments as Nigel Feetham leads financial services dinner

NEW Gibraltar government ministers have been exploring the new responsibilities they will oversee for the next four years. It follows a hard fought campaign that saw the GSLP/Liberal Alliance come through as

24 Oct, 2023 @ 09:12

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar police officer, 42, arrested for contacting under-age child about sex after UK and Spain probe

A POLICE officer from the Royal Gibraltar Police has been arrested for having sexual communication with a minor under 16-years-old. Spanish National Police and UK law enforcement took part in the investigation

23 Oct, 2023 @ 15:02

Crime & Law·Gibraltar

Great British Bake Off judge Mary Berry is latest celeb to join Gibraltar Literary Festival lineup

COOKBOOK writer for over half a century Mary Berry, much-loved judge of the Beeb’s Great British Bake Off is the latest Gibraltar International Literary Festival speaker to be announced. Berry published her

23 Oct, 2023 @ 14:10

Gibraltar·La Cultura·Lead

Gibraltar zones divided into constituencies for ministers of new GSLP/Liberal government to oversee

MINISTERS in the new GSLP/Liberal government will home in on the needs of certain ‘constituencies’ in Gibraltar as well as looking after the different portfolios. The new system of zonal management for

19 Oct, 2023 @ 09:31

Gibraltar·Lead

ELECTION 2023: Chief Minister vows to reveal all government company accounts after close election win

FABIAN Picardo said there was ‘no was greater privilege’ than being voted Chief Minister of Gibraltar as he took the stage after winning his fourth term in a row Friday morning. The

13 Oct, 2023 @ 18:07

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

ELECTION 2023: Chief Minister thanks people of Gibraltar for their support before ministers sign in at Convent

THE Governor Sir David Steel swore in GSLP/Liberal Gibraltar government ministers this morning after the tightest election in history. Re-elected Chief Minister Fabian Picardo led his team through the colonial halls of

13 Oct, 2023 @ 16:35

Gibraltar·Politics

ELECTION 2023: GSLP/Liberal coalition clinch sensational fourth straight term after closest ever election

THE GSLP/Liberal coalition has won its fourth term in a row with just nine MPs in one of the tightest elections in Gibraltar’s history. Re-elected Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and Liberal leader

13 Oct, 2023 @ 07:18

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

ELECTION 2023: GSLP/Liberals set to win nailbiting fourth term during intense night in Gibraltar

WITH 96% of the votes counted, the GSLP/Liberal Alliance looked on course for their fourth consecutive term as Gibraltar’s government. It was a long night for people all over the Rock and

13 Oct, 2023 @ 05:09

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

ELECTION 2023: Razor edge finish predicted as voting ends in Gibraltar’s key poll

CIVIL Servants have started counting up the votes to Gibraltar’s general election after polling stations closed at 10pm on October. Voting started at 9am in the morning and finished at 10pm bringing

12 Oct, 2023 @ 23:48

Gibraltar

ELECTIONS 2023: Voters take to polling stations across Gibraltar to decide key government for next four years

VOTERS across Gibraltar have headed to their nearest polling stations Thursday to elect a government that will be lead the British overseas territory for the next four years. The Gibraltar Parliament reported

12 Oct, 2023 @ 18:22

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar Customs seize ‘staggering’ 500 kilos of cocaine valued at £30 million attached to passing ships

CUSTOMS officers have seized more than 500 kilos of cocaine attached to the hull of two bulk carriers that were anchored off Gibraltar’s coast. The street value of the cocaine comes to

12 Oct, 2023 @ 09:37

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Young man knocks out 67-year-old in Spain’s city of Malaga just because he was angry

A YOUNG man admitted to police in Spain’s Malaga that he knocked out a 67-year-old for no other reason than that he was feeling angry at the time. Local Police in the

12 Oct, 2023 @ 09:16

Crime & Law·Malaga

Gibraltar elections: New digital counting system will update votes automatically through the night

RESIDENTS of Gibraltar who want to know who will govern them for the next four years on Friday morning will not even have to switch on their televisions to find out the

12 Oct, 2023 @ 09:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Health chiefs launch ‘Stoptober’ as stats show 95% of Gibraltar lung cancer victims are or were smokers

HEALTH chiefs in Gibraltar have launched a new campaign to stop smoking after a study showed that 95% of lung cancer victims locally are or were smokers. The Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA)

11 Oct, 2023 @ 15:42

Gibraltar·Health

Court sentences teenager who visited four Gibraltar restaurants outside opening hours

A COURT has sentenced a teenager to over a year in prison after he broke into four popular eateries and a tobacco shop in Gibraltar during a five-day burglary spree. Ben Brown,

11 Oct, 2023 @ 09:55

Crime & Law·Gibraltar

Two non-local men arrested for alleged racism against Jewish community in Gibraltar

POLICE arrested two foreign men who allegedly hurled abuse at members of the Jewish community on Gibraltar’s Main Street Tuesday morning. Officers arrested the Portuguese and Spanish nationals, aged 21 and 26-years-old,

11 Oct, 2023 @ 09:25

Crime & Law·Gibraltar

Two young people from Gibraltar will take part in Overseas Territories Youth Summit

TWO young people will represent Gibraltar at the UK overseas territories youth summit after writing essays that impressed the judge. Caretaker Deputy Chief Minister Joseph Garcia congratulated Anna Grech and Karim Acolina

11 Oct, 2023 @ 08:28

Gibraltar