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Watch: Spanish YouTubers ‘are threatened with a huge fine’ in Gibraltar while trying to ‘conquer the Rock’

SPANISH YouTubers claim they were ‘threatened with a huge fine’ in Gibraltar after attempting to unfurl their country’s flag. As Britain and Spain try to

27 Nov, 2024 @ 16:26

Gibraltar·Lead·Video

Flight chaos as British Airways grounds flights across Europe after suffering major IT outage

BRITISH Airways has suffered a major IT outage that has left countless flights in Europe grounded. The issue is causing delays and cancellations for potentially

18 Nov, 2024 @ 20:42

Gibraltar·Lead·National News·Travel News

Cyclone warning for Campo de Gibraltar and coast of southern Spain: Heavy rain is expected from this date

A CYCLONE is expected to bring heavy rainfall as it forms in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula this week. Spanish state weather agency Aemet

11 Nov, 2024 @ 15:27

Andalucia·Cadiz·Lead·Malaga·Weather

Severe weather warnings in Spain: Rain to bring ‘signficant risk’ to life on the Costa del Sol and parts of Cadiz – while Gibraltar issues alert

WEATHER warnings across southern Spain today have been upgraded to the second-most severe orange level. It comes as a so-called DANA is set to wreak

28 Oct, 2024 @ 16:08

Gibraltar·Lead·Weather

Brits ‘barred’ from entering Spain ‘because of Brexit’ after their easyJet flight was diverted from Gibraltar to Malaga

BRITISH passengers on an easyJet flight from London Gatwick to Gibraltar were allegedly told they could not leave the plane at Malaga ‘because of Brexit’.

17 Oct, 2024 @ 16:16

Gibraltar·Lead·Malaga

Chaos on the Rock: Gibraltar-Spain border temporarily closed after suspicious package found at airport

THERE was chaos in Gibraltar on Monday evening after the border with Spain was shut following the discovery of a suspicious package at the tiny

24 Sep, 2024 @ 13:50

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Body of British journalist who died in Gibraltar is flown home: Police investigation continues

THE body of David Knowles has been flown home to the UK following his death in Gibraltar. The 32-year-old journalist died suddenly while watching a

21 Sep, 2024 @ 15:34

Gibraltar·Lead

Watch: Vox spokesperson mocks Gibraltar and Fabian Picardo as he declares British territory ‘Spanish whether you like it or not’

A SPOKESPERSON for the far-right Vox party has mocked Gibraltar and its chief minister Fabian Picardo in a video filmed on a boat near the

16 Sep, 2024 @ 15:33

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics·Video

Spain-Morocco rail tunnel latest: Experts will study seismic activity in the Gibraltar strait to determine project’s viability – this is the proposed route

SPANISH scientists will study seismic activity in the Strait of Gibraltar in a bid to determine the viability of an underwater train connecting Morocco with

16 Sep, 2024 @ 14:14

Lead·National News·Travel News

The Telegraph journalist David Knowles, 32, dies in Gibraltar: Tributes pour in for ‘talented and popular’ reporter

DAVID Knowles, a journalist for the Telegraph, died in Gibraltar on Sunday following a suspected cardiac arrest. The 32-year-old worked as a senior audio journalist

9 Sep, 2024 @ 18:25

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar’s Fabian Picardo meets with new Labour government in the UK

CHIEF Minister Fabian Picardo has returned to Gibraltar following his first face-to-face meeting with the UK’s new Labour government. Picardo, accompanied by deputy chief minister

5 Sep, 2024 @ 12:37

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Exclusive: Fed-up Gibraltar teachers blast ‘toxic’ 1300-pupil school and threaten to strike over unruly kids who ‘think they can get away with anything’

THE start of a new academic year for 1300-plus pupils at a popular Gibraltar school is under threat as teachers complaining of ‘anarchy, chaos and

3 Sep, 2024 @ 19:00

EXCLUSIVE·Gibraltar·Lead

Spain’s foreign minister to fly to London this month in last-ditch attempt to save post-Brexit deal on Gibraltar

SPANISH Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares will make a visit to London in the coming weeks as part of a last-ditch effort to save a

2 Sep, 2024 @ 12:52

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Gibraltar-Spain football row rages on: UEFA opens disciplinary proceedings against Morata and Rodri over controversial chants following Euro 2024 victory

UEFA suspend Spain’s Alvaro Morata and Rodri for one match after ‘Gibraltar is Spanish’ chants

UEFA, European football’s governing body, have handed out one match bans to Alvaro Morata and Rodri after the pair led chants of ‘Gibraltar is Spanish’

7 Aug, 2024 @ 13:51

Gibraltar·Lead·Sport

OPINION: Dear Spain’s football team, Gibraltar is British and always be – so bin off the far-right rhetoric

WOULDN’T it be nice if Spain could celebrate a magnificent sporting success without ruining it all in the aftermath? Last year, former President of the

21 Jul, 2024 @ 16:27

Gibraltar·Lead·Opinion·Politics·Sport

Why is Gibraltar British and not a part of Spain? All you need to know about the Treaty of Utrecht

AFTER successfully defeating England 2-1 on Sunday to secure a record-breaking fourth European Championship crown, the Spanish men’s national football team took to the streets

21 Jul, 2024 @ 13:56

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Spanish national football team celebrates winning UEFA Euro 2024 in Madrid

Euro 2024: Gibraltar government slams ‘offensive, discriminatory political statements’ after Spain’s victorious football team chants ‘rancid remarks’ about British Overseas Territory

THE Gibraltar government has issued a statement slamming what it described as ‘rancid chants’ about the British Overseas Territory made in public yesterday by several

16 Jul, 2024 @ 11:55

Lead·Politics·Sport

‘Winner gets Benidorm and Gibraltar’: Social media reacts to mouth-watering Euro 2024 final clash between Spain and England – as we ask who will YOU support on Sunday?

SPAIN and England will clash in a mouth-watering and highly-anticipated Euro 2024 final this Sunday after Gareth Southgate’s side prevailed over the Netherlands in dramatic

11 Jul, 2024 @ 11:55

Gibraltar·Lead·Sport

One of the Barbary macaque monkeys found in a garden in Granada

Spain’s Guardia Civil opens investigation after two Gibraltar monkeys found caged in terrible conditions inside garden of Granada resident

SPAIN’S Guardia Civil has opened an investigation after two of Gibraltar’s famous Barbary macaques were located caged in the garden of a resident of Granada.

10 Jul, 2024 @ 15:13

Animals·Gibraltar·Granada·Lead

Chaos in Gibraltar: ‘Pollution tax’ that would have cost drivers an extra £520 per year sparks protests – forcing Fabian Picardo into embarrassing U-turn just two hours after announcing policy

GIBRALTAR’S Chief Minister Fabian Picardo was forced into an embarrassing U-turn on Monday afternoon after a Budget proposal for a new pollution levy sparked an

2 Jul, 2024 @ 16:22

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Gibraltar duo cause shock upset with victory over arch rivals Spain in World Cup of Darts

GIBRALTAR scored an unlikely victory over arch rivals Spain at the World Cup of Darts, a pairs tournament featuring some of the world’s best players

29 Jun, 2024 @ 09:50

Gibraltar

‘Untrue rumours’: Gibraltar’s Fabian Picardo blasts suggestions he will resign if a post-Brexit treaty with Spain is agreed

FABIAN Picardo has insisted he will serve his full final term as Gibraltar’s Chief Minister amid suggestions on social media he could resign once a

19 Jun, 2024 @ 16:05

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Gibraltar Brexit treaty latest: Spain says ‘no deal’ until after the UK general election on July 4

SPAIN’S foreign minister, Jose Manuel Albares has ruled out closing a post-Brexit deal over Gibraltar until after the UK general election on July 4. The

3 Jun, 2024 @ 14:47

Brexit·Gibraltar·Lead

Fabian Picardo blasts Jacob Rees Mogg for ‘not even starting to understand’ the impact of Brexit on Gibraltar

CHIEF Minister Fabian Picardo has blasted right-wing Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg after the Tory veteran accused Gibraltar’s leader of wanting the Rock ‘to be Spanish’

23 May, 2024 @ 12:35

Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron to visit Brussels this week in what could be the ‘final push’ toward Gibraltar agreement with Spain

THE UK’s foreign secretary and former prime minister, David Cameron, will visit Brussels on Thursday in a bid to ‘strengthen the UK-EU relationship’, as well

15 May, 2024 @ 12:34

Brexit·Gibraltar·Lead

Brexit deal latest: Many complex hurdles for Fabian Picardo to overcome as UK fears losing sovereignty and Spain worries ‘tax haven’ Gibraltar will ‘colonise’ el Campo

AS Chief Minister Fabian Picardo jets off to Brussels once more to wrangle a post-Brexit treaty on Gibraltar’s border with Spain, both sides’ fears of

15 May, 2024 @ 12:00

Andalucia·Cadiz·EXCLUSIVE·Gibraltar·Lead