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Gibraltar to mark May 6 Charles III coronation with very British garden parties and parades

PARADES, parties and school visits in Gibraltar will lead up to the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday May 6 in London, Gibraltar’s government

24 Apr, 2023 @ 12:30

Gibraltar·Lead

Workers redeploy oil barriers around OS 35 wreck as storm passes in Gibraltar and salvage continues

AS this week’s storm passed Friday, port workers got to work redeploying the floating oil barriers around the OS 35 shipwreck off Gibraltar’s coast. Captain

22 Apr, 2023 @ 09:16

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar government praises Dominic Raab as he resigns from the UK Cabinet over bullying scandal

THE Government of Gibraltar has praised Dominic Raab after he resigned from the UK Cabinet when an independent report found he had bullied officials. The

22 Apr, 2023 @ 09:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Diving company teams up with The Nautilus Project to clean up Rosia Bay to mark Earth Day 2022

A GIBRALTAR diving company plans to help out a local marine protection charity to clean up one of the Rock’s last undeveloped bits of coastline

21 Apr, 2023 @ 14:54

Gibraltar·Lead

Man charged with fighting in public place using potato peeler in Gibraltar pleads guilty in court

A COURT tried a local man who allegedly fought another in Gibraltar with a potato peeler this week. Prosecutors charged Callum Gilfillan, 20, with affray,

21 Apr, 2023 @ 09:30

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar’s Supreme Court turns down judicial review of unlawful killing inquest over police collision at sea

GIBRALTAR’S Supreme Court has this week rejected a petition by two policeman to review the inquest that found them guilty of the unlawful killing of

21 Apr, 2023 @ 09:16

Gibraltar·Lead

Man gets nasty shock when he sees a four foot snake trying to eat his pet in Spain’s Andalucia

A MAN in Spain’s Andalucia got the shock of his life when he saw a snake that was over a metre long trying to eat

21 Apr, 2023 @ 09:00

Andalucia·Gibraltar·Lead

Housing services in Gibraltar become a little bit easier after they go online

PEOPLE who live in Gibraltar and want to use its essential housing services will no longer have to endure long queues at awkward times. That’s

20 Apr, 2023 @ 08:51

Gibraltar·Lead

Lawmakers from across Commonwealth flock to Gibraltar for two days of meetings

THE Gibraltar Parliament hosted the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Executive Committee for their mid-year meeting in Gibraltar this week. The two days of meetings took

19 Apr, 2023 @ 16:09

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar regulators fine local estate agent over money laundering ‘breaches and deficiencies’

GIBRALTAR’S crackdown on money laundering continued this week when it fined an estate agent for not putting the right checks in place to prevent the

19 Apr, 2023 @ 15:49

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar police secure access to UK super-database civil rights groups have flagged over privacy concerns

POLICE in Gibraltar will get up-to-the-second access to the UK’s controversial new national police super database when it comes into service. Royal Gibraltar Police (RGP)

16 Apr, 2023 @ 09:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar hosts European team squash event but loses heavily to top opposition

SQUASH players from Gibraltar did themselves proud on home soil by tackling much larger nations at the excellent Europa Sports Park facilities. The men and

15 Apr, 2023 @ 09:05

Gibraltar·Lead

New storm Sunday threatens further oil spills from stricken bulk carrier shipwreck off Gibraltar coast

THE shipwreck off Gibraltar’s coast is bracing itself for a new storm on Sunday that could further break it up and cause more oil spills.

15 Apr, 2023 @ 09:03

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

BREAKING: Police charge ex-Commissioner McGrail with alleged sexual assault of a policewoman

POLICE have arrested and charged their former chief with ‘an alleged sexual assault’ on a policewoman in 2018, a senior officer said. Ian McGrail. 56,

13 Apr, 2023 @ 18:04

Gibraltar·Lead

‘EXCITING’: DNA results show Gibraltar Neanderthal is linked to French Mediterranean cousin

New DNA evidence has revealed that the prehistoric Gibraltar skull is more closely related to the Neanderthals in the French Mediterranean than those nearby in

13 Apr, 2023 @ 09:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Affordable homeowners in Gibraltar get green light to sell flats at about four times 1990s prices

THE property market in Gibraltar could be turned upside down after the Gibraltar Government gave the green light for affordable homeowners to sell their flats.

12 Apr, 2023 @ 09:15

Gibraltar·Lead

Minister captains Gibraltar team at Seatrade Global in Miami that talks with 25 cruise companies

GIBRALTAR made its presence felt at the biggest annual cruise gathering in the world as it tried to attract more ships to its shores. Minister

12 Apr, 2023 @ 09:09

Gibraltar·Lead

Tunnel linking Spain and Morocco back on the agenda after February Rabat meetings

THE governments of Spain and Morocco have restarted talks on a possible 14 kilometre tunnel link between the two countries under the Straits of Gibraltar.

12 Apr, 2023 @ 09:00

Cadiz·Lead·National News

Gibraltar University meets with shipping heads in Morocco to discuss further training links

THE University of Gibraltar is firming up ties with Morocco’s shipping industry to start working together on training opportunities. The latest links follow the success

12 Apr, 2023 @ 08:30

Gibraltar·Lead

Terror suspect who hacked priest to death with machete in Spain’s Andalucia sent to Sevilla psychiatric ward

A JUDGE has sent the Moroccan man accused of the terrorist attack that killed a priest in Spain’s Andalusia to a psychiatric ward in Seville.

11 Apr, 2023 @ 16:27

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

Malaga becomes fifth most expensive location to buy a home in Spain, new studies indicate

MALAGA is the now the fifth most expensive province for buying homes in Spain in comparison to wages, latest figures indicate. The place where the

11 Apr, 2023 @ 15:30

Malaga·Other News·Property

Firefighters put out Tarifa blaze that charred over 50 hectares in Spain’s Andalucia

AUTHORITIES in Spain’s Andalucia have now put out most of the Tarifa blaze that burnt over 50 hectares to a cinder since Wednesday. The Forestry

11 Apr, 2023 @ 09:00

Andalucia·Cadiz·Environment·Other News

Largest ever drug trafficking trial of Castanas gang starts in Spain’s Andalucia

THE largest drug traffic trial ever in Spain started Monday in Andalucia as members of the Castanas clan were brought to justice. Prosecutors will now

10 Apr, 2023 @ 16:45

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Malaga·Other News

OIL SPILL: Workers lay down protective boom around OS 35 shipwreck as storm passes

GIBRALTAR’S Port Authority has returned the oil barriers around the OS 35 as seas calmed down enough after last week’s Levante storm. Captain of the

10 Apr, 2023 @ 14:44

Gibraltar·Lead

Uncle of Syrian autocrat Bashar al-Assad, nicknamed the ‘Butcher of Hama’, evades trial in Spain on medical grounds

SPAIN’S national court will try in May to resume the trial of the billionaire uncle of Syrian autocrat Bashar al-Assad, accused of money laundering in

9 Apr, 2023 @ 09:00

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Malaga·National News·Other News

Gibraltar government get £90 million cash payment for Eastside reclamation as project moves forward

THE latest developer of the Eastside Project has made a £90 million cash payment to take over the site in a deal that will provide

7 Apr, 2023 @ 11:08

Gibraltar·Lead