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Body is discovered floating in the sea off Gibraltar after being passed by a private yacht

A BODY has been discovered floating off the coast of Gibraltar near Europa Point early this morning, the RGP have announced. The discovery was reported

17 Nov, 2024 @ 16:25

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Botched burglary in Gibraltar’s swanky Ocean Village lands hapless local man jail time

A HAPLESS burglar who broke into a restaurant in Ocean Village has been jailed for two months. Riyen Lea, 37, of the Varyl Begg Estate,

15 Nov, 2024 @ 10:59

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‘The English don’t even know what Gibraltar is’: Spain midfielder Rodri on how his England teammates reacted to his controversial song after Euro 2024 final

THE Spanish football player who led the chants of Gibraltar español after Spain beat England in the final of Euro 2024 said his English teammates

12 Nov, 2024 @ 11:59

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Exclusive: No deal for Gibraltar could see far reaching economic pain in Spain but La Linea ‘shouldn’t fall to the narcos’ says mayor

THE inhabitants of La Linea de la Concepcion are fighting for a treaty with Gibraltar to stop the town from slipping into the hands of

4 Nov, 2024 @ 14:58

Cadiz·Gibraltar·Lead

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

New investigation is launched into missing sailor who vanished from Gibraltar port in 1986

A NEW investigation has been opened into the death of Simon Parkes, a Royal Navy sailor who mysteriously disappeared in Gibraltar on December 12, 1986.

28 Oct, 2024 @ 15:40

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

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Britain’s Ministry of Defence seeks new deputy of Gibraltar naval base: Candidates trained in ‘nuclear emergency procedure’ desirable

THE British military is looking for a new deputy harbour master to help deliver ‘safe and timely operations’ in the strategically important naval base in

23 Oct, 2024 @ 15:00

Gibraltar·Lead

‘Sue us, if you dare!’ Gibraltar challenges Spain over ‘nonsense’ claims which branded the Rock’s €340m marina project a ‘territorial invasion’

GIBRALTAR has dared the Spanish authorities to ‘sue us in your own courts’ over a controversial landfill project on the Rock’s eastern side. The government

17 Oct, 2024 @ 18:45

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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

Gibraltar-Spain water row: Madrid claims the Rock never sought permission to take supplies from ‘protected Spanish territory’

GIBRALTAR is facing mounting pressure from a number of Spanish government departments over its controversial land reclamation project on the east side of the Rock.

16 Oct, 2024 @ 19:00

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Is this the start of tit-for-tat border chaos on the Rock? ‘Rogue’ Spanish officer starts unilaterally stamping passports before Gibraltar ‘takes cross-border workers hostage’

THE frontier between Spain and the Rock got its first taste of the disruption to come after Spain ‘unilaterally’ started stamping Gibraltar passports. The move

11 Oct, 2024 @ 17:15

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A ‘serial child sex offender’ who abused children in Gibraltar for over a quarter of a century is found guilty after harrowing trial

A SERIAL child sex offender has been found guilty of 19 offences against children in the Gibraltar Supreme Court over a period spanning a quarter

11 Oct, 2024 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

‘Say yes to a deal or Gibraltar faces new border controls’: Spain piles the pressure on the UK as game of chicken enters its final month

SPAIN’S foreign minister has piled on the pressure on the UK to ‘say yes’ to the deal on offer over Gibraltar before new border controls

9 Oct, 2024 @ 18:45

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Gibraltar’s sovereignty ‘is not up for negotiation’, insists UK – as Fabian Picardo ‘reminds’ UN that ‘Spain was a fascist dictatorship when we were a democracy’

THE UK has reaffirmed its commitment to the sovereignty of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands in light of the agreement to hand the Chagos Islands

8 Oct, 2024 @ 15:00

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Thousands of Gibraltar drivers have overdue speeding fines in Spain – but they’ll probably never have to pay them

GIBRALTAR drivers nipping across the border to Spain have racked up nearly 3,000 unpaid traffic fines – the majority for speeding. With a population of

8 Oct, 2024 @ 12:15

Gibraltar·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: ‘It’s a sad day for all of us’: The UK’s decision to relinquish the Chagos Islands has left Gibraltar and other British Overseas Territories feeling nervous

THE United Kingdom’s shock decision to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has left many in Gibraltar and beyond wondering exactly what

4 Oct, 2024 @ 19:00

EXCLUSIVE·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

Missing teenager is found alive and well after vanishing from Gibraltar

A YOUNG Gibraltar girl who went missing on Wednesday has been found alive and well. A missing persons report was put out yesterday afternoon for

4 Oct, 2024 @ 12:25

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‘We’re not the same’: Gibraltar’s Fabian Picardo works to calm fears the territory will be ‘returned’ to Spain after Britain relinquished the Chagos Islands

THE Gibraltar government has moved to assure its people that the UK decision to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius will have no impact on

4 Oct, 2024 @ 12:16

Gibraltar·Lead

Bike brilliance: At the heart of Gibraltar a shop for all your cycling needs

Over the last 13 years, Cycle Centre Gibraltar has become the beating heart of the Rock’s cycling community. Established in 2011, the shop is now

3 Oct, 2024 @ 14:56

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Have you seen Evaline? Family worry for whereabouts of missing teenager in Gibraltar

THE Royal Gibraltar Police are appealing for the public’s help to find a local teenage girl who has been reported missing.Evaline Double, 14, was last

3 Oct, 2024 @ 14:36

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar police announce ‘no evidence’ that McGrail witnesses were ‘incentivised’ to give evidence on same day lead investigator appointed to plum role

THE ghosts of the McGrail Inquiry continue to murmur. An investigation into whether whistleblowers were ‘incentivised’ to give evidence against former Commissioner of Police Ian

2 Oct, 2024 @ 14:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Uncertainty reigns: EU refuses to rule out possible delays to new Schengen border control as Gibraltar steels itself for no deal with Spain

THE European Commission has refused to rule out the possibility that its new border controls for the Schengen zone will be delayed beyond the November

2 Oct, 2024 @ 11:02

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Watch: The Spanish Armada trains for drone warfare in the Gulf of Cadiz

THE Spanish Navy is busy undertaking military exercises around the Strait of Gibraltar to practise anti-drone warfare. The MAR 24-2 training mission, encompassing both the

1 Oct, 2024 @ 18:40

Cadiz·Gibraltar·Lead·Video

Spanish military plane overflies Gibraltar airspace twice during military exercises: British officials to lodge formal complaint

THE British Foreign Office is set to make a formal complaint after Spanish military aircraft made incursions into Gibraltar airspace ‘while a British Airways flight

1 Oct, 2024 @ 09:42

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Russian naval activity ‘up by 50%’ in the Strait of Gibraltar as ‘hundreds’ of vessels – including warships and submarines – pass through Spanish waters

THE Spanish Navy has been on alert after the number of Russian warships and merchant vessels passing through the Strait of Gibraltar has surged by

26 Sep, 2024 @ 13:05

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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

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