CM outlines new policing resources and equipment for treaty rollout 

Santos hosts Gibraltar Youth Symposium with Cortes

2nd March 2026

The Minister for Equality, Employment, Culture and Tourism, Christian Santos, this week hosted a session of the Gibraltar Youth Symposium with the Minister for Education, Sustainability, Climate Change, Heritage, Technical Services and Transport, Dr John Cortes, to hear the views of 25 young people in an open consultation. The forum provided an opportunity for participants...

Information session for entertainment providers on new licence applications

2nd March 2026

Event organisers, promoters, venue operators, performers and entertainment service providers applying for Entertainment (B) licences are being invited to attend an information session on Monday, March 9, 2026, at the Charles Hunt Room, John Mackintosh Hall, ahead of updated application requirements coming into effect on April 1, 2026. The session will run from 1.30pm to...

Dr Paul Bosio begins role as Gibraltar Health Authority Director General

2nd March 2026

The Minister for Health, Care and Business, Gemma Arias Vasquez, welcomed Dr Paul Bosio on his first day in post as Director General of the Gibraltar Health Authority with a tour of St Bernard’s Hospital on Monday. Dr Bosio began the day visiting a range of clinical and administrative services alongside the Minister and outgoing...

GFRS to stage peaceful demonstration in pay dispute

2nd March 2026

The Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service (GFRS), supported by Unite the Union, is in dispute with the Government of Gibraltar over firefighters’ pay, arguing that the current all-inclusive salary fails to recognise the impact of routinely providing overnight emergency cover. After more than six years of discussions and a rejected proposal for additional compensation (reduced...

Suspected drone strike hits RAF base in Cyprus

2nd March 2026

By Jessica Coates and Christopher McKeon, Press Association A suspected drone strike hit RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed. There were no casualties in the incident at the base near Limassol in the early hours of Monday, but the Sovereign Base Areas Administration said “a temporary dispersal” was being planned...

Optimism at the border, treaty hailed as ‘historic change’ 

2nd March 2026

by Maria Jesus Corrales On the Friday morning after the treaty on Gibraltar’s future relationship with the EU was published, the Chronicle was there to talk to the tourists, journalists, cross-border workers of many nationalities and the ever-present taxi drivers that were now inhabiting a world that may soon disappear.   Indeed, many were looking forward...

Officials deny pause in Diego Garcia legislation despite Trump criticism

25th February 2026

By David Hughes and Abbie Llewelyn, Press Association A Foreign Office minister “misspoke” when he said the UK was “pausing” legislation to hand over the Chagos Islands following criticism of the deal from Donald Trump. The £35 billion deal, which includes a plan to lease back the UK-US Diego Garcia military base, has been heavily criticised by...

Former Foreign Office advisor explored Lords’ seats for OTs to counter ‘psychic wounds’ over Britain’s ‘vast diminishment’ 

25th February 2026

A special advisor to former Foreign Secretary David Lammy worked on a policy proposal in which Overseas Territories would be offered their own seats in the House of Lords to integrate them into the UK, according to an opinion piece published in the Sunday Times at the weekend.  In the article the special advisor, Ben...