Airport ‘a different ballgame’ after catchment area expands to 4m people

Geraldine Finlayson elected Fellow of Society of Antiquaries of London

28th July 2026

Professor Geraldine Finlayson has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in recognition of her contribution to archaeology and heritage. Fellows are elected by their peers for significant and sustained work in the study, preservation and understanding of the human past. Election to the Fellowship is one of the highest honours...

Airport ‘a different ballgame’ after catchment area expands to 4m people

28th July 2026

The Minister for Tourism, Christian Santos, said Gibraltar has had interest from airlines over potential new routes from Spain, France, Holland and other European destinations, with new flights expected to emerge as from summer 2027. Mr Santos said the treaty has fundamentally changed the potential catchment area for Joshua Hassan Gibraltar International Airport, from the...

Two men jailed for importing cannabis worth £1.4m

27th July 2026

Two Spanish men caught on a boat carrying cannabis resin worth £1.4m were jailed by the Supreme Court on Monday, one for four years, the other for three and five months. Pedro Alexis Bermudez Rodriguez, 59, and Leopoldo Otero Moreno, 34, both resident in Cadiz province, admitted importation and possession of 284.5kg of cannabis resin....

Action for Housing welcomes Knights Court homes but warns of rental shortfall

27th July 2026

Action for Housing has welcomed the addition of 20 government rental homes at Knights Court but said the development would address only a small part of Gibraltar’s housing waiting list. The project includes three 3RKB homes and 17 2RKB homes, which are due to be completed in September. The group said 2RKB properties were in...

Former Royal Navy petty officer double murderer guilty of sex assaults in 1990s

27th July 2026

By Anahita Hossein-Pour and Ben Mitchell, Press Association A former Royal Navy petty officer jailed for life for the murder of two young men has been found guilty of sexually assaulting four males, including a 14-year-old boy in the 1990s, two of whom he had considered killing. Allan Grimson was sentenced in 2001 for the murders of...

La Línea student achieves Cádiz province’s best exam results of 2025/26

27th July 2026

Jialuo Cheng, a student at IES Mediterráneo in La Línea, has secured one of the top university entrance examination results in Andalucía, as well as the best score in Cádiz province from more than 10,300 applicants.  Mr Cheng is among 10 students from across Cádiz province, including four from the Campo de Gibraltar, to receive Premios Extraordinarios de Bachillerato (PAB) in recognition of their outstanding academic performance during their last year of secondary education.  Intended to promote quality, equality and...

Instituto Cervantes ‘prepared’ to reopen Gibraltar centre ‘as soon as possible’ 

27th July 2026

Spain’s Instituto Cervantes has “everything prepared and studied” to reopen a branch in Gibraltar “as soon as possible”, included an allocated budget, its director said on Monday.  Luis García Montero, who heads the Instituto Cervantes’ activities around the world, was speaking at the institute’s annual meeting in Jerez on Monday.  The Cervantes Institute operated a centre in Gibraltar between 2011 and 2015,...

Port of Algeciras sees container traffic rise despite slight overall fall

27th July 2026

The latest statistics published by the Port of Algeciras have recorded continued growth in container traffic in the first six months of 2026, despite a decline in overall cargo throughput.  The figures show that the number of containers handled increased by 1.36% to 1,371,191 units, while total number of TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) rose by 3.46% to 2,380,131.  The strongest growth came from international transit traffic,...