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

Gibraltar presents heritage plans at European fortified sites congress

28th July 2026

Gibraltar was represented for the first time at the European Federation of Fortified Sites Congress, held in Diest, Belgium, where officials presented the Government’s approach to restoring and opening historic military sites. The EFFORTS Congress brings together European specialists, policymakers and organisations involved in the conservation, management and sustainable development of fortified sites. Gibraltar was...

Gibraltar joins Mediterranean youth academy in Morocco

28th July 2026

Gibraltar recently took part in the sixth Mediterranean Academy for Youth in Assilah, Morocco, bringing together young people and organisations from across the region to promote dialogue, active citizenship and international cooperation. The event followed an invitation from Yassine Isbouia, founder and president of the Mediterranean Forum for Youth, known as FOMEJE, and Morocco’s national...

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...

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,...