Gibraltar on track for treaty implementation next month, CM says 

Unite calls for UK shipbuilding guarantees after Balaena merger

12th June 2026

Unite has called for guarantees that shipbuilding and repair contracts will remain in the UK after Gibdock-owner Balaena bought the parent company of Cammell Laird and A&P, creating a larger British-based ship repair group with operations stretching from the UK to Gibraltar. The union, which described itself as the principal union in shipbuilding, said the...

Prostate Cancer awareness event marks first World Prostate Cancer Day in Gibraltar

12th June 2026

Prostate Cancer Gibraltar marked World Prostate Cancer Day on Thursday for the first time, with an awareness event focused on encouraging men to undergo regular PSA testing. Organised in collaboration with the Gibraltar Health Authority, the initiative included a mobile health unit on site offering PSA blood tests to men over the age of 50....

Picardo briefs UK parliamentary delegation on Gibraltar’s future outlook

12th June 2026

Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, and the Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Joseph Garcia, briefed a visiting delegation from the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme on the importance of maintaining a strong UK Armed Forces presence in Gibraltar. The meeting also covered the UK/EU treaty and the military aspects negotiated by the United Kingdom as part of its...

Gaming diversification attracting emerging sectors to Rock, Feetham says

12th June 2026

The Minister for Justice, Trade and Industry, Nigel Feetham, said Gibraltar's new Gambling Act is helping attract emerging sectors in gaming and technology, such as prediction markets, digital asset-related businesses and companies involved in stablecoins and digital payments infrastructure.  Speaking at the KPMG Gaming Summit aboard the Sunborn on Wednesday, Mr Feetham said the legislation had created a pipeline...

La Linea plans three-stage redesign from border to town centre

10th June 2026

La Linea City Council is progressing plans to redesign the route between the Gibraltar border and the town centre through a three-stage project. This project will include upgrades to Plaza de la Constitución, the current temporary market site and the commercial area closest to the frontier.  The first phase, centred on Plaza de la Constitución, has already been planned with a...

Spanish police dismantle drug network using drones to smuggle drugs from Morocco 

27th May 2026

Spanish police have dismantled a criminal organisation based in Cadiz province and Alava that allegedly used large fixed-wing drones to transport hashish and cocaine from Morocco across the Strait of Gibraltar before moving the drugs onward to France, the Policia Nacional said on Tuesday.  The operation, known as Operation Horus, began in 2025 and focused...

PP still wants to govern alone despite losing majority in Sunday’s regional election 

18th May 2026

The acting president of the regional government of Andalusia, the Partido Popular’s Juanma Moreno Bonilla, said on Monday that his aim was to govern alone following the Andalusian election on Sunday, in which his party lost its absolute majority.  The PP ended up with 53 seats in the regional parliament, down from 58 in 2022.  That left it two seats short of the 55-seat...

Strait increasingly vulnerable to drug smuggling, Spanish security report says 

18th May 2026

By Maria Jesus Corrales A report on Spain’s campaign against the illegal trade in narcotics has described the zone stretching from Cádiz to Málaga as one of “increasing vulnerability” to the narcotics trade, with as many as 600 drugs launches plying the Strait last year.  Published last week by Spain’s security services, the document comes at a turbulent time for Andalucía as it nears...