Spain seeks EU solidarity over Ceuta migration crisis

Children enjoy pirate and explorer adventure at Mac Hall Library

4th August 2026

Children embarked on an imaginative journey of pirates, explorers and sea voyages during a themed storytelling session at the John Mackintosh Hall Library on July 28.  The activity, titled Pirates and Explorers, welcomed children aged three to seven for a morning of adventure-themed stories designed to encourage a love of reading and spark their imaginations.  Young listeners were...

TNP leader teaches at Italian mountain camp

3rd August 2026

Cameron Byrne has recently returned to the Rock having spent two weeks working at a summer camp in Italy as part of an exchange through The Nautilus Project (TNP).   The summer camp was held in a remote Italian mountain village, Fara San Martino, and the experience she says has confirmed her ambition to become a geography teacher.  The opportunity arose after plans to bring an...

Three men charged with immigration offences and going equipped for theft 

2nd August 2026

Three men have been charged with immigration offences and going equipped for theft after they were allegedly found with bolt-cutters near bicycles in Europort.  The RGP said uniformed officers from Response Team 4 arrested the men on Thursday evening after receiving information from off-duty RGP and HM Customs officers.  The off-duty officers had reportedly seen and challenged the...

Customs seizes 240 kilos of cocaine from commercial ship

31st July 2026

Customs officers in Gibraltar seized 240 kilograms of cocaine stashed on a commercial vessel, in an intelligence-led operation that unfolded early June but was only confirmed today. The cocaine consisted of individually wrapped slabs in nine holdalls stashed in the vessel’s rudder trunk. “Acting on reports indicating that suspicious packages had been concealed onboard M/V...

Spain seeks EU solidarity over Ceuta migration crisis

4th August 2026

Spain will press European Union member states for greater solidarity over the migration crisis in Ceuta, with the Spanish government stating that the city represents a unique external border of the bloc that requires a tailored response.  The Spanish minister for Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, said Spain would ask for “solidarity from all the states of the European...

Ceuta migrant crisis prompts border warnings across Europe

31st July 2026

Tens of thousands of migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco this week, overwhelming police and emergency services after swimming around the breakwater at the Tarajal border crossing and entering on foot. Estimates from Ceuta authorities on Friday suggested as many as 60,000 people had entered the Spanish enclave unlawfully in recent days, most on Thursday. Of...

Ceuta faces migration crisis as thousands cross uncontrolled from Morocco

31st July 2026

This article was first published on Thursday July 30 but is being updated.   Thousands of migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco on Thursday, overwhelming police and emergency services after swimming around the breakwater at the Tarajal border and entering on foot. Estimates from Ceuta authorities on Friday suggested as many as 60,000 people had entered...

Gib treaty ‘historic opportunity’ to deepen UK/Spain relations, Albares says after meeting Miliband

30th July 2026

The Gibraltar treaty offered a “historic opportunity” for Spain and the UK to further deepen bilateral relations that were already “at their best moment”, Spain’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jose Manuel Albares, said after meeting his UK counterpart this week. Newly appointed UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband travelled to Madrid on Wednesday evening where he...