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13th June 2025
The name Ben Dance will mean nothing to most people in Gibraltar, but in the tsunami of information and opinion that followed the political agreement announced on Wednesday, his was the clearest vision of what had been achieved. Mr Dance is the official photographer at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. An image he took...
12th June 2025
By Chief Minister Fabian Picardo For over five years, Gibraltar has been at the centre of one of the most complex, technical, and geopolitically sensitive negotiations undertaken by the United Kingdom and the European Union since Brexit. The process has consumed me. It has occupied close to half of my time in elected office, taken...
10th June 2025
There is nothing more relaxing than settling on the sofa after a long day, a cup of tea in my hand while I watch the adrenaline-filled suspense of a good medical drama. For the past few months, I have moved on from one show to another and, honestly, it has been a ride. I can...
10th June 2025
By Brian Porro Over the last short while I have noticed several stabs at guessing the number of official languages for EU purposes and at least one suggestion as to the impact of translation on the timetable for the publication of EU official documents, in our case of the much-referred-to EU-UK Treaty in respect of...
8th June 2025
By Rebecca Calderon On 24th May 2013 Gibraltar got into UEFA and everyone celebrated. Football went from amateur to professional overnight, we’d be playing in the EUROS, and local clubs would fight it out for Champions and Europa League places. Before this, football in Gibraltar was community-based around family ties and the club house, with...
6th June 2025
Do you like to sing? Do you wanna sing? I believe secretly we all do, especially in our own private auditorium – the shower. Safe place that it is and boxed in where no one can hear us. But if you really wanna sing then you have got to sing it out loud and sing...
5th June 2025
The Strategic Defence Review published by the UK Government on Monday makes for uncomfortable reading. The 144-page document details the threats facing the UK and, by extension, its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. These include Russian aggression, the risk of state-on-state conflict involving NATO, the rise of China, and technological shifts in warfare. The document...
3rd June 2025
by Matvey Celecia During last week’s Viewpoint programme on GBC last Thursday night one young person interviewed suggested casually that he wouldn’t mind dual citizenship with Spain as it would be ‘beneficial’ to “make life easier” and watch football in Spain. I don’t think this reflects the views of young people or my view. Understanding...
3rd June 2025
One of my favourite things to do in Washington DC is to run around the National Mall. I’m not yet, and hopefully never, tired of passing by monuments I grew up watching on television that felt so far away from my own life they may as well have been on a different planet. The six...
2nd June 2025
A decade later Art continues to find new growth in Gibraltar’s national art gallery For years I had been listening to Mario Finlayson – my art teacher, friend and family member – emphasising the importance of Gibraltar establishing its own national art gallery. I remember the plans he designed for the old King’s Bastion Power...
2nd June 2025
By Christian Santos, Minister of Equality As we usher in another Pride Month, Gibraltar stands not only in celebration but in vigilance. Pride is more than a colourful commemoration, it is a powerful reminder of the struggle, courage, resilience and ongoing fight for LGBTQ+ rights around the globe. As Minister for Equality, I want to...
28th May 2025
By David Parody So, back in October of 2024, I was not one who predicted the return to office of the man now sitting as the president of the United States. Long gone were, I mistakenly thought, the days of rule by Twitter and CNN could live peacefully ever after. So with that mistaken view...
26th May 2025
Gibraltar is not included in the proposed realignment of the UK with the EU that has just been made public. Care was taken in the press conference, following the summit that agreed the realignment, to emphasise that a separate treaty for Gibraltar was ‘not very far off’ or is even ‘close’. Despite those words, the...
23rd May 2025
Why are the Directory and Guide publications from the past always so popular? I can only assume that there is a hunger for stories from the past. A thirst to find out more about our rich history – and these publications are steeped in our history, and some entries are, as we have established on...