Steady flow of freight but ‘teething issues’ continue at border 

Western Beach reopens for bathing 

29th July 2026

Western Beach has reopened for bathing after water sampling tests conducted by the Environmental Agency indicated it was safe for swimming.  The beach was closed last Friday after intestinal enterococci bacteria were detected during routine testing.  The Gibraltar Government thanked beach users for their patience and understanding.   

North Mole jetty demolition and Joshua Hassan House refurbishment on DPC agenda for next online meeting 

29th July 2026

The Government of Gibraltar’s applications for an extension of working hours for the demolition of Jetty No. 3 at the North Mole and refurbishment Joshua Hassan House are on the agenda of this month’s meeting of the Development and Planning Commission meeting on Thursday.  The meeting will be held once again online via the Government’s YouTube channel, although the intention to return to...

Steady flow of freight but ‘teething issues’ continue at border 

29th July 2026

“Teething issues” continued with processing imports at the land frontier under new treaty customs arrangements continued on Tuesday, with volumes still below pre-treaty levels.  Freight shipments are flowing into Gibraltar but at a slower rate than under the system in place prior to the treaty, with some shipments for large companies experiencing hefty delays.  At around 6pm on Tuesday, some 170 lorries had crossed...

CM raises treaty implementation in call with new Foreign Secretary 

29th July 2026

The Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, spoke to the new Foreign Secretary, Ed Miliband, on Tuesday in a first conversation that included discussion of how Gibraltar-related matters will be handled by ministers at the FCDO.  Mr Picardo also raised matters relevant to treaty implementation ahead of Mr Miliband’s meeting with Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares in Madrid on...

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,...