Sir Joe tells UN seminar Gibraltarians are ‘a people’ with right to self-determination 

Royal Navy’s HMS Stirling Castle formally affiliated with Gibraltar in ‘lasting bond of friendship’ 

27th May 2026

The Royal Navy’s cutting-edge minehunter HMS Stirling Castle has been formally affiliated with Gibraltar, in the first such agreement between a navy vessel and the Rock.  All Royal Navy warships are normally affiliated with at least one city, combining tradition, public diplomacy, morale support, civic honour and local identity.  The affiliation of HMS Stirling Castle with the Rock aims...

Children’s fancy dress competition to be held on National Day

27th May 2026

Gibraltar Cultural Services, in collaboration with the Self Determination for Gibraltar Group, will hold the Children’s Fancy Dress Competition at Casemates Square as part of the National Day celebrations on Thursday, September 10. The competition will have two categories: children aged six and under, and children aged seven to 11. All entries should display the...

Santos hosts networking breakfast at Gibraltar House in London

27th May 2026

The Minister for Equality, Employment, Culture and Tourism, Christian Santos, hosted a networking breakfast at Gibraltar House in London aimed at strengthening creative and literary partnerships. The event was organised by Gibraltar Cultural Services on behalf of the Ministry for Culture and brought together creatives living and working across the city in a range of...

Cardiac association presents rotablator to GHA

27th May 2026

The Gibraltar Cardiac Association has presented a rotablator device to the Gibraltar Health Authority for use in heart procedures. The purchase was made possible through fundraising by the association and a donation from the Kusuma Trust. The device uses a miniature surgical utensil coated in microscopic diamond chips to remove hard plaque build-up from 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...

PP wins Andalusian election but loses majority

18th May 2026

The Partido Popular won Sunday’s regional election in Andalusia but lost the majority it achieved in 2022, ending up with 53 seats in the regional parliament. This figure is five fewer than the 58 members of parliament it obtained in the 2022 elections and leaves it two seats short of a majority, which is set...