New regulations set out rights for cross frontier workers

24-hour Swimathon returns in aid of SSAFA Gibraltar

17th August 2026

Gibraltar’s Armed Forces community will return to the pool later this month for a 24-hour Swimathon in aid of SSAFA Gibraltar, after last year’s inaugural event raised more than £1,000. The challenge starts at 2pm on Wednesday, August 26, at HELM Point Pool and will run continuously until 2pm the following day. Organisers said the...

New regulations set out rights for cross frontier workers

17th August 2026

New regulations providing a framework for cross frontier workers in Gibraltar have come into effect, setting out the right to equal treatment as Gibraltarians. The TGEU Implementation (Frontier Workers) Regulations 2026 were made following the Treaty on Gibraltar and the European Union Act 2026 and implement provisions relating to cross frontier workers under the UK/EU...

Sunborn Gibraltar sees ‘softer first half’ as rooms demand falls after record breaking year

17th August 2026

Sunborn Gibraltar recorded a “softer first half” of 2026, after a record breaking performance last year with net sales falling by 2% and down 22% against a record-breaking comparative period in 2025. The Sunborn Yacht Hotel Gibraltar reported net sales of £5.357 million for the first six months of the year, compared with £5.470 million...

Malta visit offers new insight into Bluefin tuna behaviour

16th August 2026

A team from The Nautilus Project are in Malta where part of their trip saw them enter the water with schools of Atlantic bluefin tuna where they observed the fish’s behaviour, condition and schooling patterns at close range. An experience they said was: “hard to put into words.” “These fish cross entire ocean basins and...

A charity convoy crosses from Algeciras to Ceuta

10th August 2026

The Catalan association Border Resistance has organised a convoy from different parts of Spain to deliver three vans of aid to NGOs working with migrants in Ceuta.  The organisation's spokesperson, Shadi, said Border Resistance had worked with associations in Barcelona, the Basque Country, Madrid, Cádiz, Málaga and Algeciras.  In Algeciras, three vans were loaded with...

Spain restores border checks for travellers from Italy

7th August 2026

Spain will temporarily reinstate border controls for travellers arriving from Italy from Saturday after a diplomatic dispute over the Ceuta migrant crisis and the application of the Schengen agreement escalated. The Spanish Government said the temporary measures will apply at ports and airports from 12am on August 8 until 12am on September 7, "unless changing...

Spain urges Italy to lift border controls before Monday

7th August 2026

Spain has urged Italy to lift border controls introduced after the migrant crisis in Ceuta and restore normal Schengen arrangements before Monday, warning it will take "proper measures to protect the interests and dignity of its citizens" if no action is taken. In a statement issued on Friday, the Spanish Government called on Italy to...

Spain says Schengen ‘was never at risk’ after Ceuta migrant crisis

5th August 2026

Spain's minister of Interior Fernando Grande-Marlaska said on Tuesday that the recent migrant crisis in Ceuta had never placed the Schengen area at risk as he called on Italy to reconsider its decision to suspend the free movement agreement for travellers arriving from Spain.  Speaking after a special meeting of EU interior ministers, Mr Grande-Marlaska...