Gibraltar students celebrate A-level results and university places

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...

Gibraltar students celebrate A-level results and university places

13th August 2026

Students hugged, cheered and celebrated on Thursday morning as they received their A-level results, with an overall pass rate of 92% recorded across Gibraltar’s three Government schools. This year’s students secured a collective 660 pass grades, including 585 passes across 25 traditionally assessed subjects and a further 75 passes in six vocational qualifications. There were...

Students celebrate university offers and vocational achievements at Gibraltar College

13th August 2026

The Gibraltar College achieved an A-level pass rate of 89% including vocational courses on Thursday, with students celebrating their results and future opportunities. Among those receiving their results were students heading to university to study nursing and acting, while others are preparing for careers in music and health and social care. For Tristan Benyunes, results...

NatWest International to streamline operational roles in Gibraltar

13th August 2026

NatWest International is making changes to streamline some operational roles and centralise teams, and assured customers there will be no changes to the banking services it provides in Gibraltar. A spokesperson for NatWest International said the changes were intended to simplify how the bank operates and ensure it remained focused on customer service. “We are...

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...