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BESS testing triggers overnight outages

A planned testing on the power station’s new Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) that took place after midnight on Monday morning left a number of residents perplexed by the ensuing power cuts despite there being a warning from The Gibraltar Electricity Authority [GEA] ahead of the event. The GEA has been conducting controlled live tests...

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David Chevasco showcases memoirs, poems and latest collection

Gibraltarian writer David Chevasco presented three of his books at the Fine Arts Gallery on Monday evening at an event that included readings from the texts. The first book, Six Memoirs of a Childhood in Gibraltar, which was published in 2024, is a collection of six semi-autobiographical short stories set in the 1980s and early...

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Sir Mo Farah to visit Gibraltar ahead of 2026 literary festival

In less than eight weeks avid runners on the Rock will get the opportunity to run with Sir Mo Farah in an Around The Rock charity run, as part of his visit to Gibraltar this April. Sir Mo’s visit to Gibraltar is the prelude event for this year’s 2026 Gibunco Gibraltar Literary Festival, which is...

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Treaty text to be published this week

The legal text of the UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar’s post-Brexit relations with the bloc will be published by the European Commission this week, Spain’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jose Manuel Albares, said on Monday. Speaking to reporters as he arrived in Brussels for a meeting of the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council, Mr Albares said the...

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USS Gerald R Ford sails into the Mediterranean

The USS Gerald R Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, sailed through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean on Friday, amid tension between the US and Iran. US President Donald Trump this week urged Tehran to strike a “meaningful” deal as a huge American military build-up takes shape in the Middle East amid US...

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King expresses ‘deepest concern’ over Andrew’s arrest

By Josh Payne, Press Association Chief Reporter The King has said “the law must take its course” after expressing his “deepest concern” over the arrest of his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Andrew was taken into custody on his 66th birthday on Thursday following allegations made against the former prince after the release...

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Andalusian Parliament urges La Linea rail link, citing border changes after treaty

A motion calling for La Linea’s inclusion in a coastal rail corridor linking Nerja and Algeciras was unanimously approved by the Andalusian Parliament development committee this week, which urged the central government in Madrid to reverse an earlier decision excluding the border town from the project. The motion was tabled by the Partido Popular, which...

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Second day of flooding and disruption in Campo as stormy weather persists

Storm Leonardo hit the Campo de Gibraltar hard for a second day on Thursday, with torrential rain continuing and winds registering gusts of up to 85km/h in Tarifa. The bad weather left streets and roads flooded in many Campo municipalities and brought down trees and branches across the area, with emergency services continuing on high...