Spain’s Pedro Sanchez welcomes GSLP into Socialist International

Spain’s Pedro Sanchez welcomes GSLP into Socialist International

20th November 2025

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has welcomed the GSLP as a full member of Socialist International, the global alliance of social democratic, socialist and labour parties. The GSLP’s admission as a full member of Socialist International was announced at the party’s annual general meeting on Thursday, during which members watched Mr Sanchez congratulate the party...

Lewis Llamas wins gold in IDO World Showdance Championships

20th November 2025

Lewis Llamas has won gold in the IDO World Showdance and Performing Arts Championships in Castellanza, Italy. Lewis competed against six finalists, earning the title of IDO Junior Male Showdance World Champion 2025. From Italy he told the Chronicle it felt amazing to win the title wave the Gibraltar flag on stage. The 16-year-old said...

Clinton says audit opinion on public accounts ‘not clean’ and accuses Govt of ‘shooting’ watchdog 

20th November 2025

 GSD MP Roy Clinton on Thursday challenged the Government’s claim that Gibraltar’s public accounts for 2018/19 had received a “clean bill of health”, arguing in Parliament that the former Principal Auditor’s opinion was in fact qualified and that ministers were trying to “shoot the watchdog” for doing his job.  Speaking during the debate on the...

Garcia says audit row is ‘a sign of a functioning democracy’ 

20th November 2025

The Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Joseph Garcia, has defended the Government’s response to the Principal Auditor’s 2018/19 report, arguing in Parliament that the intense exchanges it has prompted is “a sign of a functioning democracy” rather than a threat to Gibraltar’s Constitution.   Speaking during the debate on the Government motion on the audit report, Dr Garcia said it was “perfectly legitimate and appropriate” for ministers to...

Port of Algeciras becomes main entry route for contraband tobacco into Campo 

17th November 2025

By Maria Jesus Corrales  The Port of Algeciras now accounts for 55% of the contraband tobacco seized in the Campo de Gibraltar, according to data presented by the Guardia Civil at the tenth Congress on Combating Contraband in La Línea last week.  The figures show that only 10% of illegal tobacco enters Spain through the...

Tax online betting games to reflect the harm they cause, UK MPs say

7th November 2025

By Josie Clarke, PA Consumer Affairs Correspondent, and Chronicle staff The UK Government should not “cave in to industry scaremongering” and tax online betting games at a rate that reflects their harm, MPs have said in a report ahead of a UK budget statement later this month.  The report was met with disappointment in Gibraltar, amid concern a hike in UK...

Spanish police arrest fugitive wanted for murder as he tried to enter Gib

4th November 2025

A Portuguese man wanted for murder and other serious offences was arrested by Spanish police in La Linea as he tried to cross the border into Gibraltar. Spain’s Policia Nacional said the man was the subject of four arrest warrants for murder, sexual abuse and wounding in different locations in Spain. The man was arrested...

Spanish complaint over Eastside project sent back to La Linea court on appeal - report 

4th November 2025

A criminal complaint lodged by Spain’s state environmental prosecution service over the Eastside project has been referred on appeal back to a La Linea court that had ruled it was outside its remit, according to Spanish press reports.   The complaint alleges that reclamation work for the Eastside project could constitute an offence under Spanish law. ...