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Reasonable adjustments announced for Christmas Festival of Lights

Gibraltar Cultural Services and the Supported Needs and Disability Office have announced a series of reasonable adjustments for people with supported needs and disabilities attending this year’s Christmas Festival of Lights at Casemates Square on November 20. The event will feature two identical shows, running from 6.30pm to 7.30pm and from 8.30pm to 9.30pm. Music...

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Barbary macaque stars in new Christmas stamp collection

The Gibraltar Government and the Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau have unveiled a set of six Christmas stamps featuring watercolour illustrations of animals in imagined festive settings. The Christmas 2026 collection, issued on November 2, was illustrated by Canadian artist Terra Nord and designed by Gibraltarian graphic artist Stephen Perera. The stamps depict animals dressed in winter...

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Gibraltar represented at international tourism forum

The Minister for Tourism, Christian Santos, represented Gibraltar at the inaugural ‘A World For Travel’ Forum in Paris last week, where he presented the Rock’s Nature Positive Tourism Pilot during two panel discussions. The event, held at France’s National Assembly, brought together representatives from the public and private sectors, investors and academics to discuss the...

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Everest elevation challenge aims to raise £5,000 for GibSams

A group of 16 participants will take on an Everest-inspired challenge throughout November to raise money for Gibraltar mental health charity GibSams. Leading the challenge is Issac Vinet who explained that it entails each member to completing the elevation of Mount Everest (8850m) throughout the month of November, which is equivalent to around 37 times...

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CAMPO - La Línea to approve record €73 million budget for 2027

La Línea city council is set to approve a record €73 million budget for expenditure in 2027 this week, with a projected surplus of €350,000.  The net budget stands at €62 million, which does not include €11 million of funding allocated to domiciliary care and assistance paid directly to the council by the Junta de...

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Campo industries employed more than 12,000 people in 2025

The Campo de Gibraltar’s industrial sector gave employment to more than 12,000 people, according to the newly published report for 2025 by the Asociación de Grandes Industrias (AGI).  The report provided details of that statistic, breaking it down into those employed directly (4,118) and employees of companies providing services to the sector (7,989, of which...

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CAMPO - Jacinto Muñoz sworn in as Algeciras mayor after vote of no confidence in Landaluce

Jacinto Muñoz Madrid has been sworn in as mayor of Algeciras after a motion of no confidence in his predecessor, Jose Ignacio Landaluce, and proposing Mr Muñoz successfully passed throught the council legislature.  Mr Muñoz secured 15 votes in favour, including 12 from councillors of the Partido Popular (PP) and three from Vox, with PSOE...

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CAMPO - First phase of La Línea’s Princesa Sofía park refurbishment complete

La Línea city council has signed off on the first phase of the Princesa Sofía park this week, with councillor for infrastructure Yolanda Fernández making a final inspection tour before work began on phase two.  The park now boasts a perimeter fence and gates, two ponds, a new children’s play area and the planting of...