Genelec employees protest after going unpaid for three months

Northern Defences project looks ahead to 2026

12th January 2026

After years of steady progress, the Northern Defences have entered a new phase of work as plans are set out for 2026, with the focus shifting from recovery and exposure to interpretation, engagement and consolidation. The Northern Defences was once an overgrown landscape, known locally as the Jungle due to both how it looked and...

Genelec employees protest after going unpaid for three months

12th January 2026

Around 40 employees of installation company Genelec aired their frustrations over non-payment of wages during a demonstration outside No.6 Convent Place on Monday morning. Genelec employees Felipe Lopez and Natalia Torres told the Chronicle that staff have been left devastated after the company has not paid salaries over the past three months while they all...

As CM considers legal challenge to McGrail Inquiry findings, Azopardi says ‘pay it from your own pocket’ 

12th January 2026

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said he was taking “careful and detailed advice” on a possible legal challenge to some of the findings made against him in the McGrail Inquiry report.  Sir Peter Openshaw, the chairman of the McGrail Inquiry, found that on numerous occasions, Mr Picardo had attempted “grossly improper” interference in a live police...

Gibraltar should guard against becoming ‘small franchise’ for London law firms, Chief Justice says 

12th January 2026

Chief Justice Anthony Dudley said Gibraltar’s legal community must guard against becoming “a small franchise” for London-based firms of solicitors and senior counsel at the expense of the Rock’s own practitioners.  Speaking during a ceremony in the Supreme Court last Friday to appoint two new Gibraltarian King’s Counsel, Mr Justice Dudley said that as of...

Lords debate self-determination as Chagos Bill faces scrutiny 

7th January 2026

 The issue of self-determination and whether Chagossians were entitled to a referendum on the UK’s controversial decision to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius was debated in the House of Lords this week.  Under the agreement signed last May, the UK will cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in a deal...

Hozgarganta river bursts its banks as Storm Francis lashes Campo

4th January 2026

by Maria Jesus Corrales Heavy rainfall from Storm Francis in the Campo area caused the Hozgarganta river to burst its banks as it passed through Jimena, forcing the closure of the A-405 road and several bridges, while residents living by the Guadiaro in San Roque were placed on alert level one. Jimena’s city council said...

Spain sees ‘no direct link’ between treaty and its defence relations with US

29th December 2025

The Spanish Government sees “no direct link” between the UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar and Spain’s military relationship with the US or the security of the Strait of Gibraltar. Madrid set out its position in response to a series of questions in the Spanish Congress from the Partido Popular, which had probed whether the treaty would...

Bank of England cuts interest rates to near three-year low

18th December 2025

By Anna Wise, Press Association Business Reporter The Bank of England has cut interest rates to the lowest level in nearly three years, as it said measures in the Budget will help bring down inflation quicker than previously thought. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to reduce rates from 4% to 3.75%. Governor Andrew...