At UN’s C24, traditional positions on sovereignty alongside hopes for a new relationship

At UN’s C24, traditional positions on sovereignty alongside hopes for a new relationship

17th June 2025

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo urged the UN’s decolonisation committee to “stop doing nothing” in respect of Gibraltar, as he also outlined a political agreement on post-Brexit relations with the EU which he said left the issue of sovereignty “aside and untouched”. For six decades the Committee of 24 [C24] has failed to strike Gibraltar off...

Minister for Health to attend G20 and G7 Health Summit in Geneva

17th June 2025

The Minister for Health and Care, Gemma Arias Vasquez, will travel to Geneva on Wednesday to attend the 2025 G20 and G7 Health Summit, a high-level international forum organised by the World Health Organisation. The summit will bring together health ministers and senior officials to discuss strategies for addressing non-communicable diseases and mental health challenges....

Gibraltar College and GAMPA students complete music performance assessments

17th June 2025

The Minister for Education, Dr John Cortes, attended the assessment performances of first and second-year students enrolled in the BTEC in Music Performance at Gibraltar College, delivered in partnership with the Gibraltar Academy of Music and Performing Arts (GAMPA). The course, which offers a vocational route in music performance, was established following collaborative efforts by...

Enterprise scheme opens year-round with published assessment criteria

17th June 2025

The Minister for Health, Care and Business, Gemma Arias-Vasquez, has announced that applications for the Gibraltar Enterprise Scheme (GES) will now be accepted throughout the year. The Government has also published the criteria used to assess submissions, as part of its ongoing commitment to transparency and accessibility. The GES is a soft loan initiative designed...

Gibraltar’s donations continue to transform lives in Sierra Leone

17th June 2025

A school in Sierra Leone funded by donations from the Rock has just seen its first cohort of children complete their education with 65 students graduating. The Regent Senior Secondary School in Regent Village, was built in 2021 and, at present, there are a total of 305 pupils in the school. The West African Senior...

Agreement opens ‘huge and exciting potential’ for Gib airport

13th June 2025

The political agreement for a treaty on Gibraltar’s post-Brexit relationship with the EU creates “huge and exciting potential” for flights to operate from the Rock to EU destinations. To achieve this, Gibraltar has agreed to apply four areas of EU law relating to landing slots, charges, ground handling and the rights of passengers with reduced...

CM discusses Gibraltar treaty with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

13th June 2025

The Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, spoke on Friday with Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK and one of its Members of Parliament, to discuss the proposed UK–EU treaty concerning Gibraltar. The conversation followed an interview between Mr Farage and the Chief Minister on Thursday evening on GB News. Unlike the televised interview, Friday’s exchange...

La Línea edges closer to ‘leap into 21st century’ as new urban plan officially presented

7th June 2025

by Maria Jesus Corrales La Línea city council officially presented its new urban plan (Plan General de Ordenación Urbana or PGOU, in Spanish) yesterday, replacing the previous one that has guided the city’s development for more than 40 years. Studied and drafted for over six years, the PGOU will allow the council to designate and...

Gibraltar and OTs ‘a critical element’ as UK moves to 'war-fighting readiness'

2nd June 2025

Military bases in Gibraltar and other Overseas Territories “remain a critical element” in the defence of UK sovereign territory and interests, according to a long-awaited Strategic Defence Review published by the UK Government on Monday. In launching the review, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the UK will move to “war-fighting readiness” and that all...

UK to support ‘mutually-agreed solution’ to Western Sahara, 'respecting self-determination'

2nd June 2025

The UK Government will adopt a new UK policy position towards Western Sahara, supporting a “mutually-agreed solution” that respects the principle of self-determination. The policy was announced during a visit to Morocco by Foreign Secretary David Lammy, where a series of agreements were signed to boost trade and investment between the UK and Morocco, ahead...

UK to build up to 12 new attack submarines and invest £15bn in warheads

2nd June 2025

By Helen Corbett, PA Political Correspondent The UK will build up to 12 new nuclear-powered attack submarines and invest £15 billion in its warhead programme, the Prime Minister will announce today as the UK Government unveils its strategic defence review. Significant investment in the UK nuclear warhead programme this parliament and maintaining the existing stockpile...