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Feetham hosts funds and private client events in London 

The Minister for Financial Services and Gaming, Nigel Feetham, hosted a high-profile event at the Royal Automobile Club on Pall Mall on Wednesday as part of Gibraltar Finance’s ongoing efforts to promote the Gibraltar’s strengths in investment management and private client services.  In opening the funds-focused breakfast event, Mr Feetham delivered a welcoming address highlighting...

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Cancer Research to hold Think Pink Day tomorrow

Cancer Research UK Gibraltar branch will be holding Think Pink Day this Friday. The public are encouraged to wear the colour pink for breast cancer awareness and tag the charity in their Facebook page. “Let’s share our support and raise awareness together,” the charity said.

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HM Customs intercepts RHIB at Western Beach

HM Customs recovered a rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) at Western Beach in the early hours of Wednesday. At approximately 2.30am, officers on routine patrol within British Gibraltar Territorial Waters observed a small RHIB operating suspiciously. The vessel was monitored by the Control Room and subsequently followed as it approached the shoreline. Upon arrival at Western...

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Cortes meets Head Students from secondary schools

The Minister for Education, Dr John Cortes, has held a regular meeting with Head Students from Gibraltar’s three Government secondary education institutions: Gibraltar College, Westside School and Bayside School. The students attending the meeting at the Department of Education were Isabelle Ramos and Jessie Chipol from Bayside, Tristan Benyunes from Gibraltar College and Caitlyn Bautista...

UK/Spain News

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La Línea house prices rise by 5.39% in third quarter of 2025 

by Maria Jesus Corrales The average house prices in La Línea, factoring in both existing and new-built residences, have risen by 5.39% in the third quarter of 2025, according to the independent valuation company Tinsa.  The average price of a 90m2 flat in La Línea now stands at €129,458, or €1,438 per square metre.  Although...

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UK and Spain address UN Fourth Committee, setting out traditional positions and welcoming treaty

The UK Government this week told the UN Fourth Committee that its longstanding commitment to the people of Gibraltar “remains unchanged”. Addressing the committee, an official from the UK Permanent Representation at the UN underscored the double-lock commitment while welcoming progress toward a UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar’s post-Brexit future. “The UK will not enter arrangements...

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Spain’s King Felipe hails ‘historic’ Gibraltar pact in UN address

Spain’s King Felipe VI hailed the “historic” political agreement for a UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar during a speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, in which he said the treaty would bring “confidence, legal certainty and stability” to communities either side of the border. Addressing diplomats under the gaze of...

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Yvette Cooper appointed UK Foreign Secretary in major reshuffle

By Chronicle staff and PA Yvette Cooper was appointed UK Foreign Secretary on Friday as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer embarked on a major reshuffle of his senior team, following the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner for breaching the ministerial code when she did not pay enough stamp duty on a seaside home....