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Chief Minister speaks to UK minister with responsibility for Gibraltar

The Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, spoke on Friday with the UK minister with responsibility for Gibraltar, Stephen Doughty. The discussion took place ahead of a meeting in London this week between the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, and the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez. Mr Picardo and Mr Doughty agreed on the importance of finalising...

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Justin Rollins to take part in Gibunco Gibraltar Literary Festival 2025

Gibraltar Cultural Services and the Supported Employment Programme have confirmed that writer Justin Rollins will participate in this year’s Gibunco Gibraltar Literary Festival. Mr Rollins is the author of The Lost Boyz, an autobiographical book that is part of criminology curricula across the UK. His work draws on his teenage years in London, when he...

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Chief Minister welcomes UCLA Jewish students to Gibraltar

The Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, welcomed a group of Jewish students from the University of California, Los Angeles, to No.6 Convent Place on Friday. The visit was led by Rabbi Samuel Benady, a Gibraltarian who is currently leading the UCLA Jewish community in Los Angeles. The delegation consisted of 15 students and young leaders who...

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Technology key to streamlining GHA and boosting efficiency, Arias Vasquez says

The GHA has all the elements needed to become a hugely successful healthcare institution on a par with top NHS trusts, Gemma Arias Vasquez, the Minister for Health, said, as she outlined ongoing work to bolster services and streamline systems to further improve efficiency and patient care. In an interview with the Chronicle, Mrs Arias...

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Govt to launch new phone system for housing in October

The Ministry for Housing has announced that a new telephone communications system will be introduced for the Housing Department and the Housing Works Agency on October 1, 2025. The upgrade follows feedback highlighting that callers often believed their calls were not being answered when all lines were engaged. The new call centre system will replace...

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Business and Office of Fair Trading publishes annual report 2024–2025

The Minister for Business, Gemma Arias Vasquez, has published the Business and Office of Fair Trading Annual Report 2024–2025. The report sets out the work carried out in business registration and licensing, consumer protection and enforcement. During the reporting period, 1,114 new business licence-related applications were processed, 412 consumer complaints were handled, and enforcement activity...

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Wayne and Wesley Warwick prepare for Hyde Park swim to support Stroke Association UK

Father and son Gibraltarian swimmers, Wayne and Wesley Warwick, will take on the iconic Swim Serpentine to raise funds for the Stroke Association UK and stroke awareness on the Rock. Wesley is taking on his longest open water swim to date after suffering a severe ischemic stroke on August 29, 2020, at the age of...

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Sightings of poisonous ‘blue dragons’ in La Linea put beachgoers on alert 

La Linea’s Santa Barbara beach was closed on Sunday after six poisonous ‘blue dragons’ were found washed up on the shore.  The sightings prompted authorities in Gibraltar to issue an alert to raise awareness and urge bathers to exercise caution.   Blue dragons are sea slugs that normally live on the open sea, where they...

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Another wildfire near Tarifa triggers emergency response 

Another wildfire broke out near Tarifa on Monday afternoon, forcing evacuations and causing disruption less than a week after the last major summer blaze on the popular stretch of coastline.  The fire started at around 2pm in the Sierra de la Plata, close to Punta Camarinal between the busy beach at Bolonia and nearby Playa...

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Sanchez to meet Starmer in Downing Street on September 3

Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, will meet his UK counterpart Sir Keir Starmer in No.10 Downing Street on September 3 during an official visit to the UK . The meeting, Mr Sanchez’ first to No.10, will come as work continues to finalise the legal text of a UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar following the announcement of...

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Airlines left battling to recover operations after air traffic control glitch

By Neil Lancefield, PA Transport Correspondent, and Chronicle staff Airlines were yesterday evening attempting to recover their flight operations after a UK air traffic control (ATC) fault caused major disruption on Wednesday afternoon, including the cancellation of the evening service between Gibraltar and Gatwick. ATC provider Nats said its engineers had “restored the system that...