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7th January 2020

By Chief Minister Fabian Picardo I hope you have all enjoyed restful and uneventful Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year celebrations. Our Hindu and Muslim brethren have also peacefully enjoyed their Diwali and Eid festivals respectively throughout the year. Once again, it has been a year of plenty in most of our homes. Children delighted with...

6th January 2020

Isn’t it sad that we no longer have a bookshop in Gibraltar? We have a literary festival, prolific writers, poets and playwrights, we self-publish texts galore and there are still some places that sell books. But we don’t have a shop dedicated solely to the written word, a place to enter in search of a...

6th January 2020

Mario Finlayson, one of the Rock’s most prominent sons, doyen of Gibraltar’s art world, passed away yesterday at the age of 92. Respected and much loved by all, when it was announced Gibraltar’s national gallery would carry his name the community at large gave its approval. This spoke volumes of the man who for decades...

6th January 2020

Gibraltarians are concerned about Gibraltar’s post-Brexit future but cautiously optimistic that the Rock will make a success of life outside the EU, according to a poll conducted by Your Say for the Chronicle. The results point to deep unease about political developments in Spain and a firm determination that Gibraltar should walk away from any...

6th January 2020

Crowds of people lined Main Street yesterday evening as the 63rd Three Kings’ Cavalcade was held in Gibraltar. Ten trailer floats impressed people of all ages with intricate designs featuring everything from childhood favourites such as the Wizard of Oz and Harry Potter to the new cult classic, Minecraft. This year’s floats also focused on...

5th January 2020

Mario Finlayson, the doyen of Gibraltar’s art world and a defining influence in this community’s cultural life spanning generations, has died this morning. He was 92. The Gibraltar Cultural Services expressing its condolences to the Finlayson family, said: “Today our cultural community has lost one of its greatest maestros.”

4th January 2020

My star sign says those born under the sign of Taurus don’t like change. That is true but I have learnt that there are times when change is welcomed. As we enter a new year and a new decade there is nothing more certain than the fact that everything will keep on changing. Seasons will...

4th January 2020

The past year has been challenging for Gibraltar Cultural Services, which saw its bustling events calendar slashed during the Covid-19 pandemic. The first event cancelled was the Drama Festival, then over the weeks and months key dates in the local community’s calendar including National Day moved online. The team at GCS did not rest and...

3rd January 2020

By Luke Powell A tribunal judge has ruled he is "overwhelmingly satisfied" that ethical veganism is a philosophical belief and is therefore a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010. Jordi Casamitjana said he was sacked by the League Against Cruel Sports after raising concerns that its pension fund was being invested into companies involved...

3rd January 2020

By Jemma Crew, PA Health and Science Correspondent A short film narrated by the Duke of Cambridge will be played at the start of FA Cup matches in a "historic first" encouraging football fans to look after their mental health. Kick-off for 32 third round matches will be delayed for 60 seconds to encourage fans...

3rd January 2020

By Ben Mitchell, PA The Archbishop of Canterbury has called for the UK to "start healing divisions" in his New Year's message. The Most Reverend Justin Welby says he has been inspired by the example of "heroism and hope" provided by RNLI volunteers at Dover lifeboat station which he visited recently. In his message which...

2nd January 2020

I was sent a link to a video over Christmas that gave me food for thought as we headed into 2020. The grainy footage showed a man calling for action on climate change. Humanity, he said, was in danger of disappearing due to the fast and progressive destruction of its natural living conditions. Developed societies...

2nd January 2020

Have you broken your new year resolution yet? It’s 2020 – it has a futuristic sound to it. The year we finally leave the EU, an abortion referendum in Gibraltar and who knows what else the next 12 months will bring. There will be ups and downs. No matter what one thing is for certain....

2nd January 2020

In this week’s travel feature Shaun Yeo explores East Africa and takes a dive by the Sawabi Islands. The Horn of Africa is a Peninsular in East Africa made up of four countries; Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. The region is inhabited by approximately 115 million people. The “Horn” also extends out hundreds of kilometres...

2nd January 2020

By Hannah Stephenson Christmas may have wreaked havoc on festive houseplants scorched by central heating, battered by draughty doors opening and closing due to the influx of visitors, and left to go without water for days. It's clear some care is needed to get houseplants through to January and beyond - but what can we...

2nd January 2020

By Magdalena Mis From hit songs about sausage rolls to the world's first odour map, here are 10 of the more offbeat news stories from 2019: 1. Sausage rolls hit No.1 again in UK Christmas charts British YouTuber LadBaby scored his second consecutive No. 1 Christmas hit, this time with a version of "I Love...

27th December 2019

Gibraltar’s Attorney General, Michael Llamas, QC, has been appointed by the Queen to be a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) for Services to Gibraltar. Mr Llamas, who heads the Gibraltar Government’s Law Offices, has played a key role in advising the government during the Brexit negotiations, participating directly in...

27th December 2019

By Emily Beament, PA Environment Correspondent Climate change-related extreme weather hit every populated continent in 2019, harming and displacing millions of people and costing billions, Christian Aid has said. A report from the charity identifies 15 of the most destructive droughts, floods, fires, typhoons and cyclones of the past year, which each caused damage of...

24th December 2019

Christmas is a time for celebration, but for many it can be a challenging time if they find themselves on their own on the special day. This year to help combat the feeling of loneliness, The Yard in Ocean Village and Gib Sams are getting together to host Christmas lunch for those who find themselves...

24th December 2019

As people prepare to party this festive season, remember to stay safe and out of harm’s way the GHA’s ambulance service warned. Paramedics and technicians are hard at work on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ensuring those who fall ill are taken care of. Unlike others there is no break for them this Christmas and...

24th December 2019

A Christmas message from the Bishop of Gibraltar Carmel Zammit. “Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.” (Lk 2:11) This is the news of great joy that we, as Christians, are called to share with all of humanity. This is what Christmas is all...

23rd December 2019

By Nina Massey Not all processed meat has the same cancer risk, new research suggests. A study published in the journal Nutrients has questioned the World Health Organisation's blanket classification of processed meat as carcinogenic. Researchers say they have identified gaps between processed meat treated with nitrates and those that are not. Dr Brian Green,...

21st December 2019

Who doesn't know Louis? If I say Madeira, you will immediately know who I am talking about. Louis Pereira, one of our most senior citizens, in his nineties and is an inspiration to all of us. Extremely active, he is always planning the next trip to his beloved Madeira where he spent the war years...

18th December 2019

Students from Bayside Secondary School have undertaken a number of charity initiatives this week in aid of the local charity Students 4 Students. Jamie Edmunds, head of sixth form, is one of the founders of the charity along with Alexandra Lester, Max McGiffen and Jake Morello. “It is a student run local charity where the...

16th December 2019

Standing 5,545 metres above sea level in minus 15 degrees Gibraltarian Kimberley Dalli inhaled the crisp Himalayan air and felt accomplished. Ms Dalli had just reached Kala Patthar in the Himalayas approximately 4.5kilometres up from Mount Everest base camp. “It was very challenging,” she said. Previously the furthest she had climbed was 1,919metres in the...

16th December 2019

Tonight The Gibraltar Chronicle will launch a book by this newspaper’s former Deputy Editor, Alice Mascarenhas, a collection of her weekly columns – and one, rather special unpublished piece - that we hope will prove a valuable addition to the already extensive library of offerings by Gibraltarian journalists, writers and poets. The idea for the...

16th December 2019

Families in both the UK and Gibraltar are being urged to share their organ donation decisions this festive season so that more patients can receive the life-saving transplants they need. NHS Blood and Transplant is asking people to talk about their decision so if the time comes families will find the organ donation conversation much...

14th December 2019

There are people I have interviewed so many times, one could almost write the next article about them without doing an interview. But not Christian Hook. He is of the moment. What he has to say is fresh, original, stimulating and always electrifying. I always find our chats mesmerising and inspirational. As I sat down...

12th December 2019

In this weeks travel feature Gabriella Peralta visits New York where she researches her family’s past in the Ellis Island records. Clutching my pre-paid ticket on a cold, misty October morning lashing down with rain, I boarded the small cruise ship from Battery Park to Ellis Island in search of family’s records. Decades ago the...

12th December 2019

By Luke Rix-Standing It would have been so easy for ABBA to have been a one-hit wonder. When the Swedish group took the stage during the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest to perform Waterloo - credited in previews as 'The Abba', and conducted by a man dressed as Napoleon - the superstars-to-be looked nervous. Two minutes...