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24th February 2016

Gibraltar played a very significant role in the unfolding of the Spanish Civil War, particularly in the early months according to Dr Chris Grocott. One of the key note speakers at the Unite Symposium, he spoke of how in the opening days of the Spanish Civil War virtually all communications between British diplomats in Spain...

22nd February 2016

36 walks in six of Andalucía's Natural Parks are the subject of a new book entitled ‘Walking In Andalucia’ by Guy Hunter-Watts. The guidebook explores six of Andalucía's most beautiful Natural Parks – the Sierra Nevada regions of Aracena, Grazalema, Los Alcornocales and the Gaucín, La Axarquía, the Alpujarras and Cazorla – along the great...

20th February 2016

PAAMOA held a coffee morning at Bruno's yesterday for some 100 of its members–  the group is a non-profit making registered Charity which organises and provides a variety of exercise classes free of charge for senior citizens in Gibraltar. The idea of the coffee morning was to use this as a social get-together for the...

18th February 2016

The man who in 2010 stabbed Opposition leader Daniel Feetham could have nearly five years shaved off the minimum term he must serve in jail before he can seek parole. David Bonnici was sentenced in 2012 to two consecutive life terms for attempting to murder Mr Feetham, then Gibraltar’s Minister for Justice, and for wounding...

10th February 2016

by Rebecca Faller What do you think of when you picture Gibraltar’s upper town? Picturesque alleyways? Entrance doors with archways and keystones? Shutters? A landscape of higgledy piggledy roof-tops worthy of a Mario Finlayson painting? Most of us have some sort of historic connection with our old town, we may have grown in the area...

22nd January 2016

By Jaime Netto What has prompted me to write on this subject are the flawed arguments made by Mr. Charles Harrison in GBC. It seems obvious that the self-proclaimed “Defenders of the ‘True’ marriage inheritance” are nothing more than a group of individuals with orthodox religious views that wishes to stop the onward march of...

22nd January 2016

Gibraltar’s Christian denominations and the Jewish community have spoken out against same sex marriage, arguing that proposals to amend the law are driven by political correctness that threatens to “destroy the very fabric” of Gibraltarian society. The message was set out in a statement issued jointly by the Roman Catholic Church in Gibraltar, the Church...

13th January 2016

The secret world of spies and code-breaking returned to Gibraltar shores yesterday in the form of one of the few remaining World War II Enigma Machines. The Enigma Machine is one of the most famous code-breaking machines of all time and the Germans used it to send their secrets during World War II. Members of...

31st December 2015

Allan Joseph Alman, a kingpin in the local music scene who has encouraged and nurtured many Gibraltarian musicians, has been awarded the British Empire Medal by the Queen in her New Year’s Honours list. Mr Alman was awarded the medal for his services to music and the community in Gibraltar. He took over the chairmanship...

30th December 2015

The Gibraltar Chronicle publishes six editions a week, so summing up a year’s work in 12 front pages is no easy task. But here they are, a dozen of our favourites, one front page for every month of the year. They include stories that reflect the challenges and successes of our times, and images that...

29th December 2015

A bloodied young striped dolphin was rescued in dramatic fashion after being battered against the rocks in stormy conditions at Catalan Bay on Boxing Day. Concerned citizens plunged into the winter sea, braving the strong currents and large waves to move the dolphin to a safe location away from the rocks. Members of the public...

28th December 2015

Governor Alison MacMillan's 2015 Christmas message. It is about this time in the year when we ask ourselves where has the year gone. ‘It seems to have flown by’, we say. It is true that every year seems to be busier with more milestones, events, family activity than the previous year – are we trying to pack too...

23rd December 2015

The remains of a female loggerhead turtle were washed up on Eastern beach yesterday, bringing into sharp relief the plight of this endangered species of nomads of the sea. Loggerhead turtles migrate across the entire globe, so it is likely that this animal travelled tens of thousands of kilometres in its life before ending up...

16th December 2015

This opinion piece will deliver a resounding ‘no’ to the question posed in the title.  If the humanities are dead, then humanity is dead, intellectually, spiritually and emotionally, as the humanities feed those feelings, perceptions and concepts which make us distinctly human. Did I invent the title?  The answer is again ‘no’.  I have only...

15th December 2015

Under the Crescent and the Cross, is a book which offers an insight into the turbulent history of St Mary the Crowned - a mosque, church and cathedral. Written by former Director of Culture Manolo Galliano, this is an indepth study of one of the Rock’s most iconic buildings but it also features some of...

12th December 2015

GEMA – Gibraltar Exhibitions of Modern Art – at Montagu Bastion opened this month. There are over 40 works from a collection which includes some 900 pieces all from the various competitions held throughout the year - the International, the Young Art and the Spring Visual Arts. Works by local contemporary artists and artists from...

12th December 2015

A mother and her two daughters were attacked and killed by her British partner who later took his own life while the balance of his mind was disturbed. That was the finding of the inquest set up to establish the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the family of four in No 2 Boschetti’s Steps in...

11th December 2015

A mother and her two daughters, a four-year old toddler and a six week old baby, were attacked and killed by her British partner who later took his own life while the balance of his mind was disturbed. That was the finding of Coroner Charles Pitto today at the conclusion of the week-long inquest into the...

10th December 2015

The British man who is believed to have stabbed his partner, her daughter and their six-week old baby to death before cutting his own throat was a “sick boy, not a monster”, his stepfather said yesterday. Liverpool born John Shannon, a 31-year old habitual user of cannabis and steroids, suffered paranoid delusions and thought he...

8th December 2015

Over a year ago the Ebola epidemic hit Sierra Leone devastating the wellbeing of the community and infecting thousands. ActionAid Executive Director Mohamed Sillah arrived on the Rock to discuss his experiences when working in the infected areas. Ebola first hit Sierra Leone in May 2014 and communities were rife with misinformation and fear regarding...

4th December 2015

Forty years ago on November 23 1975, a granite slab weighing more than a ton and a half sealed off the embalmed body of the chief protagonist of nearly half a century of Spanish history. General Franco, “Caudillo by the grace of God”, as his coins proclaimed, Generalissimo of the armed forces, head of state...

13th August 2015

A part of Gibraltar’s old railway system was uncovered yesterday by the Gibraltar Heritage Trust at John Mackintosh Square. A box car rescued by heritage enthusiast Gil Podesta has been completely restored and will remain on public view in the square until the end of this month. This is the last known surviving railway box...