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20th July 2026

Gibraltarian Benedict Vasquez embarked on an epic walk in late March that will take him 3,200km across the length of mainland Japan to raise money for the British Red Cross.  Mr Vasquez hiked from the southernmost point in Kagoshima and will finish at the northernmost point in Hokkaido. As he nears the end of his journey he reflects on the kindness of local...

25th June 2026

Hi, my name is Joseph but all my friends call me Joe, and if you ask any one of my friends what I’m like they would say one thing. They would say I have a very imaginative mind. I’m forever daydreaming about the most unusual things. Well, I’m going to tell you a story, a...

18th June 2026

Gibraltar hosted part of a programme of cross-border activities marking Bloomsday on June 16, organised jointly by Rebecca Calderon, Patrick Sacarello and La Línea City Council.  Visitors took part in “A James Joyce Journey from Gibraltar to La Línea”, which began at the Alameda Gardens before continuing with a free talk by Ulysses expert Charles...

12th June 2026

The Gibraltar Government’s Chief Technical Officer Hector Montado has been appointed to be an MBE in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours list, with Director of Education Keri Scott appointed a BEM. King’s Birthday honours have been granted to five recipients in Gibraltar. Peter Conroy, Joseph Mir, and CorreLibre Running Club have been granted the Gibraltar...

12th June 2026

A blood donor appreciation initiative was held at St Bernard’s Hospital on Friday to mark World Blood Donor Day and focused on both thanking existing donors and encouraging more people to come forward. Elaine Francis, Nurse Practitioner (Phlebotomy/Transfusion), led a team of nurses staffing the stall on Friday answering questions from the public and providing...

12th June 2026

Prostate Cancer Gibraltar marked World Prostate Cancer Day on Thursday for the first time, with an awareness event focused on encouraging men to undergo regular PSA testing. Organised in collaboration with the Gibraltar Health Authority, the initiative included a mobile health unit on site offering PSA blood tests to men over the age of 50....

3rd June 2026

A man who claims he was sexually abused as a young teenager by a former teacher and Scout leader described how his life became a “Groundhog day” of “almost daily” sexual encounters.  The man, known as Mr A, was describing the alleged sexual activity during a police interview that was played to jurors in the...

2nd June 2026

The GSD has raised concerns over the availability of lifeguards, beach attendants and accessibility services at Gibraltar’s beaches and pools, saying public announcements should match the services available on the ground. The party said the Government announced on May 13 that the official bathing season would begin earlier this year, starting on May 23. According...

1st June 2026

Do you have a copy of Ulysses by James Joyce languishing on your bookshelf with only the first few pages, if any, read? If that’s you then do not be ashamed. Ernest Hemingway’s personal copy (housed at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum) reveals an interesting truth. Books used to come bound with...

28th May 2026

World Turtle Day, marked on May 23, has highlighted the pressures facing marine turtles in the Mediterranean, one of the most heavily pressured seas in the world. An event, organised by The Nautilus Project, saw schoolchildren from St Anne’s Upper Primary and St Paul’s schools host events to raise awareness of the plight of turtles...

27th May 2026

Gibraltar’s young athletes were able to celebrate yet another Kids Athletics Day at the Lathbury Sports Complex last week. Initially scheduled to be celebrated globally on May 7, Gibraltar, as has frequently been the case in previous years with the annual event, marked the occasion at a later date. This allowed teams from the surrounding...

19th May 2026

We often talk about how kids don’t play outdoors anymore like so many of us used to. It’s all to do with entertaining themselves with the variety of gadgets available, held between their hands and fingers and other contraptions online and on screen, large or small. By all accounts, these seem to keep them well...

15th May 2026

A new addition to the Gibraltar National Museum is set to draw international attention, as a forensic reconstruction of a four-year-old Neanderthal child, Flint, went display in the newly opened ‘Flint Gallery’. In addition, the gallery includes a dramatic sculpture of an eagle owl inspired by bones found in 2023 and dating back 100,000 years,...

5th May 2026

A record number of Griffon Vultures were rescued in a single day on Monday, when by early afternoon seven birds “and counting” had been saved. All seven are now under the care and attention of Vincent Robba and the GONHS/Department of Environment rehabilitation team. Mr Robba told the Chronicle that Monday’s efforts beat the record...

1st May 2026

The Government and Opposition traded fierce barbs in the run-up to May Day, triggered by messages from respective leaders. The Government said the GSD was repeating “tired” personal attacks and allegations aimed at the Chief Minister but had little to say about workers and the workplace. The GSD countered that describing the political divide in...

30th April 2026

Fabian Picardo used what he said would be his final Workers’ Memorial Day address as Chief Minister to highlight Gibraltar’s 15-year record without a death caused by an industrial accident, while urging unions and working people to unite against “exploitation” and division on the left.   Speaking at the annual ceremony, Mr Picardo said that in...

24th April 2026

The Gibraltar Horticultural Society will hold a series of community environmental initiatives in May as part of Earth Day and the United Nations International Day for Biological Diversity 2026. This year’s theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity is “Acting locally for global impact”. On Tuesday May 12 and Wednesday May 13, the society...

20th April 2026

The Ministry for Heritage marked World Heritage Day by highlighting progress on a series of projects aimed at transforming how residents and visitors experience Gibraltar’s historic sites, with particular focus on the Northern Defences, the Moorish Castle and Willis’s Magazine. The work forms part of a wider strategy to reshape the visitor experience across key...

30th March 2026

Year 2 pupils at St Joseph’s Lower Primary School took part in an African Day, bringing to a close their recent topic on Africa through a series of activities held at the school. The event followed several weeks of classroom learning in which pupils explored aspects of African culture, including music, food, religion and daily...

29th March 2026

In a beautiful ceremony at the Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned, Bishop Charles Azzopardi gave out certificates to forty couples who were celebrating wedding anniversaries of 60, 50, 40, 20 and 10 years. In his opening address, the bishop said that he has been involved in these anniversary ceremonies for nearly 35 years and...

10th March 2026

A group of Year 12 and 13 students took part in an interactive Inclusive Workplace Strategy session led by barristers Gillian Guzman and Grace Lima at Hassans International Law Firm as part of activities marking International Women’s Day. Some 21 students from Bayside School, Prior Park School and Westside School attended the session. Addressing the...

10th March 2026

British Forces Gibraltar marked International Women’s Day with an event featuring six female speakers who explored the theme “Give to Gain”. This year’s theme focused on advancing equal rights, access to justice and meaningful action to create lasting change for women and girls in all communities. Guests from a range of careers and ranks, including...

9th March 2026

By Christian Santos, Minister for Equality, Employment, Culture and Tourism This year’s United Nations theme for International Women’s Day, “Ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls,” could not be better timed. We are witnessing a worrying reality around the world where the rights of women and girls, which many assumed had...

9th March 2026

Gibraltar Cultural Services organised a series of activities to mark World Book Day, including the distribution of around 1,000 free books to children in lower primary schools. The initiative was organised by Gibraltar Cultural Services on behalf of the Ministry for Culture and was sponsored by the John Mackintosh Hall Trust. As part of its...

5th March 2026

By Atrish Sanchez As International Women’s Day approaches, we will rightly celebrate the progress women in Gibraltar have made. And we should. But celebration without honesty risks mistaking progress for completion. For many women, choice is still more constrained than we like to admit, particularly when the equity to sustain it is not there. My...

4th March 2026

Leadership of the Gibraltar Sea Scouts was formally handed over during the Founders’ Day Parade, last weekend, as longstanding Group Scout Leader, Eliott Cohen, retired from the role after 35 years. Mr Cohen has been involved with the Sea Scouts for more than 60 years, spending most of his life working with and supporting successive...

18th February 2026

February is Heart Month, the Gibraltar Cardiac Association is raising awareness of heart issues and in this article Eyleen Gomez speaks to cardiac arrest survivor Joseph ‘Pepe’ Vecino. A Gibraltarian man who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at the Europort pool has spoken of the “one in a million” chance that saved his life, paying...

12th February 2026

The Alameda Gardens or the Botanic Gardens? How do you refer to the gardens which until just a few years back was the only bit of green that we could all escape to for a quiet read or a few moments of tranquillity and contemplation? Last week in Alice’s Table we learnt that the gardens...

5th February 2026

Tenants in a building in Turnbull’s Lane were evacuated and surgeries were cancelled during extreme weather conditions in Gibraltar caused by Storm Leonardo, with over a month’s rainfall in three days and further unsettled weather expected despite a respite on Thursday evening.  An internal wall collapsed in a building at Turnbull’s Lane with the Gibraltar...

5th February 2026

February is Heart Month, the Gibraltar Cardiac Association is raising awareness of heart issues and this article, which starts the month-long campaign, talks about understanding the difference between a heart attack and cardiac arrest. By Jon Santos The terms heart attack and cardiac arrest are often used interchangeably in everyday conversation. While both are serious...