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27th June 2025

By Neve Clinton and Gabriella Peralta Minister for Equality Christian Santos opened the Gibraltar Government’s first ever Pride Conference on Thursday morning, underscoring the need for continuing education, awareness and inclusion, and candidly describing his personal journey as an openly gay man in politics. The conference sought to explore key topics through panel discussions and...

26th June 2025

The Queensway development on the former Rooke site, the Haven building in John Mackintosh Square, the Regal House office block, Bridge House halfway house and St Martin’s School were among the applications that gained approval during Thursday’s meeting of the Development and Planning Commission. The largest of these developments, on Queensway, gained approval unanimously, as...

26th June 2025

The Ministry of Culture Award – Overall Competition Winner ‘The Rock In My Teacup’ By Daniel Francis Brancato The photo trembles in my hands – me, nineteen, on Arthur Avenue in 1933, flanked by my older siblings. My coat was too thin for the Bronx cold, my smile hesitant. Now, decades later, my grandchildren press...

25th June 2025

Seven crew members escaped unhurt after a harbour vessel operating from Algeciras port caught fire on Wednesday afternoon while delivering supplies to a container ship anchored at the northwest corner of the Bay of Gibraltar. The Ceutamar Cinco, a catamaran operated by Maritima Velum, was consumed by flames and a thick plume of black smoke...

25th June 2025

This Saturday the Gibraltar LGBTQ+ Committee will mark Pride with a day-long event in Casemates featuring speeches, a march and live entertainment. In today’s edition the Committee reflects on progress, challenges and the need for Pride. Manar Ben Tahayekt spoke to Gibraltar LGBTQ+ Committee members Teddy Teuma, Paul Perez, Justin Montovio, Tim Rundle-Wood, Joelle Morillo,...

24th June 2025

The Gibraltar Classical Music Society will Thursday and Friday night host a performance of Carl Off’s Carmina Burana featuring an 80-strong choir comprised of Harmonics Choir, Insubriae Chorus and Zyriab Choir. The performance will be set in Spitfire Hall, within the WWII Tunnels, which organisers have said adds historical gravity and acoustic depth. Society co-founder...

24th June 2025

There are moments in modern day history that will always stay in my mind and which probably led me to seek out a career in journalism. It may have started with the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers in 2001, or even earlier with the news of Princess Diana’s death. There are other important events...

23rd June 2025

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo commended the political agreement for a treaty on Gibraltar’s post-Brexit relationship with the EU to the Gibraltar Parliament on Monday afternoon, insisting the treaty would ensure the stability and growth of the local economy. During the first parliamentary session since the political agreement on June 11, Mr Picardo gave details to MPs...

23rd June 2025

At a Brexit town hall discussion hosted by the Gibraltar Federation of Small Businesses this week, the mood in the room swung from optimism about a treaty that will transform the business landscape in Gibraltar and open new opportunities, to concern about the nitty gritty of what the change will mean in practice. This was...

23rd June 2025

A new charitable trust was launched last week to raise funds for Bridge House, a half-way house for men who need help during difficult times. The charity, called Bridge House Charitable Trust, will run the facility and was launched at a reception at King David Hall during which Chief Minister Fabian Picardo appealed for assistance...

23rd June 2025

Wayne Sleep, who famously danced with Princess Diana as a surprise present for King Charles’ 37th birthday, will headline this year’s Gibraltar Literary Festival. Mr Sleep danced with Diana in 1985 at the Royal Opera House and is also known for dancing with ballet legends Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, and partying with Freddie Mercury....

22nd June 2025

Swiss photographer Karin Tieche launched ‘Wild Africa’, her first local exhibition since moving to Gibraltar in 2009, on Tuesday evening in the Fine Arts Gallery, Casemates. Ms Tieche started photography at a young age when she inherited her first Nikon camera. Over the years her passion grew for capturing the wild animals that live in...

20th June 2025

This week sitting at Alice’s Table is a person who is no stranger to these pages, and who most of us will know – having been a former Chief Minister under the AACR Government, Leader of the Opposition, the Speaker of Parliament, and Mayor of Gibraltar – and even acted as Governor of Gibraltar in...

20th June 2025

A training session aimed at strengthening the legal profession’s role in Gibraltar’s anti-money laundering, combatting the financing of terrorism, and counter-proliferation financing (AML/CFT/CPF) framework was held today. The session was delivered jointly by the Gibraltar Financial Intelligence Unit (GFIU), the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) and the Gibraltar Association of Compliance Officers (GACO). Speakers included...

20th June 2025

Sir Joe Bossano, who for over five decades has championed Gibraltar’s British sovereignty and its right to self-determination, said he was wholly behind the political agreement for a UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar. Speaking to Jonathan Scott on GBC’s Viewpoint, Sir Joe was robust in dispelling social media rumours of a cabinet split on the agreement....

19th June 2025

This week that Royal Life Saving Society Gibraltar is marking Drowning Prevention Week 2025 and today the Society looks at the points you need to take to prevent incidents occurring on the beaches. WATER SAFETY ON OUR BEACHES Many people in the summer spend time on our beaches. Remember the following points when at the...

18th June 2025

A young man who set fire to a family home in Mid-Harbour Estate while three adults and two children were asleep inside was on Wednesday jailed for six years. Juan Francisco Sanchez Valenzuela, 19, of Castellar, had admitted to arson with intent to endanger life while in police custody just hours after he set fire...

18th June 2025

Swiss photographer Karin Tieche launched her first exhibition on the Rock on Tuesday evening in the Fine Arts Gallery, Casemates. The exhibition, titled ‘Wild Africa’, was opened by fellow photographer Stephen Hermida who called it “very spectacular.” He added that it was also meaningful and personal to him as a photographer, highlighting the fact that...

18th June 2025

Members of Unite the Union’s Health and Care sector took to the street on Wednesday evening for a noisy demonstration to make clear their frustration over a range of issues facing workers. Starting at Unite’s headquarters in Transport House with banners and placards in hand, demonstrators and supporters chanted as they made their way to...

18th June 2025

This week that Royal Life Saving Society Gibraltar is marking Drowning Prevention Week 2025 and today the Society looks at the points you need to take to prevent incidents occurring in the swimming pool. WATER SAFETY IN THE SWIMMING POOL Many people particularly in the summer spend time by the swimming pool. Remember the following...

17th June 2025

Unite will be holding a demonstration at 5pm today on behalf of its members in the health and care sector. Unite said the demonstration was called due to “the frustration of shop stewards and members across a range of issues including the lack of meaningful progress on issues and claims, both individual and collective, issues...

17th June 2025

This week that Royal Life Saving Society Gibraltar is marking Drowning Prevention Week 2025 and today the Society looks at the points you need to take to prevent incidents occurring at the home, which is a serious issue worldwide. Water safety at the river Although most people go down to the beach or swimming pool...

17th June 2025

Pushing aside the grey, horrible levanter cloud we unfortunately have to put up with, that headline is a description of a hot summer’s day, which is what we’ve been experiencing lately and the opening to another summer season for a few weeks henceforth. Yes, summer’s here. You could say Gib is busy all year round...

17th June 2025

My words take on wings every time I go to see a GAMPA show. It has to be said: What a legacy Christian Santos left the academy when he went into politics. Last week, I went to review the end of term show that the academy put on at the John Mackintosh Hall. I knew...

17th June 2025

This week that Royal Life Saving Society Gibraltar is marking Drowning Prevention Week 2025 and today the Society looks at the points you need to take to prevent incidents occurring at the home, which is a serious issue worldwide. 1. Always watch children around water 2. Empty paddling pools and buckets after use. 3. Cover...

13th June 2025

Gibraltar Cultural Services has opened the nomination process for the 2025 Cultural Awards, which aim to celebrate outstanding achievements across Gibraltar’s arts and culture scene. The awards will consider accomplishments from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025. The public is encouraged to nominate individuals, groups, events, projects or organisations that have made a notable...

12th June 2025

By Chief Minister Fabian Picardo For over five years, Gibraltar has been at the centre of one of the most complex, technical, and geopolitically sensitive negotiations undertaken by the United Kingdom and the European Union since Brexit. The process has consumed me. It has occupied close to half of my time in elected office, taken...

12th June 2025

The political agreement for a UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar will mean “zero change” for the UK’s military base on the Rock, the House of Commons was told on Thursday. Foreign Secretary David Lammy was taking questions on the agreement a day after the UK, EU, Spain and Gibraltar announced a political deal for a treaty...

11th June 2025

Just before 5pm, news broke that Gibraltar had a “historic agreement” and, as the news filtered through, the Chronicle took to Main Street to find out what locals thought. Overall the news was welcomed, but cautiously so. The common refrain was a call for more details. Bhisham Nihchalani said it was “amazing” news, but that...

11th June 2025

A historic political agreement was reached on Wednesday for a treaty on Gibraltar’s post-Brexit relations with the EU. The agreement comes after nearly four years of prolonged and intense negotiation and seeks to guarantee fluidity across the border for both people and goods, laying a foundation for cross-border prosperity. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said it...