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15th August 2025

Turnbull’s Lane – an area of great activity not that very long ago – where many families lived in a patio environment and which today we find rundown, derelict, and dormant. A walk in the area makes it hard to imagine that this was once a busy hive and thriving part of town with a...

14th August 2025

Head teacher of Gibraltar College of Further Education, Daniel Benrimoj, said he was proud of the success of all of his students as they received their A level results on Thursday morning, highlighting vocational opportunities opened up by new BTEC courses. That included the first cohort of a two-year BTEC in Acting, which has performed...

14th August 2025

The first fully coeducational cohort from Bayside and Westside received their A Level results by email but came into the school to share their results and the plans for the future with each other and their teachers. Head teacher of Bayside, Gaynor Lester, said the morning was spent checking on students’ first and second choice...

13th August 2025

By Neve Clinton The Gibraltar Esports and Video Gaming Association (GEVGA) recently held its ‘Introduction to Esports’ Summer Camp at the Europa Sports Complex, aiming to foster a positive educational and social environment through play. During the week the 10 to 15 year-olds completed workshops which consisted of half an hour of learning and around...

13th August 2025

Gibraltar Cultural Services, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, has announced the nominees for the 2025 Cultural Awards, which celebrate the best of Gibraltar’s arts and culture by recognising potential, ability, talent and achievements across the community. The Cultural Awards Board, made up of the Fabian Vinet, Paula Latin, Ernest Gomez, Suyenne Perez Catania...

13th August 2025

The Minister for Health and Care, Gemma Arias-Vasquez, has visited Mount Alvernia to view work carried out by apprentices from the Gibraltar Training Centre. The apprentices have been painting, brightening communal areas, and displaying historic photographs of Gibraltar to help make the facility more welcoming for residents and visitors. During her visit, Ms Arias-Vasquez met...

12th August 2025

Local artist Karl Ullger will be exhibiting his works in Peckham, London as part of international artist collective Cane-Yo which opens on Thursday for four days. The exhibition called We met on the internet features over 30 artists and will be held in Copeland Park Gallery. The exhibition is being curated by artists and organisers,...

11th August 2025

by Stephen Ignacio There are very few opportunities in which you can get the impressions of a squad. However, this week, by pure chance, that opportunity came about for what is probably the most important event in sport to be hosted on the Rock this year. Gibraltar Netball’s Under-21s will be participating in the World...

8th August 2025

Most of us when looking back on our summers whilst growing up will have memory after memory of long hot summer days spent on the beach. For many of us, the memory of not just the beach but also the spot where our beach umbrella found its hole and always seemed to find its way...

6th August 2025

Calypso Tours has unveiled a new addition to its local charity bus fleet, featuring a design aimed at raising awareness of heart health in support of the Gibraltar Cardiac Association. The newly wrapped bus carries the message “Nothing beats a healthy heart” and is intended to encourage members of the community to prioritise cardiovascular wellbeing....

5th August 2025

By MJ Corrales Diving into La Línea’s municipal archive is to journey into the past through documents that explain the life of the city and its relationship with Gibraltar and the border. As the chief archivist, José Martínez, says, “this archive is unique, because it contains documents that are only here because of the existence...

5th August 2025

A colleague of mine recently said he uses AI every night in his attempt to lose the post-wedding weight he gained in recent months. In his prompts, he tells the artificial intelligence the contents of his fridge to find out what to make for dinner and for lunch the next day to reach his macronutrient...

1st August 2025

Conservative MP and former Chancellor and Foreign Secretary, Sir Jeremy Hunt, has been confirmed as the third headliner for this year’s Gibunco Gibraltar Literary Festival, the Gibraltar Cultural Services announced on Wednesday on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. He will appear ‘In Conversation With’ the Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, to discuss his...

1st August 2025

Louis Baldachino has marked 10 years since he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, underscoring a message for cancer patients to keep going through mental strength and hope. Over the past 10 years, Mr Baldachino, now 68 years old, has seen his two sons and daughter, now in their 20s and 30s, grow up and achieve...

1st August 2025

By James Neish  When I returned back home to Gibraltar to take up the role of Chief Executive at GBC in October 2022, I came with a very clear goal: to help raise the standard of broadcasting in our community.  It’s not for me to say if we have been successful.  That’s for you as our viewers and listeners...

30th July 2025

Youth volunteers from The Nautilus Project have removed more than 3.5 tonnes of invasive seaweed from beaches around Gibraltar over the past fortnight, in a clean-up effort coordinated in response to large quantities of the algae washing ashore. Their work was in tandem to a Government clean-up effort that cleared a further 10 tonnes of...

30th July 2025

Gibraltar’s competitive sports season may be on pause (at least for the majority of sports associations), but its role as an integral part of Gibraltar’s social fabric continues strongly this summer. Away from the competitive nature of organised sport, the GSLA Summer Sports Programme offers a different perspective on youth involvement in our community. The...

28th July 2025

12-year-old local boy Arya Arun has recently published his debut book Potato Man: The Living Potato Superhero. Arya was inspired to create the character while dining at a restaurant with his family, where a buffet sparked his imagination. His favourite food offered was a jacket potato and, as a “foodie”, he decided to write about...

21st July 2025

By Maria Jesus Corrales The Museo Cruz Herrera in La Línea will be celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2026 and, to mark that milestone, director Mercedes Corbacho has set the institution the task of placing its namesake, José Cruz Herrera, on the map. “He is already well known here,” she said of the greatest artist...

21st July 2025

Lieutenant General Sir Ben Bathurst, the Governor of Gibraltar and Commander in Chief, knows about complicated negotiations.  Before arriving on the Rock in June last year, he was the UK’s military representative to NATO and the EU, working in Brussels with both the UK delegation to NATO and the UK mission to the EU.  It...

18th July 2025

The issues raised in the Principal Auditor’s 2018/19 report are not new and reflect an “opaque” approach to scrutiny by the Gibraltar Government that does nothing to dispel a “perception of political patronage and financial abuse”, Keith Azopardi, the Leader of the Opposition, said this week.  In an interview with the Chronicle conducted on Wednesday,...

18th July 2025

By Ivy Soanes ‘Llanito History Doctor’ Ryan Asquez has said what inspires him to continue posting online is the fact that young people are learning and interested in his stories. Dr Asquez focuses on local stories from different areas of Gibraltar’s history including ghost stories, social history and folklore. For Dr Asquez his interest in history...

17th July 2025

By Ivy Soanes “Theres always a new bit of history to learn here in Gibraltar, no matter how long you’ve been here.” A week before he begins the ‘Walks Through History’ summer programme, this was the message Phil Smith, Senior Guide at the Gibraltar National Museum. Mr Smith told the Chronicle about the summer programme...

17th July 2025

By Neve Clinton Fun Creative Yoga took place last week at the GEMA Gallery to kick off the GSLA Summer Programme Culture and Leisure activities, in partnership with Gibraltar Cultural Services. The yoga session, from 11am to 12pm, was led by Kationa Matto and is one of four weekly workshops held every Thursday throughout July...

17th July 2025

Anyone not in the least bit interested in politics, sitting at home completely bored surfing through their television channels and coming across our parliamentary proceedings, especially during the budget session which has just passed, may see it as a comedy with two sides vying for top place. ‘You say white, I say black. You say...

15th July 2025

A furious row erupted on Monday after the GSD highlighted “questionable payments” to people identified in the Principal Auditor’s 2018/19 report as being close to the GSLP, triggering a tough response from the Gibraltar Government. The GSD said political favouritism in the award of public contracts was “unacceptable” and that “unjustified payments” should not be...

14th July 2025

Olivia Lett took gold in the time trial cycling event which together with the work of her teammates Nicola Valarino, who took bronze, and Nicky Macedo, who came in 4th, took the gold team medal also. The course on Monday, known as an out and back, was 35km long with an expected head wind for...

14th July 2025

“Irregularities” identified by the former Principal Auditor, Anthony Sacramento, in his report for 2018/19 were highlighted by the GSD on Friday, which said a long-term contract for the Northern Defences granted on a profit-sharing arrangement amounted to a public subsidy and raised questions about value for money. In his report, Mr Sacramento reviewed procurement procedures...

11th July 2025

In today’s world every one of us is a budding photographer. The mobile phone has changed the world of photography and accessibility to instant snapshots of special moments – and others – at our disposal. This week on Alice’s Table in part three of our journey over the 60 years of the Gibraltar Photographic Society,...

8th July 2025

Prada recently came under scrutiny for describing its footwear in the men’s fashion show as “leather sandals” without referencing its Indian connection. This led to outrage within the Indian fashion industry as well as traditional craftsmen of Kohlapuri “chappals” in western Maharashtra, accusing Prada of cultural appropriation. Days after the show the Italian luxury fashion...