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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...

8th July 2025

‘Once Upon Our Time’ By Siena May Lee Once upon our time, there lived a young girl called Sophia. She dreamt of bring a Princess, and that one day her Prince would ride up to her house and take away on the back of his horse to his castle. She also dreamt of being a...

7th July 2025

The Opposition is “disjunctive” in its policies which represent “austerity, job cuts, and tax rises,” Chief Minister Fabian Picardo told Parliament on Monday, as he described a Budget address from the Leader of the Opposition as “chloroform for the mind”. For around four hours on Monday, Mr Picardo set out his Budget response after a...

7th July 2025

‘Shining a Light on the 70s (con el torch del portero del Queens)’ by Stephen Perera Primero, hablar de la frontera. Nadie la mencionaba sin decir cerra detrás. La frontera, cerra, tenía un fence largo de una punta a la otra con unos gates que nunca abrían, y eso que había gente de aquí chillando...

7th July 2025

Saturday saw another milestone day for the 5in5 challenge with swimmers taking to the sea for a Round the Rock. The event was to see many an individual milestone for some of those taking part, at both ends of the scale. On the one side we would see a young 17 year old Ruby Randall...

7th July 2025

The Government has stifled progression, improvements, and innovation within the GHA, the shadow minister for health and justice, Joelle Ladislaus told parliament in her budget address. Mrs Ladislaus focused on issues within the GHA, pointing out how healthcare workers have demonstrated due to being sidelined, undervalued and having valid concerns ignored or swept under the...

4th July 2025

Opposition MP Giovanni Origo used his second Budget address to raise concerns about youth services, tourism, the environment and transport. Speaking in Parliament, Mr Origo said the Government was failing young people, criticising what he described as underfunded and undervalued youth services. He noted that the Laguna and Plater Youth Clubs remain un-refurbished with only...

4th July 2025

Over these 60 years, the Gibraltar Photographic Society has made very good progress, adapting and changing to the different trends in photography and keeping up with advances in the technology. Once again, this week Alice’s Table returns to the history and the people who have been and made-up a huge part of the Society in...

4th July 2025

Some Dr Giraldi Home service users will be relocated to Tangier Views, with the St Bernadette’s Resource Centre set to expand into the vacated area, the Minister for Health and Care, Gemma Arias Vasquez announced in her budget speech on Thursday morning. Mrs Arias Vasquez delivered a three-hour budget address covering the breadth of her...

3rd July 2025

The Speaker of Parliament, Karen Ramagge, took the Opposition to task on Thursday morning for what she described as its “careless imputations” on parliamentary independence and integrity. Ms Ramagge was reacting after the GSD on Wednesday evening revealed that the Principal Auditor’s report for 2018/19 had been delivered to Parliament 10 days before the current...

3rd July 2025

The Gibraltar Government’s economic strategy remains to target increased productivity over of GDP growth, tapping opportunities created by technological change against the backdrop of a global drift toward protectionism and trade barriers, Sir Joe Bossano said in a Budget address. Sir Joe made the point as he sketched out his view of Gibraltar’s economy and...

2nd July 2025

The Department of Education will be offering permanent contracts to 49 teachers, effectively increasing the complement to 521 teaching posts, Government Minister Dr John Cortes told Parliament in his budget address on Tuesday afternoon. Dr Cortes explained that this increase in permanent posts addresses a shortfall due to rising pupil numbers, expanding specialist learning support...

2nd July 2025

A UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar’s future relationship with the bloc will bring certainty, security and stability, a closer relationship with the EU, and has cushioned from the worst effects of Brexit, the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia told Parliament on Tuesday. Dr Garcia delivered his budget address focusing on a future treaty and the...

1st July 2025

The Gibraltar Government has filed a full planning application with the town planner to create a new college of further education ‘Gibraltar College’ at Europa Point. Previously the college was to be built behind the Cross of Sacrifice on Devil’s Tower Road but in March this year the Department of Education announced the change as...

30th June 2025

The Leader of the Opposition, Keith Azopardi, called the budget a “an annual fiction or a systemic failure” as he highlighted departmental overspends, the slow erosion of wages and unrealistic forecasts. Mr Azopardi delivered his budget address on Monday evening and hit out at the Government’s handling of public finances, telling the House the GSD...

29th June 2025

‘Abigail’s Library’ By Julian Felice The large house on the hill had survived relatively unscathed. A few days earlier, the Earth - seething with Her tenants - had shaken Her back, carving deep crevasses in many of the main roads, and wobbling buildings that had seemed immortal. In the more neglected areas, dreams had been...

27th June 2025

The Gibraltar Photographic Society has over 60 years built itself to become one of our most long-established, popular and a visible major part of our community. Still going strong it continues to attract new member in this digital age where everyone is a budding photographer – but there are still many out there who want...

27th June 2025

‘Borderline’ By Stephanie Moore The sound of my breathing is the only thing that exists. In the dark stillness of 6am there is nothing but my inhale and exhale. Engine and lights of an early commuter break my cocoon, forcing reality, the daily cycle of societal life, into my sanctuary. The distant noises of morning...

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...