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25th October 2024

Maroš Šefčovič, the European Commission vice president who has led the Gibraltar treaty negotiation for the EU, has vowed to “continue efforts” to secure agreement, highlighting the talks as a key element of efforts to strengthen UK/EU relations. Mr Šefčovič was responding to written questions from the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs as part...

18th October 2024

You are standing on Charles Bridge, the ‘Karluv most’, in that most atmospheric of cities, Prague. The bridge is old, having been constructed in the Middle Ages. However, its irresistible attraction lies in its mostly Baroque statues that line both sides of the bridge. The bridge was begun in 1357, but it was swept away...

20th September 2024

The Dream stands out supreme above all other religious poetry as an expression of deeply felt personal faith. As we mentioned in the first part of this article, some lines from the poem are carved in runes in the eighth century stone cross at Ruthwell. Two lines also survive in the tenth century Brussel cross....

18th September 2024

The presence of Sindhis in Gibraltar comes long before the Partition of India, and can be traced back to the 1870s after the Suez Canal was opened. With merchants no longer having to sail from India around the continent of Africa to arrive in Gibraltar, they took advantage of the busiest ports along the Mediterranean...

13th September 2024

The main topic of this first essay is an Anglo-Saxon religious poem, composed around 800 CE, and now found in the Vercelli manuscript in northern Italy. We must bear in mind Anglo-Saxon was the language of the tribes which migrated from the continent to Britain a couple of centuries after the Romans left. Originally pagan,...

5th September 2024

The outline planning application for mixed used development called ‘Queen’s Gate’, located at 1-3 Boyd Street and 3 Rosia Road, was approved during Thursday’s meeting of the Development and Planning Commission [DPC], with eight members in favour, two abstaining and none against. The Queen’s Gate development by QCD Limited aims to create a landmark building...

30th August 2024

There should be no problem classifying Eco’s fictional narrative: it is undoubtedly a novel, but it seems to go beyond what we expect from a conventional novel. The opening line is enough to raise our suspicions: In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. What is...

12th August 2024

In my opinion Atrish Sanchez Shadow Minister for Care and Opportunity I would like to respond to the statements made by Minister Santos and Minister Arias Vasquez in the Wednesday, August 7th edition of the Gibraltar Chronicle. Their replies followed an interview I gave to the Chronicle a few days earlier, where I raised several...

7th August 2024

Two Spanish national football players have been suspended by UEFA after they led chants of ‘Gibraltar es Español’ during the celebrations in Madrid following Spain’s Euro 2024 victory. Rodrigo Hernández Cascante, better known as Rodri, and Álvaro Morata have been banned from taking part in Spain’s next international match. UEFA opened disciplinary proceedings after an...

20th July 2024

85 years ago this month, the best way of informing oneself when arriving at Gibraltar of everything one needed to know – of the happenings on the Rock - was by obtaining THE QUARTERLY, the latest Official Directory of the Gibraltar Garrison. If you were in the military the best guide was the updated THE...

15th July 2024

By Gema Martinez Corrales Kationa Matto led a ‘Yoga for Kids’ session on Wednesday at the GEMA gallery as part of the Gibraltar Cultural Services Summer Programme. Ms Matto has been practicing yoga for 10 years, and she said how much it has helped her, and how it inspires her to teach children about it....

9th July 2024

I’ve been teaching an A-Level student who is currently learning Quechua. She is of Ecuadorian heritage, and the reason she has cited for learning is that she’d like to communicate with her grandmother in this language. Despite everyone in the family speaking Spanish, this student has felt a calling towards reaching out to an aspect...

5th July 2024

‘Dear God!’ No. I’m getting confused. Scratch that. ‘Dear God, I don’t think you got my last letter. Antaeus said he would deliver it to you but it may have been lost amongst the eternally tormented souls. I’m giving this letter to Dante and he’ll pass it to you on his way up.’ Judas hears...

1st June 2024

Many of the columns I have written over the past almost six years have been possible because I have always kept copious notes on everything. I admit I am a bit of a hoarder when it comes to this as I never want to throw anything away in case it may come in handy one...

31st May 2024

Complaints to the Public Services Ombudsman have dropped sharply over the past year, the annual Ombudsman’s report has found. The report has released positive findings, with the overall number of complaints greatly reducing from 372 in 2022 to 286 in 2023. For Public Services Ombudsman Dr Ron Coram, this downward trend has been welcomed and...

14th May 2024

By Stephen Ignacio Karate Do Shotokai celebrates fifty years since it was first founded on the Rock. Going from its humble beginnings to its present day, where it has gained international recognition as it paves its own pathway independently, the club has brought something more than a sport to Gibraltar. Based very much on the...

9th May 2024

Serious allegations of dishonesty against former police Commissioner Ian McGrail should have been set out in detail to allow him a proper chance to respond, the McGrail Inquiry heard on Thursday. The acknowledgement came from Nick Pyle, the interim Governor at the time in June 2020, whose loss of confidence in Mr McGrail was a...

8th May 2024

Nick Pyle, the interim Governor at the time former police Commissioner Ian McGrail took early retirement in June, 2020, said on Wednesday there was “no conspiracy or collusion” around his loss of confidence in Mr McGrail. In evidence to the McGrail Inquiry on Wednesday, Mr Pyle said his decision hinged “unequivocally” on his belief Mr...

7th May 2024

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo dismissed claims on Tuesday that he interfered with Operation Delhi to protect his close friend and mentor, James Levy, KC, insisting his focus was on preventing reputational risk to Gibraltar and, later, his firm belief that former police Commissioner Ian McGrail had lied to him. Mr Picardo was giving evidence to...

6th May 2024

As the Gibraltar Amateur Basketball Association celebrates its 60th Anniversary we wanted to bring you a special feature celebrating its history and path through sport in Gibraltar. At the helm of basketball on this present day sits Mr John Gonçalves, a man who not only has been associated with the sport since its founding days,...

2nd May 2024

The Gibraltar Police Authority could well have decided against inviting former police Commissioner Ian McGrail to take early retirement in late May, 2020, had it known about Operation Delhi and other related factors at the time, the McGrail Inquiry was told on Thursday. The GPA invited Mr McGrail to retire after being told by the...

30th April 2024

The Commissioner of Police, Richard Ullger, was quizzed on Tuesday over allegations that former police officers received inducements in exchange for negative statements against Ian McGrail, his predecessor in the post whose controversial early retirement is being investigated by the McGrail Inquiry. During oral evidence to the Inquiry, Mr Ullger was asked about a report...

26th April 2024

Attorney General Michael Llamas, KC, was quizzed during his second day of evidence to the McGrail Inquiry on potential conflicts of interest and the propriety of his contacts with an Operation Delhi suspect and the suspect’s lawyer. Mr Llamas was questioned in forensic detail on a brief conversation and a text exchange he had with...

25th April 2024

Attorney General Michael Llamas, KC, urged police to exercise “tremendous care” with their investigation into the alleged hacking of the national security system, fearing it could be exploited by Spain to undermine Gibraltar against the backdrop of sensitive treaty talks, the McGrail Inquiry heard on Thursday. In evidence to the Inquiry, Mr Llamas was categorical...

22nd April 2024

Gibraraltarian artist Alan Perez has exhibited his installation piece in Madrid exhibition ‘Una idea de paisaje’. Madrid-based artist and curator Juan Carlos Bracho invited creatives from Madrid, the Campo de Gibraltar and abroad to explore the idea of landscape through different perspectives, methodologies and disciplines and to develop an art project, ‘Una idea de paisaje’....

17th April 2024

Former Commissioner Ian McGrail on Tuesday said the pressure he was subjected to after police attempted to execute warrants in the office and home of senior Hassans partner James Levy, KC, felt like being hounded “by a pack of wolves”. In his second day of evidence to the McGrail Inquiry, he said the Royal Gibraltar...

14th March 2024

After an album hiatus of sixteen years, Albert Hammond is back with a bumper seventeen-track (58’ long) offering which is aptly titled ‘Body Of Work.’ Released on March 1, the album has already garnered many plaudits and excellent reviews all over the music industry and that international interest has lately kept him busy ‘giving back...

12th March 2024

By Elena Scialtiel The role of women during the evacuation was portrayed by the Gibraltar Academy for Music and the Performing Arts (GAMPA) in a recital marking International Women’s Day. Initially, the authors wanted to pay tribute to Gibraltarian women throughout history, but they realised how time constrictions would’ve allowed them to only scratch the...

11th March 2024

Europe Minister Leo Docherty on Monday said a UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar was “palpably in the interests of everyone”, adding negotiators were “pushing” to try and agree a “pragmatic and sensible solution” during intense talks this month.  Mr Docherty was speaking to reporters during a visit to the Northern Defences after meeting Chief Minister Fabian Picardo...

23rd February 2024

The Governor’s office has issued a last call for national honours nomination, with nominations needing to be submitted no later than Friday March 22 on a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development (FCDO) Nomination Proforma. These need to be marked for the attention of the Gibraltar Honours Board (GHB) Secretary, Office of the Governor, The Convent, Main...