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Garcia in Washington for political meetings

The Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Joseph Garcia, is in Washington for a series of political engagements with members of Congress and representatives from policy think-tanks. Dr Garcia has met with both Republican and Democrat members of Congress during his visit, which includes around twenty meetings over two and a half days. He has used the...

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Unite the Union elects new Executive and Chair in Gibraltar

Unite the Union has elected a new Executive Committee and Chair for Gibraltar following a conference held on Wednesday. More than 80 shop stewards and activists gathered to vote in the new Executive, which will serve for the next three years. Ann Smith, Public Sector Convenor, was elected as the new Chair of Unite Gibraltar...

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Ministers meet British Olympic and Paralympic Shooting Teams during Gibraltar training visit

The Minister for Sport, Leslie Bruzon, and the Minister for Equality, Christian Santos, visited the British Shooting Association this week during its training camp in Gibraltar. The Association comprises athletes from both Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic Shooting Teams, who train side by side in a sport known for its inclusive nature. Shooting allows competition in...

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Senegal Appeal for pre-loved clothing and running shoes

Recycle.gi and Metalrok Ltd will once again host a collection stall at the upcoming Nautilus Project World Oceans Day prizegiving ceremony offering the public an opportunity to donate clean, usable textiles and pre-loved running shoes in support of communities in Senegal. The initiative, taking place at the on June 6 at MUGA Hall from 6.00pm,...

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Celebration of Opera to be held at Holy Trinity Cathedral

Gibraltar Cultural Services, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and in collaboration with the Gibraltar Philharmonic Society, has announced the details of this year’s Celebration of Opera, which will take place on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at the Holy Trinity Cathedral at 8pm. The concert will feature tenor Matteo Lippi, soprano Aitana Sanz, and...

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The Princess Royal to open Orkney 2025 International Island Games

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal will attend the Opening Ceremony of the Orkney 2025 International Island Games, which will take place at Bignold Park in Kirkwall on Saturday, July 12. The Games, hosted in Orkney for the first time, will run from July 12 to 18 and bring together around 2,000 athletes from 24...

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Second inquest into fatal collision pushed back to December

An inquest into the deaths at sea of two Spanish nationals in a collision between a Royal Gibraltar Police vessel and a rigid-hulled inflatable boat in Spanish waters in March 2020 has been pushed back to the end of this year. The inquest was scheduled to have started next week but has been adjourned to...

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Spanish police border inspector faces fresh disciplinary case – report

The Policia Nacional inspector in charge at the border is facing a fresh disciplinary case for allegedly ordering his officers to stamp the Chief Minister’s passport, as well as disobeying orders from the police commissioner in La Linea, according to Campo newspaper Europa Sur. The inspector, who is currently suspended for five and half months...

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Starmer lays out immigration controls after ‘incalculable damage’ to society

By PA Political Staff Sir Keir Starmer said high net migration figures had caused “incalculable” damage to British society as he set out a series of measures aimed at reducing the number of people coming to the UK. The Prime Minister, who said the country risks becoming an “island of strangers” without better integration, said...

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Bank of England cuts rates as governor welcomes UK-US trade deal

By Anna Wise and Henry Saker-Clark, PA Business Reporters The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 4.25% after a slowdown in inflation, as the central Bank’s chief welcomed an expected UK-US trade deal. Interest rates were cut from 4.5% to their lowest level since May 2023, in their fourth reduction over the past...

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Starmer says UK-US trade deal will save jobs in car and steel industries

By Christopher McKeon, David Hughes, Caitlin Doherty, David Lynch and George Lithgow, PA A “historic” UK-US trade deal will save thousands of jobs in the car and steel industry which had been threatened by Donald Trump’s tariffs, Sir Keir Starmer said. The trade agreement was confirmed in a call between the Prime Minister and the...