Tag: Gibraltar

Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:39 UTC
Gibraltar election on Thursday: wafer thin difference between GSLP/Liberals and GSD

Gibraltar Social Democrats GSD would form the government with nine MPs despite the GSLP/Liberals obtaining 1.6% more of the overall vote, according to a second poll by the Gibraltar Chronicle and GBC that echoed the results of a similar survey last week and underscored the likelihood of a knife-edge election on Thursday.
Friday, September 8th 2023 - 10:31 UTC
Falklands delegation present at Gibraltar National Day on Sunday

A group of eighteen members from the House of Commons and the House of Lords will be in Gibraltar this week on a working visit for National Day, Sunday September 10. They will coincide with a separate delegation of leaders from the British Overseas Territories, including Falkland Islands representatives who will engage in preparatory work with a view to the next meeting of the Joint Ministerial Council with the UK in November.
Friday, September 8th 2023 - 10:30 UTC
Gibraltar announces plans for a new cruise liner terminal

Gibraltar has plans to build a new cruise terminal, Minister for Tourism, Vijay Daryanani made the announcement. The new state of the art facility will replace the current one, comprising of two floors and a roof top. Sustainability aspects are also being worked on.
Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 11:31 UTC
Most Britons feel the Falkland Islands should remain with UK, YouGov poll

People in Britain would be more upset to see Gibraltar or the Falkland Islands leave the UK than they would if Northern Ireland did, according to a new YouGov poll published in British media.
Thursday, March 30th 2023 - 15:39 UTC
Gibraltar Airport Tunnel Opens

Jim Watt - Gibraltar. The tunnel for traffic to access the frontier with Spain without having to cross the runway has been an ongoing project beset with delays.
Tuesday, February 21st 2023 - 09:10 UTC
Successful Falklands tour for Gibraltar Regiment Band

Ten members of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment Band joined forces with colleagues from the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment Band (PWRR) to deliver musical support on behalf of 3PWRR while their battalion were deployed in the Falklands for Exercise Tiger Island.
Monday, February 13th 2023 - 14:39 UTC
Falklands and Gibraltar in Spanish List of tax havens and alleged money laundering

The Falklands/Malvinas and Gibraltar figure among the latest list of countries and territories, which are considered tax havens by the Spanish Government, allegedly involved in money laundering operations, following on the latest international concept of non-cooperative jurisdiction in the matter.
Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:44 UTC
Top Argentine official makes the round of talks and contacts in Spain to complain about Falklands fishing industry

Guillermo Carmona, secretary of the Malvinas, Antarctica and Southern Atlantic Islands held a round of political talks in Spain in the framework of the bi-national cooperation understandings contemplated in the Buenos Aires Declaration from 2021. The document was signed by Argentine president Alberto Fernandez and his Spanish peer Pedro Sánchez and addressed the Argentina/Spain joint strategic action plan 2021/2023 referred to the Falklands/Malvinas and Gibraltar Questions as well as Antarctic and oceans cooperation.
Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 10:37 UTC
Covid-19 Kraken variant detected in Gibraltar

The Government of Gibraltar as advised by Public Health Gibraltar can confirm that the Kraken variant of COVID-19 has been detected from samples taken last week.
Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 09:21 UTC
Gibraltar's role in Operation Torch when North Africa was recovered from Nazis 80 years ago

Gibraltar National Archives will host an exhibition to commemorate 80 years since Operation Torch, the retaking of North Africa from the Nazis, which was planned and spearheaded from Gibraltar in November 1942.