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Why Government is buying ‘cleaning fleet’ for Britannia

24/06/2019 - 09:37

The Chief Minister and the Minister for the Environment met with the GGCA President, the GGCA Britannia reps, and with the directors of Britannia plc to discuss negative comments on cleaning that had been made in the press and social media. Read more

“Our journey” - by young people

24/06/2019 - 09:30

The Gibraltar Youth Service invited one of the local Young Enterprise groups to discuss their business initiative. This project has proven to be a very worthwhile and meaningful journey for young people in Gibraltar. A total of 26 young people attended with members of all four youth clubs present for this talk. Read more

University holds presidency of the Mediterranean Studies Association

24/06/2019 - 09:26

A team from the University of Gibraltar, comprised of Dr Darren Fa, Director of Academic Programmes and Research, and Dr Jennifer Ballantine Perera, Director of the Institute for Gibraltar and Mediterranean Studies (IGMS), attended the Mediterranean Studies Association (MSA) conference held this June in Crete. At this conference Dr Ballantine Perera took over the Presidency of the MSA Conference for the University of Gibraltar for a period of a year. Read more

Autism support Gibraltar

21/06/2019 - 09:37

Ian Howes who organised the “Walk for Autism’ charity event which consisted of a non-competitive walk from Commonwealth Park to O'Hara’s Battery presented a cheque to the local charity Autism Support Gibraltar amounting to £2576.50, the proceeds of the registrations fees of the walk and individual donations. Read more

Government opens Nuffield Pool to the public after stopping ‘bad’ deal by the previous Government

21/06/2019 - 09:36

The former Ministry of Defence pool between Camp Bay and Little Bay has been opened to the public by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo. Read more

Use of Drones in Gibraltar

21/06/2019 - 09:33

In the light of recent changes to UK legislation on the use of small unmanned aircraft, including aircraft commonly known as “small drones”, the Government has published a Command Paper amending the Civil Aviation (Air Navigation) Regulations 2009 on the use of these aircraft in Gibraltar. Read more

Gibraltar’s Army Cadets

21/06/2019 - 09:30

In the presence of both HE the Governor and the Chief Minister, around 20 of Gibraltar’s Army Cadets were presented with their BTEC certificates at Grand Battery House. Read more

NO to joint sovereignty - says British Ambassador in Spain

20/06/2019 - 10:06

The British Ambassador to Madrid, Simon Manley, will soon end his term of office in Spain, but not without having rejected in public the concept of joint sovereignty.

Spain complains about British military at Gibraltar while refuelling Russian warships in Ceuta

20/06/2019 - 10:05

Double standards from Spain are well known especially when it comes to Gibraltar, the British overseas territory which Spain ceded to Britain over 300 years ago - and wants it back! This was described as a 'ridiculous' claim by Gibraltarian representatives at the UN this week. Read more

Isola meets Leon in China

20/06/2019 - 09:56

Albert Isola, Gibraltar’s Minister for Commerce, met with Leon Li, the Founder and CEO of Huobi Group on Tuesday during his visit to Beijing. Read more