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His Worship the Mayor, Mr Christian Santos GMD hosted a reception for the athletes of the Special Olympics Gibraltar who will shortly be participating in The Special Olympics Malta Invitational Games. 15 athletes will be traveling to Malta on the 12th May returning on 18th May to compete in the…

Gibraltar Cultural Services (GCS), on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, and in partnership with the John Mackintosh Educational Trust, is pleased to announce the arrival in Gibraltar of the Young Shakespeare Company. This leading UK Theatre Company returns to the Rock after a two-year hiatus and as part of…

The Ministry of Transport will be introducing walking infrastructure improvements at Prince Edward’s Road from Hargraves football pitch to Forty Steps. The western section of this road will be segregated to allow for the safe passage of pedestrians, an area where it is deemed necessary to connect other existing footpaths…

The GHA Director General has welcomed the vote by Unite the Union members across Nursing to return to uniform, following agreements on both sides regarding contracts, resources, extra days and relief cover. The Director General, Patrick Geoghegan, said: ‘I wholeheartedly welcome the vote by members of Unite the Union to…

Minister John Cortes has welcomed the Le Dumont D’urville cruise ship on its inaugural visit to Gi-braltar, in the absence of Minister for Tourism, Vijay Daryanani, who is currently away from Gibral-tar on Government business. The vessel arrived at Gibraltar port at 13:30 on Wednesday 27th April and departed to…

Minster for Culture, The Hon, Prof, Dr. John Cortes MP has met Gibraltarian Alma Belle Baharal to congratulate her on her excellent achievements at the recent National Championships for Puzzles in Spain. Seven-year-old Alma, won 1st place in the Spanish National puzzle competition for 2022, in the Children A division….

Her  Majesty’s  Government  of  Gibraltar  warmly  congratulates  Mrs  Justine  Picardo  on her appointment as Sponsor of HMS CUTLASS. This vessel, together with its sister ship, HMS DAGGER, will be the patrol vessels at the disposal of the Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron. CUTLASS is the fastest ship in the Royal Navy….

The Minister for Business and Tourism, Hon Vijay Daryanani MP, has led on a major marketing drive at Seatrade Cruise Global in Miami. He was accompanied by the Captain of the Port, John Ghio. Seatrade Global is the world’s largest annual cruise industry gathering. The event is where the cruise…

HMGoG has noted the decision of the Council of Ministers of the Government of Spain not to extend the bridging measure on the recognition of UK and Gibraltar driving licences used in Spain by persons legally resident Spain. This measure, contained in Spain’s Real Decreto-ley 38/2020, will therefore expire on…

The celebration of Workers Day on the 1st of May is hugely important.  It is, obviously, the most important day in the calendar for trade union and socialist organisations throughout the world.   On this day we commemorate the sacrifices made by those who fought for the rights that we all…