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Hackathon will bring blockchain experts around the world together to create new open solutions to the challenges of the post-Covid19 era   Gibraltar – 23 July 2020 – Gibraltar Finance, the business development arm of HM Government of Gibraltar, has been announced as an official partner of the Post-Covid Hackathon,…

A meeting of the Gibraltar Contingency Council (GCC), took place on the 22nd July 2020, to review security and civil contingency matters. The meeting was co-chaired by His Excellency the Governor and the Chief Minister, in what was the Governor‘s first GCC meeting. The Council agreed to review an intelligence report on…

The COVID Exco group met this morning at No 6 Convent Place. This group operates as a sub-committee of the Gibraltar Contingency Council and was established when Gibraltar stepped down from Major Incident status. The group is made up of the Governor, the Chief Minister, the Deputy Chief Minister, the…

His Excellency the Governor, Vice Admiral Sir David Steel KBE DL, recently visited the Air Terminal as part of his familiarisation programme. He was met by the Air Terminal Director, Mr Terence Lopez and members of the management team and proceeded to tour the different areas of the building. During…

The Gibraltar Tourist Board has launched a series of marketing efforts in Spain. Regional advertising in southern Spain on Cadena SER and Talk Radio Europe has already started, along with targeted Facebook campaigns. A dedicated radio programme on Cadena SER radio will also feature Gibraltar. Television adverts on regional television…

  Gibraltar Cultural Services, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and in conjunction with The Gibraltar Chronicle, will hold a Poetry Competition as part of the 2020 autumn cultural programme. The competition is open to Gibraltarians and residents of Gibraltar who may submit two original works. The overall winner…

Gibraltar Cultural Services, on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and in conjunction with The Gibraltar Dyslexia Support Group, will hold a Bookmark Competition as part of the 2020 autumn cultural programme.    The competition is open to adults and children who are residents of Gibraltar and may submit two…

 The Ministry of Culture regrettably confirms that the 2020 Miss Gibraltar Pageant will not be held this year. The pageant will be postponed and rescheduled for 2021. Contributing to the reason for postponing the event is the organisers’ desire to provide the contestants with a proper Miss Gibraltar experience, to…

The Government, far from missing the point of the Opposition’s criticism about the Eastside project, has actually hit the nail on the head. This is because the Opposition are NOW calling for rental housing on that site when as recently as the last general election they did not commit to…