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The Gibraltar National Book Council, chaired by Minister for Culture John Cortes, met last week with academics Prof Elena Seoane from the University of Vigo and Prof Cristina Suarez-Gomez from the University of the Balearic Islands to discuss research into Gibraltar’s languages and develop ideas and proposals to promote Gibraltarian…

The Minister for Sport, the Hon Steven Linares is delighted at the news that GAAA’s President has been voted on to the European Athletics council. “Frank has been a stalwart of local athletics for a long time now.  His work internationally continues to provide close ties and support for Gibraltar. …

Professor Geraldine Finlayson of the Gibraltar National Museum recently gave a webinar on the subject “The Pleistocene and Holocene conditions for trans-Saharan migrants at the northern edge of the Sahara Desert” which was organized by the prestigious Swiss Ornithological Institute. The webinar was given to an international audience of scientists…

The GSD has been unable to deny the tremendous work that has been done in recent years to protect, positively manage and promote Gibraltar’s Heritage.  They have retreated to only two points of criticism, and added a third, which is a criticism of the Government’s Heritage Vision paper. Taking the…

The GHA would like to take this opportunity to inform the general public that the Spring COVID vaccine booster programme will end this coming Thursday 27th April 2023. The booster is available to people aged over 75 years old, with a weakened immune system or living in residential care and…

At approximately 11:23 this morning, the High Voltage network experienced an earth fault, resulting in a total blackout. Upon conducting our investigations, it was established that a private contractor whilst carrying out works in the South district, damaged one of our High Voltage cables on the ex-MOD network. Having isolated…

The Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia, who is the Minister with responsibility for relations with the Commonwealth, presented the prizes to the students who won the 2023 Commonwealth essay competition. There was a winning entry in each of the four categories. The cash prize and certificates were presented to…

The 13th negotiating round between the United Kingdom and the European Union to agree a future relationship treaty for Gibraltar takes place in London this week on 24th and 25th April. In the same way as in previous rounds, the Government of Gibraltar will be represented in the room by…

The Guernsey Arts Commission has launched a Postcard Competition for young people as part of this year’s Guernsey Island Games Cultural Programme. The competition forms part of the cultural engagement that will run alongside the Games with other initiatives also ongoing. Organisers say it’s easy to be involved, with the…

HM Government of Gibraltar is delighted to announce that a Coronation Parade for His Majesty The King Charles III will be held at Convent Place on Wednesday 3rd May 2023 at 1800hrs. The Parade, which is being organised by the MOD at the request of His Excellency the Governor and…

The Minister for Sport, the Hon Steven Linares, has congratulated the Walking Football team following their successful 3rd place finish at the EuroCopa Walking Football tournament in the Algarve, Portugal. The Minister for Sport, the Hon Steven Linares, said: “I would like to send my warmest congratulations to the over…

The Captain of the Port has confirmed that an operation to redeploy the boom around the OS 35 is underway and is expected to be complete by Saturday morning. Plans are in place to begin operations to remove the remaining 3000 tonnes of cargo from the vessel during the course…

The Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo KC MP worked very well with the Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP during his time as Brexit Secretary and as Foreign Secretary. Mr Raab showed throughout a deep understanding of the issues and a solid determination to defend and uphold the wishes and…

The Speech and Language service for Paediatrics has indeed experienced two vacancies over the last twelve months. One of these vacancies was covered through locum cover until the individual was appointed into a substantive position in our Adult Service. The GHA has been actively seeking to recruit and cover this…

His Worship the Mayor, Mr Christian Santos GMD hosted at reception at City Hall for the winners and participants at Cultural Youth Festivals over the last year. Minister for Culture, The Hon Prof John Cortes was in attendance and took the opportunity to congratulate the young people on their achievements…

The Workers’ Memorial Day Ceremony will be held on Friday 28th April 2023. This is a collaborative event between Unite the Union and His Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar, organised by Gibraltar Cultural Services. The occasion will be celebrated with a short ceremony at the Alameda Gardens as from 10am. The…

HM Government of Gibraltar advises all users of eServices that the Gov.gi portal will undergo scheduled maintenance on Thursday 20th April at 7.00pm. The maintenance is expected to take up to 48 hours to complete, during which time online services will not be accessible to users. Any eService which has…

As one of the core elements for maintaining competence to safely respond to any type of incident the Airport Fire and Rescue Service will be carrying out Emergency Response Driver Training to recertify its driving instructors. This practical training will take place throughout a variety of Gibraltar’s roads so the…

A local real estate agent has been fined by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for breaching its Anti-Money Laundering, Combatting the Financing of Terrorism, and Counter Proliferation Financing (AML/CFT/CPF) obligations. The OFT carried out at onsite inspection at J. Boyd Estate Agency Limited’s (the “Business’s) premises on 19th August…

Gibraltar is rightfully proud of its Heritage, and the Government is equally proud of its record in protecting and promoting this Heritage, which it has done like no other Government before.   The past few years have seen several landmark events in the preservation of Heritage.  The first was the…

To mark World Heritage Day, the Government has published a Consultation paper setting out a potential Vision for Heritage in Gibraltar.  Entitled ‘Safeguarding Our Past, Enriching our Future’, it is a document prepared by the Heritage and Antiquities Council, which is chaired by Minister for Heritage John Cortes, and whose…

HM Government of Gibraltar is pleased to announce the launch of a number of Housing eServices, which can now be accessed via the Gov.gi portal (https://portal.egov.gi/)   The services are amongst the most heavily used by citizens and are now fully integrated to the Housing Department back office system, which…

The Minister for Equality, the Hon Samantha Sacramento, met with the all-female team from the Digital Skills Academy who have won a place in the CyberCenturion Grand Finals ahead of their departure to the competition in UK this week.   CyberCenturion is a national cybersecurity education initiative for 12 to…

As part of their 60th anniversary, the Gibraltar Youth Service held a very successful Gibraltar Youth Day last week attracting many young people to the varied programme of events on offer. The event organised by the Dolphins youth club teenage members was officially opened by the Minister for Youth, the…

St Joseph’s Lower Primary School recently held an Art Week organised by Art Coordinator, Kelly Trico. Many of our local talented, dynamic, and well-known artists were invited to share their artistic skills and experiences with the children and teachers. The event was a huge success and inspired pupils to explore…

The Care Agency Therapy Team have developed and created a new therapeutic programme towards working with young persons as part of assessing the service needs. The Living Out Loud (LOL) programme is run over 12 weeks at The Family Centre starting on 18th April 2023 from 5pm-7pm. The programme will…

Earlier today, the Minster for the Port, the Hon Vijay Daryanani chaired a meeting of the OS 35 Recovery Coordinating Group. The group was briefed by the Captain of the Port, John Ghio, on the latest developments related to the OS 35. The boom surrounding the OS 35 will be…

The Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service personnel have been busy over the past couple of months, with personnel engaged in a wide variety of courses. These have ranged from Incident Command, at Silver/Tactical and Gold/Strategic levels for Officers, to maintenance of the all-important Compartment Fire Behaviour skills for firefighters.  …

His Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar regrets that the Special Needs Action Group have chosen the celebration of International Austin Day to convey the Government’s work for people with disabilities in such a negative way. Since 2011 the Ministry of Equality has been working on the foundations needed in law, policy…

Last night, the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo hosted an Iftar at his office in No.6 Convent Place. The Chief Minister was accompanied by His Excellency the Governor and His Worship the Mayor as well as by representatives of our local Moroccan Community. Representatives of the Gibraltar Hindu, Baha’i and Catholic…