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The Gibraltar Tourist Board (GTB) is hosting three travel trade road-shows in the UK on 4th, 5th and 6th February in the London area, Manchester and Bristol. The road shows will be followed by a further event in Edinburgh on 3rd March. The events are aimed at the travel trade…

On Monday afternoon, officers of HM Customs Flexible Ant-Smuggling Team intercepted a vehicle at Line Wall Road which had previously been seen acting suspiciously in the area of Eastern Beach. A search of the vehicle revealed a total of 147 cartons of tobacco.  The tobacco was seized and the sole…

Minister Isola participates in the ‘Governments on Blockchain: Security, Infrastructure, Taxation’ panel Gibraltar – February 5, 2020 – Gibraltar’s Minister for Digital and Financial Services, the Hon Albert Isola MP attended the Blockchain For Europe Summit 2020 in the European Parliament in Brussels today, speaking on the ‘Governments on Blockchain:…

Head of the School of Health Studies Professor Ian Peate has been appointed Visiting Professor by Northumbria University Newcastle. Ian has been recognised as a leader and advocate of nursing and nurse education for over 30 years. He has national and international recognition. Professor Peate took up the role as…

Gibraltar Cultural Services is organising the Gibraltar-Artist Residency in Greece 2020. The cultural programme is organised in conjunction with Plan B. International Artist Studios, directed by artist Francis Gomila. The residency focuses on mentoring mid-career and younger artists, to energise and sharpen their artistic direction with a special emphasis on…

The Ministry of Culture is pleased to announce that Miss Gibraltar Pageant 2020 will be spearheaded by Gibraltar Cultural Services (GCS) and produced by GibMedia.  The 2020 Miss Gibraltar Pageant will be held on Saturday 6th June 2020 at the John Mackintosh Hall Theatre. GCS and GibMedia will be creating…

The Government is not surprised that the negotiating guidelines of the European Council once again single out Gibraltar for special mention. This is in line with a similar approach that the EU took in previous documents in 2017 and 2018. It should not come as a shock anyone that the…

Seven Gibraltar teachers have successfully attended the UN Climate Change Teacher Academy in association with the One United Nations Climate Change Learning Partnership. As accredited Climate Change Teachers, they can now deliver up-to-date climate change lessons to all pupils and will be able to encourage and generate social innovation, and…

  My dear fellow Gibraltarians The time has come. Tonight we face a historic rupture. For the past 47 years we have been members of the European Union.  Tonight, we leave that Union. In doing so, we are giving effect to the choice of the British people. We are a…

 The Care Agency will kick off a week-long Fostering recruitment drive this Saturday with a series of events, including a ‘Help a Child See Life’s Colours’ walk from John Mackintosh Square to Casemates at 11:00am. The Care Agency aims to raise awareness about the benefits of fostering children and encourage…

Gibraltar will mark our departure from the European Union tomorrow with a short and solemn ceremony at midnight. The focus of the ceremony will be the three flagpoles at the northern end of Gibraltar which are located just a few metres from our land border with the EU. The flag…

The Ince’s Hall Theatre will be undergoing a new refurbishment project to keep in line with accessibility. The project, undertaken by Gibraltar Cultural Services for the Ministry for Culture will include, as well as essential maintenance works, providing new accessible toilets on the ground floor, refurbishment of the ground floor…

The Minister for Business has met with representatives of the Gibraltar Federation of Small Businesses (GFSB) and The Mosaic Partnership as part of the ongoing progress and implementation of a Business Improvement District (BID) for Main Street. The Mosaic Partnership is an international consulting team specialising in BIDs. The BID…

The Government totally refutes any allegation by the GSD that the new schools lack adequate evacuation procedures. As confirmed by the Minister for Education, Gilbert Licudi, in Parliament in December, each new school has an established fire safety evacuation management plan which includes emergency evacuation procedures. The Minister also confirmed…

A live, multi-agency exercise will take place during the morning of Thursday 30th January in the area of the North Mole. This routine exercise will test contingency plans for the LNG terminal and allow emergency services and relevant agencies to practice their response arrangements.  The public may see increased numbers…

The Ministry for Culture and Gibraltar Cultural Services (GCS) are delighted to announce that as from this Saturday 1st February 2020, the John Mackintosh Hall will be opening every Saturday from 10am to 2pm. This is part of an initiative to increase the use of Cultural facilities, reflecting the growing…

The Gibraltar National Mint is delighted to announce that some of Dame Vera Lynn’s best-known songs are about to be featured on legal tender coins for the very first time.  The Voice of a Nation commemorative coin collection will be issued by the Gibraltar National Mint, with Royal approval by…

The Gibraltar National Mint is delighted to announce that some of Dame Vera Lynn’s best-known songs are about to be featured on legal tender coins for the very first time.  The Voice of a Nation commemorative coin collection will be issued by the Gibraltar National Mint, with Royal approval by…

The Royal Gibraltar Post Office has launched the UPU 49th International Letter-Writing Competition 2020 in conjunction with the Gibraltar Department of Education. This year’s theme is: “Write a message to an adult about the world we live in” Almost one million children from 48 countries took part in last year’s…

A meeting was held yesterday at No 6 Convent Place to discuss the outbreak of the Wuhan Novel Coronavirus in China. A coordinating group of Government Departments, the Royal Gibraltar Police and Gibraltar’s Essential Services has been established as a precaution to monitor the situation and prepare for any possible…

The eleventh meeting of the UK-Gibraltar Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) took place in London this afternoon. This will be the last meeting of the Council before we leave the European Union at midnight on Friday. The Gibraltar delegation was led by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and included the Deputy…

The Minister for Education, Gilbert Licudi QC, attended last week the Education World Forum and the BETT Show in London. The Education World Forum is held in January each year and brings together Education Ministers and other professionals from almost 100 countries representing over two-thirds of the world’s population to…

Her Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar is set to introduce ‘Jack’s Law,’ under which bereaved parents will be entitled to two weeks of paid leave from work. In the UK, this initiative became known as ‘Jack’s Law’ in memory of Jack Herd whose mother, Lucy Herd, campaigned relentlessly on the issue….

The newly appointed Chief Fire Officer Colin Ramirez has been a member of the Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service since January 2000. He was awarded best overall recruit after completing a 16-week Fire-fighter Development Programme and hasn’t looked back since. During his career, CFO Ramirez has completed numerous specialised courses…

A meeting was held in Madrid today between the Governments of Gibraltar, the United Kingdom and Spain for the purpose of discussing the implementation of the MoUs agreed under the Withdrawal Agreement and, in particular, to prepare for the first meetings of the Committees established under the MoUs. These MoUs…

As part of the Government’s ongoing initiative to tackle the detrimental impact of smoking on health and illicit tobacco activity in the area around Gibraltar, the Chief Minister in close consultation with the Collector of Customs has raised the import duty of cigarettes as follows: Import duty per carton of…

The Gibraltar Tourist Board has released its new generic consumer and trade advertising campaign themed ‘Gibraltar – Time to be enlightened’. The slogan forms part of a new identifying campaign logo, which evolves the previous cultural themes explored by the highly successful ‘Year of Culture’ campaign. The new identifying logo…

The Minister for Justice and Equality has started the consultation process in relation to Parental Alienation which was announced last November in connection with International Men’s Day. The process has commenced with the first meeting yesterday with Mr David Gallardo who was also representing the group Forgotten Fathers. There has…