Tag: Gibraltar

• Tuesday, August 6th 2024 - 10:26 UTC

  Gibraltar remembers the 320th anniversary of the capture of the Rock

  

  Sunday 4th August marked the 320th anniversary of the capture of Gibraltar by Anglo-Dutch marines commanded by Admiral Rooke in 1704, during the War of the Spanish Succession.

• Thursday, July 18th 2024 - 10:24 UTC

  Gibraltar furious with Euro2024 chants, mixing sports celebration with politics “disgusting”

  

  The Gibraltar Football Association will make a formal complaint to UEFA against the Spanish national team following Monday’s Euro 2024 champions parade in Madrid, where the team sang “Gibraltar Español” on stage.

• Tuesday, June 11th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

  First female Gibraltar minister addresses UN Decolonization Committee

  

  Gibraltar Health and Care Minister, Gemma Arias Vasquez, speaking at United Nations headquarters in New York has told the Decolonization Committee of 24 it has failed to engage with Gibraltar for decades. The UN session started on Monday at 9.30 am in New York.

• Saturday, June 1st 2024 - 10:00 UTC

  New Gibraltar governor arrives Tuesday and in the afternoon is sworn in

  

  The next governor of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, Lieutenant General Sir Ben and Lady Bathurst is scheduled to arrive will at the Rock next Tuesday 4th June on the 1100hrs British Airways flight from Heathrow.

• Saturday, May 18th 2024 - 07:28 UTC

  Gibraltar Commissioner of Police attends Guardia Civil anniversary parade

  

  At the invitation of the Colonel of the Spanish Guardia Civil, Francisco Almansa, Commissioner of Police Richard Ullger and Assistant Commissioner Cathal Yeats were in Algeciras where they attended the 180th anniversary parade of the founding of the Guardia Civil.

• Thursday, May 16th 2024 - 10:57 UTC

  Gibraltar's European future might impact Falklands' status

  

  The future of Gibraltar and Northern Ireland after Brexit concerning Europe will be discussed Thursday at a meeting in Brussels in which the British Foreign Minister, Lord David Cameron, his Spanish colleague, José Manuel Albares, the Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo, and the Executive Vice President of the European Commission, Maros Sefcovic, will participate.

• Monday, March 4th 2024 - 21:39 UTC

  Falklands, most Britons believe it should remain a BOT, and if the Islands join Argentina, “35% would be upset”

  

  UK public opinion pollster YouGov asked Britons about their views towards Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands based on the question of ”How would Britons feel if parts of the UK left?, including the two Overseas Territories, Falkland Islands and Gibraltar, which have regional disputes, Argentina and Spain.

• Friday, October 13th 2023 - 06:53 UTC

  Gibraltar, fourth election win for Picardo and his GSLP/Liberals alliance

  

  Despite opinion polls showing a win for the GSD opposition in the Gibraltar general election and a bad start in the count, the end result was a win for the incumbent GSLP. As the count progressed through the night at first it looked like the current government would be replaced.

• Thursday, October 12th 2023 - 08:43 UTC

  UK committed to upholding self-determination and responsibilities in BOTs: Gibraltar and Falklands

  

  United Kingdom statement delivered by Mungo Woodifield, UK Spokesperson to the UN, at the UN Fourth Committee on Decolonization. Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:39 UTC

  Gibraltar election on Thursday: wafer thin difference between GSLP/Liberals and GSD

  

  Gibraltar Social Democrats GSD would form the government with nine MPs despite the GSLP/Liberals obtaining 1.6% more of the overall vote, according to a second poll by the Gibraltar Chronicle and GBC that echoed the results of a similar survey last week and underscored the likelihood of a knife-edge election on Thursday.