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GIBUNCO LITERARY FESTIVAL

Interview with Yeva Skalietska

One speaker at this year’s Gibunco Gibraltar International Literary Festival is Yeva Skalietska, a 13-year-old Ukrainian girl who grew up living with her granny in Kharkiv, in north east Ukraine near the Russian border. Read more

Friday deadline looms closer for GSD

On Friday members of the GSD will learn just how many candidates want to contest the leadership of their party. They will also learn the exact proposed calendar through which this will happen. Read more

Gibraltar welcomes three inaugural cruise calls

This past week has seen the Port of Gibraltar welcome three inaugural cruise calls from the Norwegian Star, the Emerald Azzurra and the Norwegian Viva. Read more

World Pancreatic Cancer Day – are you wearing purple today?

by MEGAN STRINGER
Today, November 16th is World Pancreatic Cancer Day, and to raise awareness, local charity Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Gibraltar are hosting a ‘Wear Purple Day’ to turn the Rock purple. Read more

Gibraltar team return from World Shore Surfcasting Championships

Gibraltar was once again represented at the 39th World Surfcasting Championships held at Catania and Messina Sicily.
A total of 21 nations took part in an event where few fish were landed, making this competition one of the hardest ever fished for by the local angling team. Read more

TROUBLE AHEAD AS SPAIN DEPLOYS WARSHIP TO GIBRALTAR ZONE

The decision of the Spanish government to deploy its offshore patrol corvette P74 Atalaya to the Strait of Gibraltar signals more fireworks to come in the territorial waters around the Rock. This vessel in particular is already notorious for the number of incidents it has been involved in. Read more

DCM Dr. Garcia meets Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron at UK - Government meeting

The new Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron visited the meeting of the Governments of the UK and the British Overseas Territories taking place in London.  Read more