16/08/2023 - 10:23
The “battle” for control over the Strait of Gibraltar continues to be given practical effect in incidents of different kinds at sea. At their heart lies Madrid’s desire to exert dominance over both the strategic narrow waterway and Gibraltar’s own territorial sea. Read more
16/08/2023 - 10:23
His Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar condemns an incident which took place on Monday night where Spain’s SVA attempted to take executive action in Gibraltar waters. Read more
16/08/2023 - 10:20
by MEGAN STRINGER
A-Level Results Day takes place tomorrow both locally in Gibraltar and over in the UK (with the exception of Scotland where students found out last week). Read more
15/08/2023 - 11:15
YACHT SCENE by JOE BRUGADA
HU-81 is an 80 meter Yacht Support Vessel built by Damen at their Sharjah shipyards in the Netherlands in 2022. Read more
14/08/2023 - 10:20
The counting of the bulk of votes cast in the Spanish general election was done and dusted in just over three hours. This compares very favourably to Gibraltar where the ancient mechanisms and procedures in place means it takes much longer to count considerably less ballots. Read more
14/08/2023 - 10:15
Today Monday 14th August 2023 is the 50th anniversary of the 1st Yola Straits Crossing in Gibraltar.
The crew consisted of five members - bow Richard Labrador, No2 Ernesto Sanguinetti, No3 Abby Suissa, stroke Charlie Perez, and cox Francis Cosquieri.
They set sail on their first attempt two days earlier 50 years ago, on Sunday 12th August, but unfortunately the weather conditions were unfavorable, and things did not go the way they had planned.
The advice they had been given was that conditions on Sunday would be perfect. This was ideal given that there would be lots of people at Camp Bay to cheer them on and the Calpe Rowing Club premises would be packed. Read more