MaghreBats Completes First Scientific Expedition Across Morocco

Gibraltar’s Christmas 2026 stamp collection features six watercolour illustrations of animals in winter settings, including the Barbary macaque on the 30p stamp.

The next Gibraltar Government Lottery draw takes place tomorrow, Tuesday 3rd November 2026, with a £100,000 first prize up for grabs.

Gibraltar has introduced a new Yellow, Amber and Red weather warning system, replacing the previous two-tier approach.

Opposition Leader Keith Azopardi has announced changes to the GSD team’s responsibilities, effective from 1st November.

The Youth Service welcomed 73 children aged 7 to 12 to a Halloween party at the Youth Centre on Thursday 29th October.

Gibraltar Tourism held around 30 meetings with airlines and industry representatives at Routes World 2026 in Frankfurt, exploring opportunities to develop future air links with Europe.

The US-based Gibraltarian academic, David Alvarez, has just published the first single-authored English-language study of how unauthorised migrant crossings of the Strait of Gibraltar—which began in the late 1980s and continue to this day—have been represented in a variety of literary texts and artworks by writers and artists from Spain, Morocco, South Africa, Colombia, and Gibraltar.

Today we speak to Leslie Linares BEM ARPS about photography. A passionate photographer for many decades, he is currently the Chairman of the Gibraltar Photographic Society.

Gibraltar Citizens Advice and the University of Gibraltar have formalised their existing collaboration with a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at strengthening student wellbeing.

The Bulb is bringing a little Halloween fun to Piazza on Saturday 31st October, with its first fundraising event in support of GBC Open Day. Taking place from 9am to 2pm, opposite Emporium, Snap or Treat will feature a Halloween-themed photo booth for individuals, families, friends and even dogs, alongside music, decorations, dog treats and face painting.

The Gibraltar Heritage Trust will launch the 32nd edition of the Gibraltar Heritage Journal at an evening seminar at the Garrison Library on Wednesday 18th November.

Gibraltar’s Christmas Festival of Lights will take place at Casemates Square on Friday 20th November, with two performances of Error 404: Christmas Not Found at 6.30pm and 8.30pm. Each show has a capacity of 4,500, with entry via Market Place only.

The Ministry of Transport has launched Park & Go, an online guide showing seven car parks in La Línea, walking routes into Gibraltar and local transport options.

The Government has rejected the GSD’s latest criticism of changes to procurement rules, saying the amendments bring Gibraltar’s legislation into line with UK law.

The GSD has renewed its questions over changes to concession contract regulations, arguing that the Government has not clarified whether the rules could apply retrospectively or to future contracts already being considered.

Local artist Geraldine Martinez is holding an art exhibition of her work at the Fine Arts Gallery in Casemates next month. Titled ‘From A Rock To A Place’, the exhibition brings together a selection of her paintings and drawings, from colourful landscapes inspired by places and memories to more conceptual explorations of the human figure within the landscape.

The Gibraltar Philharmonic Society opened its new season with a concert featuring music for strings in the Convent Ballroom last Wednesday. Under the ‘Romantic Strings’ heading, attendees were treated to folk-inflected and classically proportioned music by Turina, Borodin, Britten, Grieg, and Bartók played by the string section of the European Sinfonietta and directed by the their first violin Lilit Poghosyan.

The Government has defended changes to concession contract rules, saying direct awards will only be allowed in specific circumstances where a competitive tender has failed to produce a suitable bid.

The GSD is questioning changes to Gibraltar’s concession contract regulations that allow direct awards in certain circumstances, asking what prompted the amendments and whether any specific concessions are being considered.

Year 6 pupils from St Joseph’s School visited HM Customs Gibraltar for a day of demonstrations and hands-on activities. They met detector dog Stitch, explored specialist equipment and boarded the departmental vessels HMC Searcher and HMC Sentinel.