GIBRALTAR might have to follow EU rules on goods and migration if a post-Brexit treaty is agreed over Gibraltar, its political leader told a local television station. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo had an in-person meeting with officials to further iron out some of the red lines that are preventing an EU treaty. Picardo told GBC […]
Sex education for teens is a controversial and often sensitive topic, but it is an important one that should not be ignored. Many adolescents today have access to a wide range of information about sexual health and relationships through the internet and social media, but this information is not always accurate or comprehensive. As a
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BRITISH Forces Gibraltar has brought over UK inspectors to write a report about the Gibraltar Defence Police (GDP) for the first time in its 85 year history. His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) started work on analysing the Rock’s military-run civilian police force on January 16. The Rock’s secondary police force
The debate over gas stoves has reignited in recent weeks after the burning topic was brought to the boil in the US in recent weeks. They have come under fire as Republicans and regulators across the pond clash over the potential health risks posed by these common appliances. But is this just a political power
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CO2 EMISSIONS from road and air transport in Gibraltar during 2020, the first pandemic year, was less than half that of 2019, a government study has revealed. The amount of carbon dioxide released from road and air transport went down by 51% and 55% respectively compared to the year before, the 2020 Greenhouse Gas Inventory
SOME residents of Malaga province woke yesterday morning, Wednesday, January 18, to see a light covering of snow on the ground, the first of 2023. The light dusting has spread across parts of Axarquia, specifically in Alfarnate, known as the ‘Pyrenees of the Costa del Sol’, which yesterday dawned to a light white blanket of
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ANDALUCIA has received a total of 30.8 million tourists in 2022, just 5% shy of the record-breaking, pre-pandemic year, 2019. Not only that, 2023 promises to be a new record-breaking year with optimistic figures pointing at an influx of 33 million tourists to southern Spain throughout this year. The optimistic data was given by Junta
THE GROUP of experts advising the Spanish Health Ministry has agreed that the time has finally come for face coverings to no longer be obligatory on the country’s planes, buses, trains and underground systems. The experts took the decision after Christmas on the basis of the positive Covid-19 situation in the country’s hospitals and intensive
SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez used his platform at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday to warn against allowing far-right political parties into governing institutions. The Socialist Party (PSOE) leader said that extremist parties were a ‘very real threat’ to democracy, and went so far as to say that they could destroy ‘the
A huge dumping of snow has forced the closure of Spain’s Sierra Nevada ski resort. About 15cm of snow fell at the Sierra Nevada Station (Sierra Nevada Estacion) in the early hours of the morning on Wednesday. About noon the site announced it had shut, and sent out another warning later in the afternoon saying
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