https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/category/gibraltar/ Best Expat Newspaper in Spain Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:08:51 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.theolivepress.es/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/oplogo-favicon-150x150.png https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/category/gibraltar/ 32 32 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/30/nato-navies-put-rivalries-aside-as-spanish-frigate-sails-with-british-carrier-strike-group-through-the-strait-of-gibraltar/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/30/nato-navies-put-rivalries-aside-as-spanish-frigate-sails-with-british-carrier-strike-group-through-the-strait-of-gibraltar/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=410047 AN impressive fleet led by the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales crossed the Strait of Gibraltar on Tuesday towards the Indo-Pacific sector. Regular maritime observers of the Strait]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/30/nato-navies-put-rivalries-aside-as-spanish-frigate-sails-with-british-carrier-strike-group-through-the-strait-of-gibraltar/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/29/two-moroccan-men-stopped-by-spanish-border-guards-trying-to-enter-gibraltar-with-e50k-in-various-currencies-hidden-in-their-car/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/29/two-moroccan-men-stopped-by-spanish-border-guards-trying-to-enter-gibraltar-with-e50k-in-various-currencies-hidden-in-their-car/#respond Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:09:39 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=409638 TWO Moroccans have been arrested at the Spain-Gibraltar border after the Policia Nacional found over €50,000 of cash in their car. The vehicle- with Gibraltar number plates- was stopped in]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/29/two-moroccan-men-stopped-by-spanish-border-guards-trying-to-enter-gibraltar-with-e50k-in-various-currencies-hidden-in-their-car/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/27/meet-gibraltars-new-guitar-strumming-filmmaking-media-director-who-will-bring-documentary-know-how-to-government-storytelling/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/27/meet-gibraltars-new-guitar-strumming-filmmaking-media-director-who-will-bring-documentary-know-how-to-government-storytelling/#respond Sun, 27 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=409145 GIBRALTAR’S mercurial new government media director would quite like to be playing the guitar or indulging his passion for cinema and documentaries. But instead, Anton Calderon, 43, will be leading]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/27/meet-gibraltars-new-guitar-strumming-filmmaking-media-director-who-will-bring-documentary-know-how-to-government-storytelling/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/25/cruise-ship-calls-to-gibraltar-soar-by-nearly-75-passengers-have-already-splurged-4m-this-year/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/25/cruise-ship-calls-to-gibraltar-soar-by-nearly-75-passengers-have-already-splurged-4m-this-year/#respond Fri, 25 Apr 2025 16:45:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=409110 GIBRALTAR has been welcoming a non-stop wave of cruise ships since the seasons started in earnest earlier this month. Only those who’ve not left their house in weeks would fail]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/25/cruise-ship-calls-to-gibraltar-soar-by-nearly-75-passengers-have-already-splurged-4m-this-year/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/25/latest-brit-to-land-key-gibraltar-post-is-not-part-of-london-plot-to-tighten-its-grip-on-the-rock/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/25/latest-brit-to-land-key-gibraltar-post-is-not-part-of-london-plot-to-tighten-its-grip-on-the-rock/#respond Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=409073 THE latest Brit to take up one of the Rock’s key public roles is ‘not part of a UK takeover of Gibraltar’, according to insiders with knowledge of the recruitment]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/25/latest-brit-to-land-key-gibraltar-post-is-not-part-of-london-plot-to-tighten-its-grip-on-the-rock/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/16/watch-scientists-are-attaching-cameras-to-orcas-in-the-strait-of-gibraltar-amid-growing-yachtie-anger-over-dangerous-interactions/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/16/watch-scientists-are-attaching-cameras-to-orcas-in-the-strait-of-gibraltar-amid-growing-yachtie-anger-over-dangerous-interactions/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:45:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=406843 ORCA season is returning to the Strait of Gibraltar and scientists are already working on ways to mitigate their interactions with sail boats amid rising anger from the region’s skippers.]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/16/watch-scientists-are-attaching-cameras-to-orcas-in-the-strait-of-gibraltar-amid-growing-yachtie-anger-over-dangerous-interactions/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/16/explainer-what-is-gibraltars-mcgrail-inquiry-and-why-is-it-important/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/16/explainer-what-is-gibraltars-mcgrail-inquiry-and-why-is-it-important/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:35:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=406932 Gibraltar is once again gripped by the public inquiry that has pulled back the curtain on power and the powerful on the Rock. Take a delve with the Olive Press]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/16/explainer-what-is-gibraltars-mcgrail-inquiry-and-why-is-it-important/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/16/no-joke-win-two-pairs-of-tickets-for-comedian-david-walliams-by-joining-the-growing-olive-press-club-online/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/16/no-joke-win-two-pairs-of-tickets-for-comedian-david-walliams-by-joining-the-growing-olive-press-club-online/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 12:13:36 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=406826 THE Olive Press is giving away four tickets to see comedian David Walliams in Gibraltar later this month. The sometimes-controversial Little Britain star is rocking up at the Rock on]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/16/no-joke-win-two-pairs-of-tickets-for-comedian-david-walliams-by-joining-the-growing-olive-press-club-online/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/15/mystery-of-dead-body-discovered-face-down-on-a-spanish-beach-next-to-gibraltar-is-solved/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/15/mystery-of-dead-body-discovered-face-down-on-a-spanish-beach-next-to-gibraltar-is-solved/#respond Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:30:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=405519 THE body of a man was found on the beach of San Bernardo, in La Linea, right next to Gibraltar. The body was lying face down in the sand, near]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/15/mystery-of-dead-body-discovered-face-down-on-a-spanish-beach-next-to-gibraltar-is-solved/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/15/what-was-learned-from-the-return-of-gibraltars-mcgrail-inquiry-police-explanations-over-nothing-sinister-data-losses-meet-severe-scrutiny/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/15/what-was-learned-from-the-return-of-gibraltars-mcgrail-inquiry-police-explanations-over-nothing-sinister-data-losses-meet-severe-scrutiny/#respond Tue, 15 Apr 2025 06:15:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=406332 GIBRALTAR’S sprawling public inquiry into the early retirement of a former police chief returned last week looking to flip the narrative on its head. The three days prompted the inquiry]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/15/what-was-learned-from-the-return-of-gibraltars-mcgrail-inquiry-police-explanations-over-nothing-sinister-data-losses-meet-severe-scrutiny/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/11/insiders-wonder-if-gibraltars-incoming-police-chief-will-be-able-to-swim-with-the-rocks-sharks/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/11/insiders-wonder-if-gibraltars-incoming-police-chief-will-be-able-to-swim-with-the-rocks-sharks/#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:45:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=405758 THE triumphant announcement of a new Commissioner of Police for Gibraltar after an exhaustive selection process has been darkened by the return of the McGrail inquiry this week. Commander Owain]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/11/insiders-wonder-if-gibraltars-incoming-police-chief-will-be-able-to-swim-with-the-rocks-sharks/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/11/serial-burglar-back-to-jail-in-gibraltar-local-man-caught-hours-after-robbing-three-businesses-in-one-night/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/11/serial-burglar-back-to-jail-in-gibraltar-local-man-caught-hours-after-robbing-three-businesses-in-one-night/#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=405589 A SERIAL burglar has been jailed for a spate of break-ins in businesses around Gibraltar. Christian Baglietto, 47, of Prince Edward’s Road, appeared before the Magistrates’ Court this morning, facing]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/11/serial-burglar-back-to-jail-in-gibraltar-local-man-caught-hours-after-robbing-three-businesses-in-one-night/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/10/spanish-teenager-is-terrorised-by-gibraltar-monkey-locals-give-tourists-advice-on-dealing-with-their-apes/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/10/spanish-teenager-is-terrorised-by-gibraltar-monkey-locals-give-tourists-advice-on-dealing-with-their-apes/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=405317 A TEENAGE girl was terrorised by an encounter with one of the Barbary macaques that inhabit the Rock of Gibraltar. Read here what you should do when you encounter them.]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/10/spanish-teenager-is-terrorised-by-gibraltar-monkey-locals-give-tourists-advice-on-dealing-with-their-apes/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/10/wheres-the-missing-police-whatsapps-gibraltars-mcgrail-inquiry-comes-back-with-a-bang/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/10/wheres-the-missing-police-whatsapps-gibraltars-mcgrail-inquiry-comes-back-with-a-bang/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2025 08:08:14 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=405239 THE so-called McGrail inquiry reconvened yesterday to examine allegations of ‘a number of possible deletions’ of Whatsapp messages between senior Royal Gibraltar Police officers. Seeing the familiar faces back in]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/10/wheres-the-missing-police-whatsapps-gibraltars-mcgrail-inquiry-comes-back-with-a-bang/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/08/motorcyclist-89-dies-in-collision-with-a-lorry-during-gibraltars-school-run-rush-hour/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/08/motorcyclist-89-dies-in-collision-with-a-lorry-during-gibraltars-school-run-rush-hour/#respond Tue, 08 Apr 2025 10:20:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=404807 AN elderly man has died after he was knocked off his motorbike during the Gibraltar school run rush hour. The 89-year-old collided with a heavy goods vehicle on Monday afternoon]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/08/motorcyclist-89-dies-in-collision-with-a-lorry-during-gibraltars-school-run-rush-hour/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/08/gibraltars-controversial-eastside-mega-marina-project-finally-gets-the-green-light/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/08/gibraltars-controversial-eastside-mega-marina-project-finally-gets-the-green-light/#respond Tue, 08 Apr 2025 07:23:09 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=404760 THE long-awaited Eastside project has finally been given the green light, paving the way for one of the most significant developments on the Rock in recent years. Full planning permission]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/08/gibraltars-controversial-eastside-mega-marina-project-finally-gets-the-green-light/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/07/watch-dwarf-crocodile-found-in-gibraltar-creature-was-rescued-after-being-illegally-kept-as-a-pet/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/07/watch-dwarf-crocodile-found-in-gibraltar-creature-was-rescued-after-being-illegally-kept-as-a-pet/#respond Mon, 07 Apr 2025 12:15:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=404619 A DWARF crocodile native to the Amazon Basin has been rescued from a Gibraltar property after authorities discovered it was being illegally kept as a pet. Inside, they found the]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/07/watch-dwarf-crocodile-found-in-gibraltar-creature-was-rescued-after-being-illegally-kept-as-a-pet/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/04/watch-dramatic-school-run-punch-up-and-firearm-incident-in-gibraltar-leads-to-armed-police-arrest/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/04/watch-dramatic-school-run-punch-up-and-firearm-incident-in-gibraltar-leads-to-armed-police-arrest/#respond Fri, 04 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=404276 THE Royal Gibraltar Police are appealing for witnesses after a road rage incident saw armed police storm a local man’s apartment. Dramatic images from social media showed heavily-armed officers entering]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/04/watch-dramatic-school-run-punch-up-and-firearm-incident-in-gibraltar-leads-to-armed-police-arrest/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/04/happy-easter-get-e20-off-our-annual-subscription/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/04/happy-easter-get-e20-off-our-annual-subscription/#respond Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:35:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=403148 Happy Easter to all our readers!! We are offering €20 off our usual annual subscription price so you can all treat yourselves to some chocolate eggs! Get unlimited access to]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/04/happy-easter-get-e20-off-our-annual-subscription/feed/ 0 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/03/watch-amazing-how-they-can-talk-like-that-spaniards-flip-out-at-gibraltarians-talking-in-their-native-mix-of-english-and-spanish/ https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/03/watch-amazing-how-they-can-talk-like-that-spaniards-flip-out-at-gibraltarians-talking-in-their-native-mix-of-english-and-spanish/#respond Thu, 03 Apr 2025 11:30:00 +0000 https://www.theolivepress.es/?p=403876 SPANIARDS have once again been entranced by Gibraltar’s unique dialect llanito after a clip of people speak it went viral. The segment, from Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation’s ‘City Pulse’, featured a]]> https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/04/03/watch-amazing-how-they-can-talk-like-that-spaniards-flip-out-at-gibraltarians-talking-in-their-native-mix-of-english-and-spanish/feed/ 0