25

Jun

Gibraltar votes to ease tough abortion laws

Gibraltar voted to relax its tough anti-abortion laws in a referendum on Thursday. The tiny British territory has some of the harshest abortion laws in Europe - the penalty for…

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28

Mar

Relief in Gibraltar as face masks come off outside

Gibraltarians heaved a sigh of relief on Sunday when finally they were allowed to move around their outside public spaces without face masks, six months after they were made compulsory.…

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26

Mar

Gibraltar eases mask rules, lifts curfew after vaccinating most adults

People will be allowed to wander around downtown Gibraltar without wearing a mask from Sunday as most of the adult population in the British territory on Spain’s southern tip has…

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28

Dec

Cross-border Gibraltar workers to retain free movement even after Brexit, Spain says

MADRID, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Cross-border workers who commute between Gibraltar and Spain will be exempt from border controls after Brexit even if no agreement on free movement is reached…

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08

Mar

Gibraltar gets ready to vote on abortion referendum

Religious leaders in Gibraltar have been drawn into a divisive referendum on abortion after they grouped together to compare the act of terminating pregnancies to the holocaust. Gibraltar’s Christian, Jewish…

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13

Feb

Gibraltar urged to invest more effort in fight against money laundering and financing of terrorism

In a report just published, the Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering body MONEYVAL calls on the authorities of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar to better use the tools and…

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15

Jan

Over 40 arrests for smuggling Moroccan citizens to the EU

The British Royal Gibraltar Police and the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) supported by Europol, dismantled an organised criminal group smuggling migrants from Morocco to Europe. The operation led to…

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17

Oct

Gibraltar goes to polls for general election

Gibraltar goes to the polls to elect a new government in the same week as the chaotic Brexit scenario in the UK. Gibraltar’s Chief Minister Fabian Picardo called for the…

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19

Aug

Iranian tanker leaves Gibraltar, Iran ready to give it naval escort

An Iranian ship held by Gibraltar since July on suspicion of transporting oil to Syria has left port. The tanker is moving east into the Mediterranean and lists Kalamata in…

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17

Aug

US issues warrant for Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar

The US Justice Department has issued a federal warrant for the seizure of Grace 1, the Iranian oil tanker that was detained in Gibraltar. The US has said the vessel…

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16

Aug

U.S. Threatens Visa Bans For Crew Of Freed Iranian Oil Supertanker

The United States says the crew of an Iranian supertanker whose departure Washington apparently was unable to block from Gibraltar could be subject to a U.S. visa ban. State Department…

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15

Aug

Gibraltar to release Iranian vessel (Updated)

Update: Gibraltar has said it will allow a detained Iranian oil tanker to be released after Tehran gave the territory’s government an assurance that it would not allow its cargo…

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04

Jul

UPDATED: Royal Marines board oil tanker in Gibraltar

Royal Marines have boarded an oil tanker on its way to Syria thought to be breaching EU sanctions. The government of Gibraltar said there was reason to believe the ship,…

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07

May

Major drug haul in Campo De Gibraltar (Spain)

Spanish authorities have seized over five tonnes of cannabis resin and arrested 31 people in two separate major operations targeting drug traffickers in the Campo de Gibraltar (Spain). In one…

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07

May

476 migrants saved in the strait of Gibraltar

Spain’s maritime rescue service has said it saved 476 migrants who were attempting to cross the Mediterranean from Africa. The migrants were pulled from 15 small boats on Friday and…

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