If you are looking for a good bit of national pride, some patriotic belief, a strong dose of loyalty to Great Britain and the Crown and a damn fine party then look no further than the streets of Gibraltar today. For September 10th is National Day – a Bank Holiday to commemorate […]

In the “It Couldn’t Happen To A Nicer Politician” department today, the President of Zambia has banished scores of monkeys from the grounds of his official residence after one urinated on his head during a press conference. More than 200 monkeys live on the State House grounds, but Leader Rupiah […]

Considering the geographical location of TheEye, it may be easy to dismiss this post as parochial, but it is far from that. Recently the Spanish government made claim to all of Gibraltar’s territorial waters under the pretext of environmental protection. When presented with the fait accompli by the EU, the […]

Yesterday afternoon was a scorching hot day in Gibraltar and the traditional Queen’s Birthday parade took place in a packed Casemates Square. The Band and Corps of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment was in fine form and gave a spectacular marching display. Fresh from recording the strongest Tory share of the […]

St Crispin and TheEye regret that the G.O.T. can’t join us for our Co-Conspirators’ drink this weekend in Gibraltar. A few regular readers and several military types will also be in attendance so a reasonable level of alcohol consumption is likely. Expect blogging to be slurred with only one-finger typing […]

This gets so spectacularly on TheEye’s nerves that random physical violence against passing tourists is possible. A report commissioned by the European Parliament wants bases like Gibraltar, Cyprus and the Falklands operating under EU flags as part of the “European Security and Defence Policy”. It says: “Member states of the […]

An article in Wednesday’s edition of the ‘The Guardian’ describes Gibraltar as “a miraculous survivor in these days of international financial turmoil and sweeping recession, thanks to a sinking pound and an economy that grows at a rate comparable to that of China.” The author Giles Tremlett calls The Rock […]

Yesterday marked the 11th anniversary of Operation Flavuis. Danny McCann, Seán Savage and Mairéad Farrell planned to explode a car bomb at the location where a military band was due to gather for the weekly Changing of the Guard at the Governor’s residence. Most people think that they know the […]

Gibraltar is loyal to the Crown. Gibraltar is proud of its history, heritage and has shown in referendum after referendum that there is no wish to break the link with the United Kingdom. So why the fuss over the Princess Royal, Princess Anne visting? She is coming to open a […]

It’s not a well known fact but Spanish naval vessels are designed with glass bottoms so that their new navy can see their old navy. Elsewhere, in parochial but marginally interesting news for political junkies, the rightist Spanish opposition party Partido Popular has just opened a fully fledged branch of […]