EYE OF THE STORM

A SPECIAL Ukranian art exhibition will be hosted in Madrid at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum.

The exhibit In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900-1930s can also be visited through a virtual tour. Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Anastasia Bondar said one of the most important tasks for culture is to open national art to the whole world.

will be of tremendous benefit to both artistic communities.

“It will be the gateway for future cultural exchanges with other small nations and neighbouring towns.” The exchange will include a lecture on the Gibraltar National Art Gallery and artists on show at the City Hall.

Moroccan musicians will combine with Adrian Pisarello and Liam Byrne to launch a song together.

The Gibraltar Sea Scouts Pipe and Drums Band will give a performance as part of the exchange.

“Exhibitions like this aim to show our art, unknown to the West, which embodies the difficult path of self-determination of Ukrainians, and on the other hand, prove the belonging and synchronization of Ukrainian art with the European context of those times,” she added. For more information, visit: www.museothyssen.org

Trade boom

A whopping £4.7 billion has been generated from trade in goods and services between Gibraltar and the UK in the year to June 2022.

The figure released by the UK’s Department for International Trade was an increase of £890 million compared to the previous year.

Of the total, £2.6 billion came from trade from the UK to Gibraltar and £2.1 billion was generated the opposite way.

The top five goods Gibraltar physically imported from the UK were refined oil (£143.8m); cars (£64.7m); ships (£59.3m); medicinal and pharmaceutical products (£18m), and telecommunications and sound equipment (£7.4m).

Gibraltar imported the most from The West Midlands in the UK.

The Gibraltar government said the figure was an indicator that trade was booming since the Covid-19 pandemic.

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App lined up to give Gib’s zoo a boost

IT might not be able to get the parrot to do the talking, but a new phone app could revolutionise the way visitors experience Gibraltar’s little-known, pint-sized zoo.

Jessica Leaper, manager at the Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park (AWCP), said the app, created by a UK startup, will make it easier to visit and support the project.

The AWCP started as a wildlife conservation park in the 1990s made up of exotic animals confiscated from passing ships, unwanted exotic pets or