The Gibraltar Chronicle

According to a newspiece in El País (8/3/09), The Gibraltar Chronicle is a very special newspaper for three reasons: it is the oldest periodical still in circulation on the Iberian peninsula; it had the exclusive news of admiral Nelson's death at the battle of Trafalgar; and it is one of the few newspapers that could not appear for a few weeks due to the fact that all of its editorial staff was killed by yellow fever.
The news in the Spanish newspaper was that the Instituto Cervantes (cultural institution similar to British Council or Goethe Institut) will open a seat in Gibraltar later this year. After reading this article, I opened Murakami's novel "Sputnik Sweetheart", and on the first page appeared a metaphor with Gibraltar - very Murakamiesque to me...