The UK has objected to Gibraltar being described as a “colony” in European Union legislation allowing UK nationals to travel to the EU after Brexit. The EU proposed allowing visa-free travel for Britons in November. The Spanish government has since insisted a footnote be added describing Gibraltar as a “colony” …
Spain was facing a diplomatic backlash in Brussels on Sunday over its last minute threat to sabotage the Brexit deal over Gibraltar. European Union diplomats were left furious after Madrid’s eleventh-hour grandstanding, branding the Spanish behaviour “outrageous” for risking today’s Brexit summit being cancelled. They warned that Pedro Sanchez, the Spanish …
“I worry that issues around Gibraltar haven’t been given enough consideration in London; that a solution will come in at the very end of negotiations and perhaps not be the best solution, because it’s been cobbled together at the last minute,” said Julie Girling, MEP for the area covering Gibraltar. …
A surge in Spanish nationalism would come at an awkward time for Britain THE big drama in Spain today is over Catalonia’s bid for independence. But the Catalan affair could also have an impact some 530 miles (850km) to the south-west, in Gibraltar. Recently Catalonia’s representative in Britain, Sergi Marcén, …
Will the King of Spain’s UK visit sweep Brexit tensions under the red carpet? The UK is rolling out the red carpet for King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain, sprinkling pomp and glamour over some deep-rooted tensions. Brexit and the centuries-old dispute over Gibraltar might suggest that UK-Spanish …
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Deep inside the Rock of Gibraltar is a room known as The Vault. Dug by the British army in World War Two, the room now houses servers that power the websites of dozens of international online gambling companies. Those companies were lured to this speck of …
Spaniards living close to the border with Gibraltar say they are fearful for their livelihoods and furious at their country’s aggressive stance towards Britain, amid growing tensions about the future of the territory after Brexit. “I want Gibraltar to stay British. Spain’s government isn’t worthy of the name and should …
Let’s get something straight up front: Spain and the U.K. are not going to war over Gibraltar. That, at least, is what politicians from both countries have been carefully asserting since Michael Howard, a former British Conservative party leader, made a not-so-subtle suggestion Sunday that force would be on the …
LONDON (AP) — Britain sought Saturday to reassure Gibraltar that it will protect the territory’s interests in upcoming talks on exiting the European Union amid a dispute with Spain that underscores the complications of Britain’s EU divorce. Spain has long sought to regain control of Gibraltar, an enclave of 32,000 …
GIBRALTAR (AP) — All Antonio Molina has to do to cross the border into Gibraltar for work is wave an identity card, barely slowing his motorbike’s pace. The Spanish delivery man’s job depends on the border being open, a fact that’s under threat as Britain leaves the European Union, dragging …
ISTANBUL (AP) — The U.N. cultural agency on Friday placed nine new sites on its World Heritage List, including a medieval Armenian city located in northeast Turkey. UNESCO added the old city of Ani, in the Turkish province of Kars to its prestigious list during a meeting in Istanbul. Ani, …
Spain will seek to jointly govern Gibraltar with Britain following the British vote to leave the European Union, acting foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said on Friday. The peninsula on Spain’s south coast, a British territory since 1713 known to its 30,000 residents as “the Rock”, is a major point …