Tag: Spain/Gibraltar

• Tuesday, March 10th 2015 - 08:34 UTC

  Spain insists in blocking Gibraltar from EU single sky measures

  

  Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo has renewed his bid to have Gibraltar excluded from the European Union aviation measures. According to Spanish wire reports he raised the issue in Riga during a conference of foreign ministers which was intended to focus on the crisis with Russia and Ukraine.

• Monday, March 2nd 2015 - 05:35 UTC

  Gibraltar police and customs given additional tobacco stop and search powers

  

  Gibraltar police and customs officers have been given additional stop and search powers inside so-called tobacco ‘special zones’. Until now, officers required reasonable suspicion of a tobacco offence before they could stop vehicles and question the occupants.

• Saturday, February 21st 2015 - 04:27 UTC

  Hammond reiterates in Spain: no talks against the wishes of Gibraltar

  

  The British and Spanish foreign ministers sought to highlight a renewed drive toward an ‘ad hoc’ dialogue on Gibraltar this week, but in doing so drew firm red lines that signaled just how difficult that task will prove. The coordinated message was positive and hinted at the possibility of talks ‘in the near future’ if a format could be agreed. But on core issues, there was no change.

• Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 05:24 UTC

  Falklands' invasion in 1982, prevented an 'irreversible' solution for Gibraltar

  

  Had it not been for the 1982 Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, and the war that followed, Spain would have achieved through negotiations an 'irreversible solution' to the Gibraltar dispute with Great Britain, revealed Spanish diplomat, scholar and academic Jose Cuenca in his recently launched book, “From Adolfo Suarez to Gorbachev; an ambassador's testimonies and shared secrets”.

• Thursday, November 27th 2014 - 06:46 UTC

  Gibraltar MEP leader of UK Tories delegation to the European Parliament

  

  Gibraltar MEP Ashley Fox was elected this week leader of the British Conservative delegation in the European Parliament, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Tuesday, November 25th 2014 - 07:09 UTC

  Gibraltar to contract law of the sea expert to probe “innocent passage” concept

  

  A world legal expert on the law of the sea is to be engaged by the Gibraltar Government to probe the concept of ‘innocent passage’ as a concept of international law. The concept is regularly cited in relation to Spanish warships and Guardia Civil vessels when they pass through British Gibraltar Territorial Waters, usually when they do not engage in any other activity.

• Saturday, October 18th 2014 - 08:22 UTC

  Fallon visits Gibraltar and reaffirms UK support to deal with unlawful Spanish incursions

  

  A package of new measures announced by the Defense Secretary has reaffirmed the UK’s support to Gibraltar. On his first visit since becoming Secretary of State, Michael Fallon paid tribute to those working to support defense activities in Gibraltar and emphasized the strategic importance of the permanent joint operating base there.

• Monday, October 6th 2014 - 18:10 UTC

  UK protests incursion of Gibraltar waters by Spanish research vessel

  

  The Foreign Office reacted strongly to the 5 October 2014 serious incursion into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW) by a Spanish state research vessel. In response to the incident, the Minister for Europe, the Rt Hon David Lidington MP, earlier called Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Gonzalo de Benito to express his grave concern.

• Monday, October 6th 2014 - 06:48 UTC

  Spanish fighter jets enter Gibraltar air space in “reckless and dangerous” stunt

  

  Spanish fighter jets illegally entered UK airspace to fly “across the bows” of a British airliner in a “reckless and dangerous” stunt over Gibraltar, according to a report in the Sunday Express.

• Wednesday, October 1st 2014 - 07:00 UTC

  UEFA member Gibraltar will appeal FIFA decision rejecting its incorporation

  

  Gibraltar's football association has announced it will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after FIFA rejected its bid to become a member. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the “FA of Gibraltar cannot be accepted as a member of FIFA” because it contravened the world governing body's statutes regarding independent territories.