Tag: Spain
SpainUK warns Argentina on cutting off the air link of Falklands with South America
Britain warned Argentina against cutting off an air link to the Falklands as part of an economic blockade of the Islands, reports the Evening Standard. Buenos Aires is threatening to stop a weekly flight from Punta Arenas in Chile to Port Stanley by refusing permission for it to use Argentine airspace.
UK tells Spain: sovereignty negotiations only if Gibraltar so wishes
Britain would only enter into sovereignty negotiations with Spain if Gibraltar was happy for it to do so, Europe Minister David Lidington told the House of Commons this week
Spanair files for voluntary bankruptcy; strands tens of thousands of passengers
Spanish carrier Spanair filed for voluntary bankruptcy Monday, officials said, three days after abruptly stopping all flights and stranding tens of thousands of passengers.
Over five million Spaniards out of a job; recession forecasted in 2012 first quarter
Spain’s unemployment total has passed the five million mark, with the jobless rate shooting up from 21.5% to 22.8%, which represents something like one out of four workers don’t have a job.
Gibraltar Tripartite dialogue dead, announces Spanish Vice president
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Margallo has sent a letter to his UK counterpart William Hague responding to Prime Minister David Cameron’s remarks on self-determination.
Fitch downgrades Italy and Spain ratings; Milan police raid agencies offices
The credit ratings of Italy, Spain and three other Euro-area countries were cut by Fitch Ratings, which said the five nations lack financing flexibility in the face of the regional debt crisis.
Foreign Office has not discussed Gibraltar with new Spanish government
Foreign Office Ministers have not discussed Gibraltar with the new Spanish Government, a Foreign Office spokesman said on Wednesday.
Gibraltar “joke time over” Spanish minister tells Foreign Secretary Hague
“This joke is over” Jose Garcia-Margallo, Spanish Foreign Minister told his British counterpart William Hague this week regarding the Gibraltar sovereignty dispute.
Spain’s central banks says economy forecasted to shrink 1.5% in 2012
Spain’s economy contracted in the fourth quarter and will shrink 1.5% this year, the Bank of Spain estimated, undermining government efforts to cut the budget deficit amid the second recession in two years.
New Spanish minister proposes Gibraltar ‘quadripartite’ talks on cooperation
Spanish Foreign Affairs minister Jose Garcia-Margallo is seeking to revisit talks on co-operation with the disputed Gibraltar UK Overseas Territory on a new variation of the formulas for talks: a quadripartite forum.
