Tag: Andalucia

• Friday, July 8th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Gibraltar tells Andalucía, “cooperation YES, joint sovereignty NO, they don't mix!”

  

  The Government of Gibraltar announced it has taken notice of the positive statements by the President of the Junta de Andalucía on cooperation. The President made the comments in the context of the political changes happening in the United Kingdom, and also on the recent June election overwhelming victory of the conservative opposition, Popular Party described as “historic”.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 07:34 UTC

  Far right party wins seats in Andalusia: first time since the death of Franco in 1975

  

  A far-right party has won seats in a Spanish regional election for the first time since the country's military dictatorship ended in 1975. The Vox party took 12 parliamentary seats in Andalusia on Sunday, beating expectations that it would win five.

• Wednesday, April 9th 2014 - 07:08 UTC

  Gibraltar 'close to British hearts', but plenty of room for 'practical dialogue'

  

  UK Ambassador to Spain, Simon Manley has told a Spanish newspaper that British people hold Gibraltar ‘close to their hearts’ and that delays at the border are politically motivated. He underscored Britain and Gibraltar’s desire to engage in “practical” dialogue toward better cross-border relations that would benefit communities on either side of the frontier fence.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2013 - 19:02 UTC

  Spain warns “exhaustive checks” at border crossing with Gibraltar will continue

  

  The Spanish Government warned on Tuesday that it would continue to implement exhaustive checks on vehicles and pedestrians crossing into Spain from Gibraltar.

• Thursday, September 19th 2013 - 21:04 UTC

  Gibraltar ad hoc talks could also include the EC and Andalucia, says Spanish official

  

  The European Commission is likely to be joining Gibraltar, UK, Spain and the regional authorities from Andalucía at separately held, so called, ‘ad hoc’ talks aimed at resolving fishing and environmental disputes that have dominated the summer, according to the Gibraltar Chronicle Gonzalo de Benito Spain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

• Saturday, August 31st 2013 - 18:22 UTC

  UNICEF says 2.3 million under-16s in Spain at risk of malnutrition

  

  The continuing fall in household income in Spain is causing many families to cut down on basic necessities such as food and it is estimated that a quarter of under-16, or 2.3 million are at risk of malnutrition, according to a recent statement by Gabriel González-Bueno, responsible for Child Policies at UNICEF in Spain.