Tag: Gibraltar

• Thursday, July 16th 2026 - 02:29 UTC

  Spain and UK open new chapter as Gibraltar treaty takes effect and border fence falls

  

  Spain and the United Kingdom are seeking to elevate to strategic a bilateral relationship shaped for decades by the Gibraltar dispute, after the treaty between the European Union and the United Kingdom on the territory entered provisional application in the early hours of Wednesday. The agreement, signed on Tuesday in Brussels, brought the dismantling of the fence that had separated the British territory from the Spanish municipality of La Línea de la Concepción since the early twentieth century.

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• Wednesday, July 15th 2026 - 13:20 UTC

  Free movement between Gibraltar and Spain

  

  By Jim Watt - A historic transformation of the frontier between Gibraltar and Spain has taken place at the land border. Under a landmark post-Brexit treaty between the UK and the EU, the physical border fence — traditionally known as “La Verja” in Spain — has been completely dismantled, and on Wednesday, at midnight, the crossing was fully open to pedestrians.

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• Friday, December 5th 2025 - 09:23 UTC

  Gibraltar: Picardo steps down for 2 weeks due to eye surgery

  

  Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo was admitted to a hospital in Jerez on Thursday for a detached retina and will be incapacitated for 14 days, forcing the delay of key government events, including the long-awaited McGrail Inquiry report.

• Saturday, October 18th 2025 - 02:45 UTC

  UK restates at UN Assembly support for OTs Falklands and Gibraltar

  

  The following was the statement by Simon Thomas, UK Ambassador to the General Assembly, at the UN's Special Political and Decolonization Fourth Committee this week: “The United Kingdom has no doubt about its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands...Nor do we have any doubt about Falkland Islanders’ right of self-determination.”

• Friday, June 20th 2025 - 10:13 UTC

  Spanish researchers speak of Gibraltar's “tropicalization”

  

  A study by the Málaga-based Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC) documents a “tropicalization” process in the Strait of Gibraltar and Alboran Sea, where rising water temperatures, Atlantic connections, exotic species invasions, and high human activity (e.g., maritime traffic and tourism) are driving changes in fish species composition.

• Thursday, June 12th 2025 - 11:46 UTC

  UK-EU Joint Statement of Agreement in Respect of Gibraltar

  

  Following talks in Brussels this Wednesday a Joint Statement was reached in respect of Gibraltar, between the European Commission, Spain and Gibraltar. European Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs José Manuel Albares and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, together with the Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo, met in Brussels on Wednesday 11 June.

• Wednesday, March 19th 2025 - 23:52 UTC

  Picardo reflects on Gibraltar's response to the Covid-19 crisis

  

  Chief Minister Fabian Picardo of Gibraltar reflected on the Covid-19 pandemic, five years after the first lockdown, calling it a “turning point in history.” Speaking at a press conference earlier this week, he described the severe challenges faced during the crisis, including the potential for thousands of deaths and the need to expand mortuary capacity.

• Thursday, March 13th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  House of Commons question on beneficial ownership registers in Overseas Territories

  

  British Members or Parliament continued to discuss the implementation of publicly accessible beneficial ownership registers in the overseas territories, to which the Falkland Islands and St Helena committed to join by April 2025..

• Friday, November 22nd 2024 - 10:27 UTC

  Gibraltar Chief Minister first formal bilateral meeting with IK PM Starmer

  

  Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo held his first formal bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday. The ongoing negotiations for a UK - EU Gibraltar agreement and support for Gibraltar were the main issues discussed.

• Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 09:55 UTC

  The Gibraltar Chapter of Abraham Accords launched by Picardo and Sir Liam Fox

  

  The Gibraltar Chapter of the Abraham Accords Group was launched last week at the Rock, when Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo KC MP, welcomed Sir Liam Fox, Chairman of the Abraham Accords. Sir Liam was previously UK Secretary of State for International Trade from 2016 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Defense from 2010 to 2011. to No 6 Convent Place.