Tag: Gibraltar-Spain border

• Saturday, August 10th 2013 - 02:22 UTC

  Gibraltar and Campo labour unions urge for good neighbourly relations

  

  Leading Gibraltar and Spain’s Campo unions - Unite the Union, Comissiones Obreras (CCOO), and Union General de Trabajadores (UGT) - have jointly released a statement and manifesto urging good neighbourly relations. The states that any diplomatic scuffle and/or show of strength by one or all of parties involved has immediate and negative consequences for the people who live on either side of the border.

• Friday, August 9th 2013 - 04:17 UTC

  Gibraltar praises UK and Spain for quick action in de-escalating situation

  

  Gibraltar Government House issued a statement following Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and PM David Cameron exchange and later intervention of foreign ministers Garcia-Margallo and William Hague to find a way to de-escalate the situation by reducing measures at the Gib/Spain border.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2013 - 17:53 UTC

  Hague and Garcia-Margallo committed to diplomatic solution to Spain/Gibraltar border dispute

  

  British Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke on Wednesday to his Spanish peer Jose Garcia Margallo with the commitment of finding a diplomatic solution to the dispute at the Spain/Gibraltar border.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2013 - 13:55 UTC

  Falklands sends support message to Gibraltar; Cameron on the phone with Rajoy

  

  The Falkland Islands sent on Wednesday a support message to Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and the people of Gibraltar which is under strong pressure and threats from Spain over border crossings while from London it was reported that PM David Cameron called Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy to raise concerns about the escalation of the situation.

• Monday, August 5th 2013 - 16:06 UTC

  UK increasingly concerned with escalation of Gibraltar/Spain border conflict

  

  Prime Minister David Cameron is “seriously concerned” about the escalation of tensions at the Spanish-Gibraltar border. Spain has said it is considering a range of proposals including a new 50 Euro (£43) fee to cross the border with the British territory.

• Sunday, August 4th 2013 - 20:58 UTC

  UK reiterates commitment to Gibraltar and calls on Spain for a political answer to differences

  

  The Foreign Office on Sunday reasserted ties with Gibraltar and its commitment with the British Overseas Territory sovereignty but at the same time called for a political answer to the current situation with Spain that is implementing disproportionate measures such as border delays.

• Saturday, August 3rd 2013 - 02:38 UTC

  Foreign Office summons Spanish ambassador over delays at Gibraltar border

  

  The Spanish Ambassador in London was summoned to the Foreign Office in relation to delays at the Gibraltar border this weekend.