Tag: Gibraltar

• Saturday, April 29th 2017 - 09:10 UTC

  Labour manifesto expected to strongly support Falklands' right to self determination

  

  Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry has strongly suggested that the Labour manifesto, to be launched on 15 May, will make clear that the disputed Falkland Islands will remain British for as long as those living there want to be, according to Politics Home

• Friday, April 28th 2017 - 10:21 UTC

  Gibraltar could be Spanish in four years, “but Gibraltarians must be seduced”

  

  Gibraltar could be Spanish “within four years”, Spain’s former foreign minister, José Manuel García-Margallo, said on Wednesday insisting that “the Hong Kongisation” of the Rock was possible in that timescale.

• Friday, April 28th 2017 - 09:23 UTC

  Labour “unequivocally committed” to protecting British sovereignty of Gibraltar

  

  Labour is “unequivocally committed” to protecting the British sovereignty of Gibraltar, Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry said during a surprise visit to the Rock. Mrs Thornberry was shown around Gibraltar International Airport and the frontier by Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia, on the back of a long standing promise.

• Thursday, April 27th 2017 - 10:33 UTC

  Post-Brexit “clear and explicit commitments” to Gibraltar wanted from UK political parties

  

  The Gibraltar Government is calling on Britain’s political parties to make “clear and explicit commitments” to Gibraltar in their manifestos for the June 8 general election. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said his government would seek assurances on Gibraltar’s post-Brexit future from parties contesting the UK election.

• Wednesday, April 19th 2017 - 04:36 UTC

  Gibraltar's football upbeat: FIFA will finance an UEFA category 4 stadium

  

  The Gibraltar Football Association is to buy the Victoria Stadium from the Gibraltar Government, in a move that paves the way for local football teams to play international games at home and, in parallel, will trigger a £16.5m investment in new sport infrastructure around the Rock, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Thursday, April 13th 2017 - 07:41 UTC

  Nothing new on Gibraltar, “without the Gibraltarian people” says UK ambassador in Spain

  

  The British Ambassador to Spain, Simon Manley, has once again reaffirmed the British position on Gibraltar. In an interview on Spanish television in – La Noche en 24 – he said “we are not going to negotiate on the sovereignty of Gibraltar without the Gibraltarian people”.

• Monday, April 10th 2017 - 06:35 UTC

  Corbyn and Labour pledge full support for Gibraltar's sovereignty

  

  UK Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn and Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons has pledged his full support to Gibraltar. Mr Corbyn, who gave assurances on the British Sovereignty of Rock and the double lock commitment, did so in a lengthy conversation with the Rock's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo

• Friday, April 7th 2017 - 10:07 UTC

  Without consent from Gibraltarians, no sovereignty negotiations, PM May tells Donald Tusk

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May reiterated on Thursday the UK’s desire to ensure a deep and special partnership with the European Union, but as the UK exits the EU and “there would be no negotiation on the sovereignty of Gibraltar without the consent of its people”. Mrs. May made the statement after meeting at 10 Downing Street with the president of the European Council Donald Tusk for talks following the triggering of Article 50.

• Friday, April 7th 2017 - 09:55 UTC

  Nigel Farage proposes a Gibraltar referendum to become part of the UK

  

  One in three people in Britain would cede at least some sovereignty over Gibraltar for a better Brexit deal according to a YouGov poll made public this week. The poll conclusions were released when Nigel Farage, Britain's leading Brexiteer expressed support for proposals to hold a referendum in Gibraltar to ask whether they want to become part of the UK.

• Tuesday, April 4th 2017 - 07:20 UTC

  Spain surprised by tone of UK comments on Gibraltar; CM Picardo critical of EU Council president Tusk

  

  Spain’s Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis called on Tuesday for calm in the row over Gibraltar’s inclusion in the EU guidelines, adding that he was surprised by the reactions in Britain. He was speaking amid a media frenzy after the EU said in its guidelines that Spain must agree before any future trade deal between the UK and the EU can be extended to Gibraltar.