Tag: Gibraltar

• Tuesday, October 21st 2014 - 02:10 UTC

  Why Falklands are not extended the right to self determination: “shame on G24”

  

  Since 1961 the UN Committee of 24 has brought almost 750 million people out of a colonial status, based on their right of self-determination, but “what a shame it won’t extend this same right to another 2,500 people of the Falkland Islands”, said US born Luke Coffey, member of the Heritage Foundation and one time advisor to the UK Defense ministry.

• Saturday, October 18th 2014 - 08:22 UTC

  Fallon visits Gibraltar and reaffirms UK support to deal with unlawful Spanish incursions

  

  A package of new measures announced by the Defense Secretary has reaffirmed the UK’s support to Gibraltar. On his first visit since becoming Secretary of State, Michael Fallon paid tribute to those working to support defense activities in Gibraltar and emphasized the strategic importance of the permanent joint operating base there.

• Saturday, October 18th 2014 - 07:54 UTC

  Gibraltar and Falklands right to self determination underlined at academic symposium

  

  The people of the non-self governing territories on the United Nations list, like Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands, have to be decolonised in accordance with the wishes of those people in exercise of the right of self determination, said Gibraltar Deputy Chief minister Dr. Joseph Garcia during the opening of the academic symposium on “Self-determination, devolution and independence in the 21st century”

• Friday, October 17th 2014 - 06:42 UTC

  Falklands' case for self determination at Gibraltar symposium to be addressed by several academics

  

  A two day symposium entitled “Self-determination, devolution and independence in the 21st century” was opened on Thursday by Gibraltar's Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia at the Garrison Library in the Rock.

• Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 16:25 UTC

  Madrid's attitude towards Gibraltar could thwart Spain's seat at Security Council

  

  Spain’s separate battles to both become a temporary member of the United Nations Security Council and to also force Britain into bilateral negotiations over Gibraltar appear to be on a collision course, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

• Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 06:19 UTC

  Falklands case at Gibraltar conference on self-determination and independence

  

  An international symposium looking at the historical backdrop underpinning the concepts of self-determination, devolution, and independence on self-determination will take place next Thursday and Friday in Gibraltar. The aim of this conference is to look at these concepts and to explore them across a number of different examples.

• Monday, October 6th 2014 - 18:10 UTC

  UK protests incursion of Gibraltar waters by Spanish research vessel

  

  The Foreign Office reacted strongly to the 5 October 2014 serious incursion into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW) by a Spanish state research vessel. In response to the incident, the Minister for Europe, the Rt Hon David Lidington MP, earlier called Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Gonzalo de Benito to express his grave concern.

• Monday, October 6th 2014 - 06:48 UTC

  Spanish fighter jets enter Gibraltar air space in “reckless and dangerous” stunt

  

  Spanish fighter jets illegally entered UK airspace to fly “across the bows” of a British airliner in a “reckless and dangerous” stunt over Gibraltar, according to a report in the Sunday Express.

• Wednesday, September 24th 2014 - 03:10 UTC

  Eight US congress members table resolution in support of Gibraltar's right to self-determination

  

  Eight US congress members have tabled a resolution calling for the House of Representatives to formally recognize Gibraltar’s right to self-determination.<br />
  The bi-partisan move highlights the wishes of the Gibraltarians and underscores the deep historical links between the Rock and the US, highlighting its strategic position for US military interests.

• Saturday, September 20th 2014 - 08:03 UTC

  Gibraltar governor supports deployment of large UK naval vessel to patrol territorial waters

  

  Gibraltar Governor Sir James Dutton has publicly voiced strong support for the deployment of a larger British naval vessel to patrol Gibraltar’s territorial waters.
  Sir James, a retired Royal Marine with a distinguished military record, said such a move would send “a really valuable message” in the face of persistent incursions by Spanish state vessels.