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Montevideo, July 23rd 2025 - 04:20 UTC

Tag: Gibraltar

  • Sunday, January 26th 2014 - 12:17 UTC

    Spain has “not taken one step back” regarding its Gibraltar policy, rather the contrary

    The issue is permanently in Spain's agenda said Garcia-Margallo

    The Spanish Government has “not taken any step back” in relation to its Gibraltar policy “but it has taken many steps forward”, the country’s foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo has declared. Despite the issue having dropped profile in the news since recent weeks, it is an issue “permanently” on the Spanish agenda, the Spanish official told Onda Cero radio.

  • Tuesday, January 21st 2014 - 15:38 UTC

    Less incursions into Gibraltar waters by Spanish vessels: “a slight change of attitude”

    Baroness Warsi was quizzed by Lords from both sides of the House

    A drop in the number of incursions by Spanish state vessels into British Gibraltar territorial waters could signal “a slight change in attitude” in Madrid, a British Government minister said on Monday. The observation was made during a question and answer session in the House of Lords in which there was evident cross-party support for Gibraltar in the face of pressure from Spain, reports Gibraltar's Chronicle.

  • Saturday, January 18th 2014 - 06:32 UTC

    Gibraltarians will travel to EU offices in Brussels to protest Spain's border controls

    Meanwhile Spain honors EC president Barroso with the Carlos V European prize

    The Gibraltar Government will sponsor a group of Gibraltarians and local residents who plan to travel to Brussels to protest before the European Union about delays caused by Spanish checks at the border, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle. The group approached the Government in recent months and is said to include people from all walks of life and from all shades of political opinion.

  • Friday, January 17th 2014 - 06:49 UTC

    Queues and delays at the Gibraltar border reach Parliament

    MP Rosindell requested information regarding the effect that border delays have had over the last four months.

    The detrimental effect that border delays have had on tourism and visitor numbers to Gibraltar has been the subject of recent questions in the House of Commons. In a written question tabled before the lower House, Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell requested information from the Secretary of State regarding the effect that the border delays have had over the last four months.

  • Friday, January 3rd 2014 - 23:25 UTC

    UK prepared to veto Spain's entry to the EC over Gibraltar restrictions in 1984/85

    Then Foreign Secretary Howe believed using UK's veto was 'entirely justifiable'

    British officials thought Spain could “not be trusted” to keep its promises to lift restrictions on Gibraltar prior to joining the European Community, according to declassified documents released to The National Archives.

  • Thursday, January 2nd 2014 - 18:02 UTC

    Gibraltar visitors in October/November down 40% because of Spanish checks at border

    Queues at peak times (and with less traffic) were two hours longer than a year before

    Visitors to Gibraltar during the peak months of October and November have decreased by over 40% from the previous year, statistics reveal. This comes after restrictions were imposed at the border by the Spanish authorities which they say was in response to tobacco smuggling but began immediately after the Government’s decision to lay an artificial reef in July.

  • Thursday, December 26th 2013 - 08:24 UTC

    Gibraltar changes tax laws to meet EU requirements

    Chief Minister Picardo certified the bill as urgent to speed up its process through Parliament

    Gibraltar has changed its tax laws to tweak the Income Tax Act 2010 to meet EU requirements. The Chief Minister Fabian Picardo certified the bill as urgent to speed up its process through Parliament.

  • Friday, December 20th 2013 - 06:00 UTC

    Gibraltar Chief Minister hosts and lobbies MPs and Lords in London

    Picardo hosted a lunch for members of the House of Lords

    Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo, hosted a very well attended dinner for Members of the House of Commons on Tuesday evening at Gibraltar House in London, according to a report from the Gibraltar Chronicle. The event saw over 30 Members of Parliament attend from the All Party British Gibraltar Group.

  • Saturday, December 14th 2013 - 06:34 UTC

    UK Armed Forces minister shows the flag in Gibraltar waters

    Minister Francois (R) with Chief minister Fabian Picardo

    UK Minister for the Armed Forces said that a very, very long and continued presence in Gibraltar, with no defense cuts for the foreseeable future and full support of sovereignty were the key ingredients in the UK message he brought to the Rock. Before meeting Gibraltar authorities the minister took a tour of British Gibraltar waters with the Royal Navy.

  • Friday, December 13th 2013 - 12:18 UTC

    Spain not sure about success in legal challenge of Gibraltar waters

    García-Margallo said sovereignty is “a conversation for grown-ups”

    Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel García-Margallo has expressed confidence that Madrid would win a legal case over jurisdiction of Gibraltar’s isthmus, though he was less certain about success in any challenge over the waters. He said the isthmus was not ceded to Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht and “illegally” occupied, but that Spain had yet to decide whether to “legally reclaim it or not”.