Tag: Gibraltar

• Wednesday, February 20th 2013 - 05:36 UTC

  Gibraltar has a new police patrol boat to match the Guardia Civil.

  

  A very wet naming and blessing ceremony of the Sir William Jackson (*) took place on Tuesday the 19th of February at 3.30pm at the Royal Gibraltar Police Marine Section at Coaling Island. Speaking at the ceremony Commissioner Eddie Yome thanked HM Government of Gibraltar for continuing to invest in providing assets to the RGP.

• Saturday, February 9th 2013 - 08:38 UTC

  Financial Times gets it wrong on Falklands and Gibraltar ‘trilateral’ dialogue

  

  Chief Minister Fabian Picardo this week wrote to the Financial Times after the respected financial daily made a glaring error about Gibraltar in an editorial column centred on Argentina.

• Saturday, February 9th 2013 - 08:33 UTC

  Spain disappointed with Gibraltar’s Picardo picture next to President Obama

  

  The Spanish Ministry for Foreign Affairs has contacted the US government to express its unease over the recent visit by the Gibraltar Government to Washington, according to reports published in Spain.

• Monday, January 14th 2013 - 03:21 UTC

  Gibraltar anticipates rough year with Spain because of Treaty of Utrecht 300 years

  

  Gibraltar must remain steadfast in its own position on sovereignty the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has made clear. In a wide-ranging New Year message broadcast last week on GBC Mr Picardo took up the recent remarks made by Spain’s ruling party (Partido Popular) and urged them to return to tripartite dialogue as the (opposition) PSOE in Andalucia is also urging.

• Tuesday, January 8th 2013 - 06:52 UTC

  Spain intent in limiting the number of flights to Gibraltar, says The Telegraph

  

  Spain is to toughen its stance over Gibraltar in the long-running dispute over sovereignty following a year that has seen an increase in diplomatic tensions, according to reports in the UK daily The Telegraph.

• Saturday, December 29th 2012 - 06:41 UTC

  Thatcher feared Spain might go for Gibraltar after Falklands was taken by Argentina

  

  Three days after Argentina’s ruling military junta seized the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic (April 1982), the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher called for an “urgent assessment” of Britain’s ability to defend Gibraltar, prompted in part by the “jubilant reaction” to the invasion in the Spanish press.

• Thursday, December 20th 2012 - 19:38 UTC

  UK will take “all necessary and proportionate” measures in support of Gibraltar

  

  As tension with Spain escalates the British Government made clear that it would take “all necessary and proportionate” measures to maintain the integrity British sovereignty of Gibraltar and its waters. Europe Minister David Lidington set out the position in a letter to the Governor, Sir Adrian Johns, in response to the petition organised by the Defenders of Gibraltar.

• Thursday, December 13th 2012 - 22:43 UTC

  Royal Navy shows the flag in Gibraltar waters; 197 Spanish unlawful incursions this year

  

  A Royal Navy warship used a routine logistical visit to Gibraltar on Wednesday to patrol British waters around the Rock. The highly unusual move came a day after an incursion by a Spanish Navy vessel and against the background of diplomatic tension between the UK and Spain over the waters row.

• Thursday, December 13th 2012 - 07:20 UTC

  UK reaffirms commitment to trilateral dialogue on Gibraltar, despite Spain

  

  The British Government reaffirmed its commitment to trilateral dialogue, despite claims from Spain that London and Madrid would discuss the waters row on bilateral terms leaving Gibraltar aside. A spokesman for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office said trilateral dialogue was the only acceptable mechanism for “formal” talks about Gibraltar.

• Thursday, December 13th 2012 - 07:15 UTC

  Spanish navy patrol challenges Gibraltar and the Foreign Office

  

  A Spanish warship made a two-hour incursion into Gibraltar waters on Monday evening, in a defiant response to Britain’s warnings to stay away. The incursion came just hours after the British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, told the House of Commons that Britain would take “a grave view” of any violation of British sovereignty in Gibraltar waters.