Tag: Spain/Gibraltar

• Wednesday, November 6th 2013 - 02:10 UTC

  Spain says Madrid and London reached an agreement on Gibraltar

  

  Spain and Britain have crafted a joint declaration on Gibraltar for presentation to the UN General Assembly, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said Tuesday. The text calls for Madrid and London to reach a definitive solution to the status of the Rock, “listening to the interests and aspirations of Gibraltar that are coherent and legitimate in accord with international law,” Spain's top diplomat said.

• Wednesday, November 6th 2013 - 01:45 UTC

  Gibraltar files complaint to EC because of Spain's 'disproportionate checks' to pedestrians at the border

  

  The Gibraltar Government has sent a complaint to the European Commission about the “disproportionate checks” being conducted by the Spanish authorities on pedestrians entering Spain. It follows the recent build-up of pedestrian queues over the past fortnight, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Monday, November 4th 2013 - 23:46 UTC

  Gibraltar clears EC test on tax and money laundering matters cooperation

  

  The European Commission has received no ‘well-founded’ complaints alleging Gibraltar’s failure to cooperate on tax, financial and money-laundering matters, according to Michel Barnier, the Commissioner for Internal Market and Services. In response to questions in the European Parliament, Mr Barnier also confirmed that Gibraltar was fully up to date with the transposition of EU legislation in all three fields, according to a report from the Chronicle.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2013 - 20:17 UTC

  UK reaffirms support for Gibraltar and warns about “escalation”

  

  Europe Minister David Lidington repeated the UK’s commitment to the people of Gibraltar in a speech to a packed Gibraltar Day reception in the Guildhall in London. Lidington spoke of the close ties that continued to bind the City of London and the UK to Gibraltar.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2013 - 08:29 UTC

  Spain will not seek support on Gibraltar from the coming Ibero-American summit

  

  Spain will not seek support from the Ibero-American summit to call on the UK to resume the bilateral dialogue on Gibraltar’s sovereignty as Argentina has done traditionally with the Falklands/Malvinas issue, according to Spanish diplomatic sources reported in the Madrid media.

• Tuesday, October 15th 2013 - 23:19 UTC

  Spain says Andalucia must have equal status to Gibraltar in any ad hoc UK/Madrid talks

  

  The Junta de Andalucia must have an equal status to Gibraltar in any UK/Spain talks in which the British Overseas Territory participates, Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo declared at a press conference following a meeting with Junta president Susana Diaz.

• Sunday, October 13th 2013 - 11:42 UTC

  Madrid furious with Gibraltar “lack of respect” towards Spanish law enforcement agencies

  

  The storm of protest in Spain over Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo’s speech to the UN this week showed no sign of letting up with a fresh round of political complaints and even the threat of legal action, according to the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Friday, October 11th 2013 - 10:14 UTC

  Gibraltar accuses Spain of incitement to racial hatred and calls for ad hoc talks

  

  Gibraltar accused Spain before the United Nations Fourth Committee of incitement to racial hatred and called for reasonable dialogue urging the start of ‘ad hoc’ talks to resolve issues Madrid has been expressing concern over.

• Friday, September 27th 2013 - 22:12 UTC

  EC concludes fact-finding mission in Gibraltar/Spain border; tax fraud was not in agenda

  

  European Commission said that it had received no “official, specific” complaint alleging tax fraud in Gibraltar, despite Spain’s repeated accusations against the Rock. Commission spokesman Olivier Bailly made the clear statement as he reminded reporters that allegations of tax evasion had not formed part of Wednesday’s fact-finding mission to the border.

• Friday, September 27th 2013 - 07:30 UTC

  Malvinas/Falklands joint claims: Spain denies Timerman, calls UK a “friend”

  

  The Spanish government denied having agreed with Argentina on joint measures to press Great Britain for Malvinas Islands and Gibraltar sovereignty claims, as had been reported earlier on Thursday by Argentina’s foreign minister Hector Timerman, and described the UK as a friend country.