Tag: Spain/Gibraltar

• Friday, October 21st 2016 - 08:06 UTC

  García-Margallo claims “confidential” talks on co-sovereignty with Gibraltar personalities

  

  Spain’s caretaker Minister for Foreign Affairs, José Manuel García-Margallo, claimed that he had held “confidential” talks on co-sovereignty with “personalities” in Gibraltar. However the minister gave no indication as to who he had spoken to, according to Spanish press reports.

• Thursday, October 20th 2016 - 12:50 UTC

  Strong reactions from Andalucía and London to Garcia Margallo Gibraltar shared sovereignty rhetoric

  

  The Junta de Andalucia has distanced itself from Spanish foreign minister Jose Manuel García Margallo’s joint sovereignty proposal for Gibraltar. Miguel Angel Vasquez says now is not the time to use inflammatory rhetoric or to talk about joint sovereignty.

• Wednesday, October 19th 2016 - 07:33 UTC

  Spain anticipates closed frontier if Gibraltar does not accept joint sovereignty

  

  Spain's Acting Foreign Minister says free movement across the Gibraltar frontier will automatically end unless Gibraltarians accept joint sovereignty proposal with Spain. Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo was answering a question by Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation at a press conference after he met with Andalusia politicians in Algeciras, including the mayors of Algeciras and La Linea. From Seville Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said no democratic nation would get away closing a frontier.

• Wednesday, October 5th 2016 - 11:06 UTC

  “No way José”, Gibraltar replies to Spain's shared sovereignty with UK proposal

  

  Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said that all the potential economic benefits from joint UK/Spain Gibraltar sovereignty could exist today if Spain respected the Gibraltarians' choice not to be Spanish. The statement was in response to Spain's formal invitation to the UK to commence joint sovereignty negotiations on Gibraltar.

• Monday, July 4th 2016 - 04:51 UTC

  Spain insists with joint sovereignty for Gibraltar, if it wants to remain in the EU

  

  Spain has said it will formally propose to the European Union that the question of Gibraltar be treated separately when it negotiates Britain’s exit. The acting Foreign Minister, José Manuel García-Margallo reminded journalists in Spain that when Britain leaves all EU treaties will stop applying to the Rock.

• Monday, May 16th 2016 - 05:34 UTC

  Hammond's Gibraltar visit triggered several hostility actions from Spain

  

  Britain's Foreign Secretary's arrival and departure flights into Gibraltar last week were not allowed to overfly Spanish territory and flew over Portugal instead. This was one of several hostility incidents of Spanish officials towards London. The overfly ban was confirmed to Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation by the Convent (Governor's residence in the Rock).

• Tuesday, April 5th 2016 - 06:47 UTC

  Argentina and Spain agree to re-launch closer political and trade relations

  

  Argentina and Spain have decided to re-launch bilateral mechanisms that have been “asleep” for too long, promoting political and trade relations, said Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra who on Monday met with her visiting Spanish peer, Jose Manuel García/Margallo.

• Thursday, March 10th 2016 - 03:59 UTC

  Spain's Socialists would continue “dialogue and friendship” with Gibraltar even with Brexit

  

  Spain’s Socialist party would continue to advocate “dialogue and friendship” with Gibraltar even if the UK voted to leave the European Union, the PSOE’s MP for Cádiz said during a visit to the Rock.

• Tuesday, March 1st 2016 - 07:27 UTC

  Gibraltar replies to Spanish MEP 'misinformation' at European Parliament

  

  Gibraltar Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Joseph Garcia, has written to the European Commission in order to set the record straight following ‘misinformation’ about Gibraltar propagated by a Spanish MEP. This comes after the Spanish MEP, Ramon Jauregui Atondo, tabled a question before the European Parliament in which he said that Gibraltar ‘facilitates tax evasion and financial crime’.

• Friday, February 26th 2016 - 07:05 UTC

  Britain protests 'provocative' incursion in Gibraltar waters by Spanish corvette

  

  Britain has protested to Spain after a Spanish warship “manoeuvred dangerously” during an incursion into British Gibraltar territorial waters, risking collision with a Royal Navy patrol boat.