Tag: Spain

• Monday, September 28th 2015 - 09:58 UTC

  Catalonia separatists take control of regional parliament but short of the 50% vote targeted

  

  Separatists in Catalonia won control of their regional parliament Sunday in an election that they vowed would set them on the road to independence from Spain. The region's nationalist president Artur Mas declared victory to a cheering crowd of flag-waving supporters after an emotional election that has heightened tensions with Madrid.

• Sunday, September 27th 2015 - 13:12 UTC

  UK to press Spain to honor law enforcement cooperation in Gibraltar waters

  

  British Government will continue to press Spain to honor the agreement to step up law enforcement cooperation in Gibraltar waters, Philip Dunne Minister of State for Defence has said. Mr Dunne was responding to a written question in the House of Commons from Tory MP Andrew Rosindell.

• Thursday, September 24th 2015 - 08:02 UTC

  UK official admits how difficult is 'ad hoc' dialogue with Spain over Gibraltar

  

  Simon Manley, Britain’s Ambassador to Spain, admitted this week that officials had underestimated how difficult it would be to start an ‘ad hoc’ dialogue with Spain referred to Gibraltar. Mr. Manley was asked about progress towards ad hoc dialogue during a wide-ranging interview with the Spanish newspaper ABC.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2015 - 10:11 UTC

  Risk of 'corralito' (freeze of bank accounts) if Catalonia secedes from Spain

  

  Bank of Spain governor Luis María Linde on Monday stated that if Catalonia secedes from Spain, there could be a risk of a corralito, the popular term for economic measures that include a freeze on clients’ accounts, with the aim of halting a potential bank run.

• Monday, September 7th 2015 - 09:59 UTC

  “For a more competitive Europe”

  

  Prime Minister and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy wrote an article for the Spanish newspaper Expansión on competiveness.

• Monday, August 31st 2015 - 06:52 UTC

  Spain 'willing' to improve cross-border law enforcement with Gibraltar

  

  Spain has signaled its “full willingness” to improve cross-border law enforcement cooperation with Gibraltar, according to a press report in Spain. 'El Pais' said Madrid was seeking to defuse the fallout from last Saturday’s incident at sea, during which warning shots were fired by officers of the Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera (Customs) who tried to board a local pleasure boat in British waters.

• Saturday, August 29th 2015 - 05:41 UTC

  MP Rosindell: Time for Spain to back off, time for Britain to back up Gibraltar

  

  Britain cannot allow Spain to continue to ignore international law and bully Gibraltar, said MP Andrew Rosindell following the latest incursion in Gibraltar waters, this time a Spanish Customs crew that actually fired shots to a British-Gibraltarian fishing cruise.

• Thursday, August 27th 2015 - 05:04 UTC

  Barcelona targets home rental websites to crack on 'uncontrolled' tourism

  

  Barcelona's new mayor is picking a fight with home rental websites as she tries to crack down on uncontrolled tourism that she fears could drive out poor residents and spoil the Catalan capital's charm. Ada Colau is threatening to fine firms like Airbnb and Booking.com if they market apartments from tourists without a number showing that they are on the Catalan tourism register.

• Thursday, August 27th 2015 - 04:53 UTC

  Spain confident its Gibraltar tough policy is 'bearing fruit' and will continue

  

  The Spanish Government’s measures toward Gibraltar are ‘bearing fruit, Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel García-Margallo said in a weekend interview in which he vowed to maintain pressure on the Rock. Although the minister’s tough language on Gibraltar was nothing new, it was the second time within the space of a week that he had spoken out on the Rock.

• Wednesday, August 12th 2015 - 08:53 UTC

  Gibraltar a ‘fundamental objective' of Spanish foreign policy with ample funds to support it

  

  Pushing Spain’s claim over the sovereignty of Gibraltar is “a fundamental objective” for Spanish foreign policy, according to budget plans presented by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Madrid this week.