Tag: Spain

Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 16:25 UTC
Madrid's attitude towards Gibraltar could thwart Spain's seat at Security Council

Spain’s separate battles to both become a temporary member of the United Nations Security Council and to also force Britain into bilateral negotiations over Gibraltar appear to be on a collision course, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
Monday, October 6th 2014 - 18:10 UTC
UK protests incursion of Gibraltar waters by Spanish research vessel

The Foreign Office reacted strongly to the 5 October 2014 serious incursion into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW) by a Spanish state research vessel. In response to the incident, the Minister for Europe, the Rt Hon David Lidington MP, earlier called Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Gonzalo de Benito to express his grave concern.
Monday, October 6th 2014 - 06:48 UTC
Spanish fighter jets enter Gibraltar air space in “reckless and dangerous” stunt

Spanish fighter jets illegally entered UK airspace to fly “across the bows” of a British airliner in a “reckless and dangerous” stunt over Gibraltar, according to a report in the Sunday Express.
Tuesday, September 30th 2014 - 05:04 UTC
Spain constitutional court freezes Catalonia referendum, but plans continue

Spain's Constitutional Court has suspended an independence referendum called by Catalonia for November, although political forces in the wealthy north-east region forged ahead with a political campaign ahead of their planned vote.
Monday, September 29th 2014 - 08:15 UTC
Spain's constitutional court to decide on Catalonia's referendum announcement

Catalonia's president on Saturday formally called a referendum to decide whether Spain's richest region should be independent, defying Madrid which vowed to block the move. Shortly after Artur Mas set the vote for November 9, the Spanish government said the referendum would not take place because it was “unconstitutional”.
Saturday, September 20th 2014 - 08:03 UTC
Gibraltar governor supports deployment of large UK naval vessel to patrol territorial waters

Gibraltar Governor Sir James Dutton has publicly voiced strong support for the deployment of a larger British naval vessel to patrol Gibraltar’s territorial waters.
Sir James, a retired Royal Marine with a distinguished military record, said such a move would send “a really valuable message” in the face of persistent incursions by Spanish state vessels.
Monday, September 15th 2014 - 04:18 UTC
The movements the Scotland independence vote has arousen in Europe

In Europe's eastern half, the disintegration of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia created many new countries. In Western Europe, however, borders of the old nation states seemed to be carved in stone and although there have been secessionist tendencies, some of them militant, they never seemed to have a shot in reality, according to a Deutsche Welle report from Berlin.
Friday, September 12th 2014 - 04:17 UTC
With Scottish eyes and hearts, Catalonians pack the streets of Barcelona

Hundreds of thousands of Catalans packed the streets of Barcelona on Thursday to demand the right to vote on a potential split from Spain, their ambitions boosted by an independence referendum scheduled for next week in Scotland.
Friday, September 12th 2014 - 03:37 UTC
Emilio Botin, “El presidente” and the 'unofficial king of Spain'

Emilio Botin, “El Presidente” to co-workers and the third generation of Botins to run Santander, was at the forefront of a drive to create global banks, offering a one-stop shop to multinational companies and a range of services to consumers.
Tuesday, September 9th 2014 - 04:36 UTC
A hundred Spanish fishing vessels return to Moroccan waters

Representatives of the European Union (EU) and Morocco that make up the Joint Committee managed to solve all the practical issues which have been pending since the bilateral fisheries agreement was signed and that prevented the African country from issuing the fishing licenses.