Tag: Spain

• Saturday, August 3rd 2013 - 02:38 UTC

  Foreign Office summons Spanish ambassador over delays at Gibraltar border

  

  The Spanish Ambassador in London was summoned to the Foreign Office in relation to delays at the Gibraltar border this weekend.

• Friday, August 2nd 2013 - 03:39 UTC

  Rajoy admits in Parliament mishandling corruption scandal, but won’t resign

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy apologised on Thursday for mishandling a major corruption scandal, but denied he or his conservative People's Party, PP, accepted illegal payments and rejected opposition calls to step down.

• Thursday, August 1st 2013 - 03:08 UTC

  Gibraltar’s artificial reef anticipates tougher times ahead for relations with Spain

  

  The Spanish Ministry for Agriculture, Food and Environment has filed a complaint over Gibraltar’s artificial reef at the office of Spain’s environmental prosecutor, a section of the state’s prosecution service that specialises in investigating environmental offences.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2013 - 16:54 UTC

  Slightly encouraging signs from the EU in employment and manufacturing

  

  The number of unemployed in the Euro-zone has fallen, slightly, for the first time since April 2011. The fall in June came amid brightening economic prospects, suggesting an end to the bloc’s stubborn recession.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2013 - 16:34 UTC

  The Times comes strongly in support of Gibraltar’s wish to be ruled from Britain

  

  An editorial entitled ‘Spain should respect Gibraltarians’ wish to be ruled from Britain’ The Times on Tuesday sent one of its firmest views expressed in recent decades calling on Spain to form their policies around the concept of consent.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2013 - 04:56 UTC

  Spain warns Hague that it will continue to enforce strict Gibraltar border checks

  

  Foreign Affairs minister José Manuel García-Margallo has told his UK counterpart, William Hague that Spain will continue to enforce strict Gibraltar border checks “whenever necessary” because this was in line with Madrid’s EU obligations and that Guardia Civil officers were searching for contraband.

• Monday, July 29th 2013 - 05:57 UTC

  Gibraltar blasts Spain over incident and calls for upgrade or Royal Navy engagement rules

  

  Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo Governor Sir Adrian Johns said Spain had no right to interfere with activities in British Gibraltar territorial waters and called for an upgrade of Royal Navy engagement rules.

• Saturday, July 27th 2013 - 19:55 UTC

  Bay of Gibraltar ‘naval’ battle over artificial reef that prevents Spanish fishing

  

  Drivers were forced to queue for hours in blistering heat as Spain tightened its border controls with Gibraltar in the wake of the standoff at sea on Thursday.

• Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 21:01 UTC

  PM Cameron reassures Gibraltar “no compromise on sovereignty”, following shooting incident

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron has told Chief Minister Fabian Picardo that Britain “will not compromise on sovereignty” in the face of Spanish incursions into British Gibraltar territorial waters.

• Tuesday, July 16th 2013 - 17:03 UTC

  Spain formally apologizes for the air incident involving Bolivian president Morales

  

  Angel Vásquez, Spain's ambassador in La Paz, has delivered a letter to the Bolivian foreign ministry apologising for the aerial incident that forced Evo Morales to make an unscheduled stop in Vienna.