Tag: Spain

Tuesday, August 20th 2013 - 21:27 UTC
UK rejects Spain proposal for one-on-one talks on Gibraltar sovereignty

Britain rejected a Spanish proposal to hold one-on-one talks over the sovereignty of the contested British overseas territory (BOT) of Gibraltar after Spain issued an appeal for such negotiations to be held “as soon as possible”.
Tuesday, August 20th 2013 - 21:17 UTC
Garcia-Margallo column in the WSJ: “We need to talk about Gibraltar”

The following column was published on Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal displaying the Spanish position in the current dispute with Gibraltar and the border controls.
The column is credited to Jose Manuel García-Margallo who is Spain’s Foreign minister.
Monday, August 19th 2013 - 13:04 UTC
Quadripartite admits talks with Spain but with Gibraltar having voice, vote and veto, says opposition

Gibraltar opposition Leader Daniel Feetham has urged a cooling down of the language in the row with Spain and confirmed that the GSD Opposition would agree to quadripartite talks with Spain so long as the Gibraltar delegation retained its own separate voice, vote and veto.
Monday, August 19th 2013 - 12:52 UTC
Margaret Thatcher documents: King Juan Carlos in no rush to recover Gibraltar because of Morocco threat

Spain’s King Juan Carlos told Margaret Thatcher’s most senior official at least twice that “it was not in fact in the interests of Spain to recover Gibraltar soon, even if it were possible.” Instead he agreed with the United Kingdom that it was for Spain to make herself attractive to the Gibraltarian people.
Thursday, August 15th 2013 - 13:35 UTC
Malvinas/Gibraltar in Garcia Margallo’s agenda when he visits Argentina and meets Timerman

Spain’s Foreign affairs ministry Director General Ignacio Ibañez confirmed that Spain’s Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo, would raise Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands with his Argentine counterpart, Hector Timerman, during a visit to Buenos Aires in early September.
Thursday, August 15th 2013 - 03:20 UTC
UK likely to win at EU court the Gibraltar border ‘excessive checks’ case

Britain is likely to win a case against Spain over the imposition of excessive border queues and could get an interim order to ease the controls from the European Court of Justice said Professor Damian Chalmers an expert in EU law at LSE and who is a Jean Monnet Chair and was editor of the European Law Review and EU Jurist.
Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 20:16 UTC
EU climbs out of 18-month recession led by Germany and France, but still fragile

European stock markets mostly rose on Wednesday after official data showed that the Euro zone had finally escaped from a record 18-month recession. The Euro-zone climbed out of recession with surprisingly strong growth of 0.3 percent in the second quarter led by Germany and France, announced the European Union.
Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 03:32 UTC
Gibraltar will challenge “misleading versions propagated” by the Spanish media on the situation

The Gibraltar Government said it appreciated the “huge” level of support for Gibraltar from UK, European and Spanish parliamentarians, and announced the launching of a media operation to reverse the ‘bought-in’ misleading versions propagated by the Spanish government on the current situation.
Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 03:29 UTC
UN advisor criticizes Spain’s ‘double standard’ on Gibraltar when it comes to Ceuta and Melilla

A political adviser on Arab affairs at the UN in New York said Spain operated “double standards” by dismissing Moroccan sovereignty claims over Ceuta and Melilla as unfounded while pursuing its own claim over Gibraltar.
Tuesday, August 13th 2013 - 02:27 UTC
UK warns Spain with legal action over the tight controls at the Gibraltar border

Britain warned Spain it might take legal action to try to force Madrid to abandon tighter controls at the border with the contested British overseas territory of Gibraltar in what it called an “unprecedented” step against a European ally.