Tag: Spain

• Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 19:04 UTC

  Spain committed to best UK relations but asks for Gibraltar sovereignty talks

  

  Spain has formally asked Britain to reopen talks over the sovereignty of Gibraltar. The petition was made by Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Garcia-Margallo shortly after UK Europe Minister David Lidington told an audience in Madrid that Britain would not discuss sovereignty against Gibraltar’s wishes.

• Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 06:16 UTC

  UK warns Argentina on cutting off the air link of Falklands with South America

  

  Britain warned Argentina against cutting off an air link to the Falklands as part of an economic blockade of the Islands, reports the Evening Standard. Buenos Aires is threatening to stop a weekly flight from Punta Arenas in Chile to Port Stanley by refusing permission for it to use Argentine airspace.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2012 - 21:41 UTC

  UK tells Spain: sovereignty negotiations only if Gibraltar so wishes

  

  Britain would only enter into sovereignty negotiations with Spain if Gibraltar was happy for it to do so, Europe Minister David Lidington told the House of Commons this week

• Wednesday, February 1st 2012 - 07:09 UTC

  Spanair files for voluntary bankruptcy; strands tens of thousands of passengers

  

  Spanish carrier Spanair filed for voluntary bankruptcy Monday, officials said, three days after abruptly stopping all flights and stranding tens of thousands of passengers.

• Monday, January 30th 2012 - 09:37 UTC

  Over five million Spaniards out of a job; recession forecasted in 2012 first quarter

  

  Spain’s unemployment total has passed the five million mark, with the jobless rate shooting up from 21.5% to 22.8%, which represents something like one out of four workers don’t have a job.

• Monday, January 30th 2012 - 09:20 UTC

  Gibraltar Tripartite dialogue dead, announces Spanish Vice president

  

  Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Margallo has sent a letter to his UK counterpart William Hague responding to Prime Minister David Cameron’s remarks on self-determination.

• Saturday, January 28th 2012 - 10:11 UTC

  Fitch downgrades Italy and Spain ratings; Milan police raid agencies offices

  

  The credit ratings of Italy, Spain and three other Euro-area countries were cut by Fitch Ratings, which said the five nations lack financing flexibility in the face of the regional debt crisis.

• Friday, January 27th 2012 - 11:18 UTC

  Foreign Office has not discussed Gibraltar with new Spanish government

  

  Foreign Office Ministers have not discussed Gibraltar with the new Spanish Government, a Foreign Office spokesman said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 20:41 UTC

  Gibraltar “joke time over” Spanish minister tells Foreign Secretary Hague

  

  “This joke is over” Jose Garcia-Margallo, Spanish Foreign Minister told his British counterpart William Hague this week regarding the Gibraltar sovereignty dispute.

• Monday, January 23rd 2012 - 16:32 UTC

  Spain’s central banks says economy forecasted to shrink 1.5% in 2012

  

  Spain’s economy contracted in the fourth quarter and will shrink 1.5% this year, the Bank of Spain estimated, undermining government efforts to cut the budget deficit amid the second recession in two years.