David Cameron vows to defend Gibraltar . Mr Cameron met Fabian Picardo, Gibraltar’s chief minister, in Downing Street on Friday. Photo: LEWIS WHYLD/AFP By Fiona Govan, Madrid 3:21PM BST 30 Aug 2013 Gibraltar’s chief minister has warned that Spain’s bid… Read More ›
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Gibraltar chief says no chance of sovereignty talks with Spain / “a snowball’s chance in hell”
The Chief Minister of Gibraltar has said there is not “a snowball’s chance in hell” that Britain would grant Spain talks over the Rock’s sovereignty. By Fiona Govan, Gibraltar 11:51AM BST 22 Aug 2013 A day after Spain’s foreign minister… Read More ›
Gibraltar police ‘push out’ Spanish fishing boats during reef protest
Spanish fishermen stage Gibraltar artificial reef protest Spanish fishermen sailed into Gibraltar’s waters to stage a protest over an artificial reef that prevents them from fishing, the latest move in an escalating diplomatic row over the territory. By Fiona Govan,… Read More ›
Gibraltar tensions soar : London Mayor Boris Johnson implies War
Gibraltar tensions soar as UK threatens legal action over border checks and HMS Illustrious sets sail for Med Downing Street said it was considering the ‘unprecedented step’ against Spain Nigel Morris Monday, 12 August 2013 The Government today threatened legal… Read More ›
Gibraltar: Spain considers joint diplomatic offensive with Argentina over Falkland Islands
Spain is considering forging an anti-British alliance with Argentina, adopting its strategy over the Falklands Islands, as the diplomatic row over Gibraltar intensifies. Drivers wait in line along the road of the Gibraltar International airport to enter to Spain at… Read More ›
Spain vows to defend its Gibraltar interests while British fleet sails in (coincidentally, of course)
Mariano Rajoy says Britain should act with ‘common sense and good judgement’ Oliver Wright, Adam Withnall Friday, 9 August 2013 Spain will take “all legal measures” to protect its interests in its row with Gibraltar, its Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy… Read More ›
Britain sends rapid reaction force of warships to visit Gibraltar / Spain threatens to close part of its airspace to Britain
British navy warships to visit Gibraltar amid diplomatic row Exclusive: Britain has said a rapid reaction force of warships will visit Gibraltar on its way to naval exercises in the Mediterranean, even as the fierce diplomatic row over the disputed… Read More ›
Spain warns ‘the party is over’ as Gibraltar row escalates
UK Foreign Office warns ‘it will not compromise’ on Britain’s sovereignty over Gibraltar Heather Saul Sunday, 4 August 2013 The Foreign Office has said today that the UK “will not compromise” after the Spanish Government threatened to take a… Read More ›
Expat tycoon argues hatred of British weather makes him immune from divorce courts
The estranged wife of an expatriate property tycoon has failed in her bid to secure part of his fortune, after he successfully argued that his loathing of the British climate earned him immunity from the UK divorce courts. Ex-pat couple… Read More ›
MPs condemn Spanish ‘act of war’ over Gibraltar
Theo Usherwood Thursday, 13 December 2012 Spain was accused of an “act of war” today after its naval ships repeatedly entered the territorial waters of Gibraltar. Bob Stewart, Tory MP for Beckenham, said the British Government needed to “respond… Read More ›