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Gibraltar tensions

  • Thursday, 12 June, 2025
    Gibraltar
    Goods for Gibraltar must pass through Spain under post-Brexit deal

    The Rock will also raise sales tax to avoid unfair competition

    Workers cross the border from Spain to Gibraltar
  • Wednesday, 11 June, 2025
    UK to let Spain check Gibraltar passports in deal with EU

    Agreement in effect makes territory part of Schengen free-travel zone and ends years of post-Brexit uncertainty

    Two tourists cross the border to leave Gibraltar and enter Spain
  • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
    The Big Read
    The last Brexit deal? Gibraltar fears a hard border with Spain

    A power struggle in Madrid threatens to dash the UK territory’s hopes for a golden age of closer ties with the EU

    Border between Gibraltar and Spain
  • Friday, 24 March, 2023
    Brexit
    Passport rift between UK and Spain leaves Gibraltar in limbo

    Spain insists its police force must be allowed to do passport checks at British territory’s airport

    Backdropped by the Gibraltar rock, a woman crosses the Gibraltar airport runway
  • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
    Gibraltar talks with UK cannot be ‘eternal’, says Spain

    Foreign ministers stress progress on territory’s post-Brexit status but differences remain

    The Gibraltar border seen from the Spanish side
  • Tuesday, 5 October, 2021
    EU moves to reduce Gibraltar border tensions with UK

    Member states reject Commission proposal to have Spanish police stationed at British territory’s port and airport

    Police officers patrol the border between Spain and Gibraltar at La Linea de la Concepción
  • Tuesday, 20 July, 2021
    Brexit
    EU stance on Gibraltar talks provokes UK anger

    Raab says Brussels’ draft mandate undermines sovereignty and violates terms agreed with Spain

    People at the airport in front of the Rock of Gibraltar
  • Thursday, 31 December, 2020
    Brexit
    Spain and UK agree deal to keep Gibraltar land border open

    Agreement will in effect make Gibraltar part of the EU’s Schengen free-movement area

  • Tuesday, 29 December, 2020
    Gibraltar
    Gibraltar and Spain seek Brexit deal to avoid hard border

    Negotiations have stalled over how frontier between British territory and EU will be policed

  • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
    Brexit
    Spain and Gibraltar seek last-minute Brexit deal

    Keeping free movement would give British territory closer ties to EU than when it was part of bloc

    Gibraltar border crossing
  • Thursday, 31 January, 2019
    Brexit
    Gibraltar to be designated ‘Crown colony’ in EU law for no-deal Brexit

    Anger in London at ‘completely inappropriate’ language in proposed legislation

    GIBRALTAR, GIBRALTAR - SEPTEMBER 12: A couple walk up steps painted like the British flag on September 12, 2018 in Gibraltar, Gibraltar. As the date for the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union approaches, the effects of Brexit on the self-governing 6.8 square-kilometre enclave, whose 34,000 residents voted 96 percent to remain and is already outside the EU customs union, remains still unclear. A British territory for 300 years, which has a land border with Spain, has a $2.9 billion services economy which heavily relies on frontier workers coming from Spain for about 50 percent of its labour force. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
  • Saturday, 24 November, 2018
    Brexit
    Spain seals deal with EU and UK on Gibraltar

    Agreement paves way for leaders to approve Britain’s Brexit deal at Brussels summit

    Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez delivers a speech at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says Spain will agree to support the Brexit deal after Britain and the European Union agreed to give it a say in the future of the disputed British territory of Gibraltar. (AP Photo/Paul White)
  • Friday, 23 November, 2018
    Brexit
    Spain stands firm on Gibraltar ahead of Brexit summit

    Madrid threatens to scupper deal without written guarantees covering disputed territory

    TV OUT. ALL BROADCAST WEBSITES OUT. No cropping permitted. Picture must be credited to BBC News. We are advised that videograbs should not be used more than 48 hours after the time of original transmission, without the consent of the copyright holder. Video grab taken from BBC News of Prime Minister Theresa May taking calls on the BBC News Channel and BBC Radio 5 Live in a special programme presented by Emma Barnett. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday November 23, 2018. See PA story POLITICS Brexit. Photo credit should read: BBC News/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: Not for use more than 21 days after issue. You may use this picture without charge only for the purpose of publicising or reporting on current BBC programming, personnel or other BBC output or activity within 21 days of issue. Any use after that time MUST be cleared through BBC Picture Publicity. Please credit the image to the BBC and any named photographer or independent programme maker, as described in the caption.
  • Friday, 23 November, 2018
    Brexit
    Spain seeking clarity from UK on Gibraltar ahead of Brexit summit
  • Friday, 23 November, 2018
    The State of Britain
    Rock and a hard place — Gibraltar stands in way of Brexit deal

    Territory on Spain’s southern coast is an almost permanent bone of contention between London and Madrid

    File photo dated 20/08/13 of the Rock of Gibraltar, as Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, has said his country will vote against the divorce agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom if Gibraltar's future is not considered a bilateral issue between Madrid and London. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday November 20, 2018. See PA story SPAIN Brexit. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire
  • Wednesday, 21 November, 2018
    Brexit
    Theresa May seeks to resolve last blocks on Brexit deal

    Splits on Gibraltar and fishing as PM opens talks with Juncker on future partnership

  • Tuesday, 20 November, 2018
    Brexit
    Spain threatens to veto draft Brexit deal over concerns about Gibraltar
  • Friday, 19 October, 2018
    Brexit
    UK and Spain reach Brexit deal on Gibraltar

    Agreement leaves details to be thrashed out but removes threat to broader EU negotiations

    HANDOUT - 18 October 2018, Belgium, Brussels: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (R) talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May during a meeting on the sidelines of the summit of the European Union. Photo: Fernando Calvo/La Moncloa/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full
  • Friday, 12 October, 2018
    Brexit
    UK in final Brexit talks with Spain over future of Gibraltar

    Negotiations hampered by last-minute disagreements about taxes, cigarettes and the border

    A man waves the Union Jack flag at Casemates square during the Gibraltar National Day celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of the referendum, in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, historically claimed by Spain, September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
  • Monday, 17 September, 2018
    Personal & Household Goods
    Spain seeks tougher legal guarantees on Gibraltar in Brexit deal

    Demand for ‘protocol’ on disputed territory risks further complicating negotiations

  • Sunday, 25 February, 2018
    Brexit
    Spain sets Brexit challenge with Gibraltar demands

    Foreign minister calls for joint management of airport and deal this year

  • Tuesday, 19 December, 2017
    Brexit
    Gibraltar looms large as Brexit sticking point

    London and Madrid must reach deal so Rock can be covered by transition, says Brussels

    GIBRALTAR - JUNE 24:  The limestone Rock of Gibraltar stands on June 24, 2016 in Gibraltar. Gibraltar is a British dependent territory that profits from tourism, finance and its shipyard.  (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
  • Wednesday, 3 May, 2017
    Brexit
    Spain sets sights on Gibraltar model in Brexit talks

    Madrid likely to target incentives that have drawn financial services to UK territory

    GIBRALTAR - APRIL 04: (L-R) Flags of the United Kingdom, Gibraltar and the European Union are flown while the Gibraltar Rock is seen on the back at the Spain-Gibraltar border on April 4, 2017 in Gibraltar, Gibraltar. Tensions have risen over Brexit negotiations for the Rock of Gibraltar. The European Council has said Gibraltar would be included in a trade deal between London and Brussels only with the agreement of Spain. While former Conservative leader Michael Howard claimed that Theresa May would be prepared to go to war to protect the territory. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
  • Monday, 3 April, 2017
    The FT ViewBrexit
    A small outcrop reminds Britain of Brexit’s perils

    Gibraltar is unlikely to break EU talks, but this is just the beginning

    British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson takes part in a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium March 31, 2017.  REUTERS/Yves Herman
  • Monday, 3 April, 2017
    The State of BritainJames Blitz
    Why Britain will be tested over Gibraltar

    Brexit was always going to damage delicate relationship between the Rock and Spain

    GIBRALTAR - JUNE 24: The limestone Rock of Gibraltar stands on June 24, 2016 in Gibraltar. Gibraltar is a British dependent territory that profits from tourism, finance and its shipyard. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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