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Gibraltar

  • Wednesday, 9 July, 2025
    Money laundering
    EU to remove UAE and Gibraltar from money laundering ‘grey’ list

    Gulf state had raised the issue in trade talks with Brussels

    Skyscrapers on the Dubai city skyline
  • Thursday, 12 June, 2025
    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
    Gibraltar tensions
    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
  • Saturday, 31 August, 2024
    FT Magazine
    Between the Rock and a hard deal

    Post-Brexit negotiations continue to complicate life on both sides of the border between Gibraltar and Spain

  • Friday, 12 April, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why Gibraltar is the last big unresolved problem of Brexit Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Are the EU’s emergency energy measures becoming obsolete?

    the Rock of Gibralta, in the British territory of Gibraltar.
  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    News in-depth
    Tobacco smuggling to Spain stokes resentment over Gibraltar

    Boats of contraband cigarettes are major irritant as British territory hangs in post-Brexit limbo

    People in Spain ride bikes with Gibraltar in background
  • Friday, 7 July, 2023
    Cryptocurrencies
    Gibraltar political elite are among creditors of Globix

    High-profile figures who have lost money in collapsed crypto trader include former chief minister Peter Caruana

    The Rock of Gibraltar near Spain’s border
  • 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 tensions
    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
    Gibraltar tensions
    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
  • Friday, 19 March, 2021
    EU state aid
    Brussels sues Britain over tax breaks in Gibraltar

    European Commission’s move highlights determination to pursue disputes dating to before Brexit

  • Thursday, 18 March, 2021
    UK immigration
    Critics round on UK’s ‘firm but fair’ asylum shake-up

    Gibraltar and Isle of Man deny reports they are being lined up as potential processing centres

  • 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 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, 13 February, 2020
    Interview
    Spain welcomes post-Brexit chance for Gibraltar talks with UK

    Madrid interested in pragmatic accords with territory, says foreign minister

    Spain's newly appointed Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya gives a speech during a ceremony in Madrid, on January 13, 2020. - Spain's socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez promised that his new minority coalition with the radical left Podemos party was heading in the same direction, despite past differences between the two parties. (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO / AFP) (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO/AFP via Getty Images)
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2019
    News in-depthBrexit
    Gibraltar’s cross-border workers braced for no-deal Brexit

    Focus on Irish border obscures concerns on Britain’s other EU frontier

    GIBRALTAR, GIBRALTAR - SEPTEMBER 11: People cross the frontier from Spain into Gibraltar viewed from Spain on September 11, 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)
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2019
    Brexit
    Yellowhammer document sets out potential damage of no-deal Brexit

    Government foresees possible days-long delays at ports and shortages of food, medicine and fuel

    A man passes an electronic billboard displaying a British government Brexit information awareness campaign advertisement in London, Britain, September 11, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville.
  • Sunday, 18 August, 2019
    Iran
    Gibraltar rejects US legal bid to seize Iranian tanker

    Renamed vessel leaves territory after Washington fails in last-ditch move to hold it

    Renamed Adrian Aryra 1 super tanker hosting an Iranian flag sails in the waters in the British territory of Gibraltar, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Authorities in Gibraltar on Sunday rejected the United States' latest request not to release a seized Iranian supertanker, clearing the way for the vessel to set sail after being detained last month for allegedly attempting to breach European Union sanctions on Syria. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)
  • Sunday, 18 August, 2019
    ExplainerBrexit
    Leaked Brexit preparedness document paints stark picture

    Disruption expected to range from trade and data-sharing to fishing and citizens’ rights

    FILE PHOTO: A lorry is driven past dozens of others parked after travelling by ferry between Britain and France at the Port of Dover, Britain, February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
  • Saturday, 17 August, 2019
    Middle East
    US reveals seizure warrant for Iranian tanker

    Justice department claims oil shipment is part of sales scheme to finance Tehran’s military

    Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 sits anchored, with its name and Panama's flag removed, after the Supreme Court of the British territory lifted its detention order, in the Strait of Gibraltar, southern Spain, August 16, 2019. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
  • Thursday, 15 August, 2019
    Iran
    Gibraltar releases Iranian tanker despite US legal moves

    Court in British overseas territory rules that Grace 1 tanker seized last month is free to leave

    Grace 1 has been detained in Gibraltar since British commandos and local police detained it on July 4 over suspicions it was planning to deliver Iranian crude to Syria in violation of EU sanctions
  • Thursday, 15 August, 2019
    Iran
    Gibraltar to rule on detention of Iran tanker

    The vessel is at the centre of a stand-off between the Islamic republic and Britain

    A Spanish Civil Guard boat sails past Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 as it sits anchored after it was seized in July by British Royal Marines off the coast of the British Mediterranean territory on suspicion of violating sanctions against Syria, in the Strait of Gibraltar, southern Spain August 13, 2019. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
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