The Rock’s government said that by 7.30am “a huge queue” had formed at the border after Spanish guards insisted on stamping the passports of those with Gibraltar residency cards.

Spain will soon impose a hard border on Gibraltar because there is no Brexit deal for the Rock, authorities on the British territory have warned. Gibraltar’s government has told residents they ...

Keir Starmer has been told he must not surrender Gibraltar, after Spain’s foreign minister re-opened the contentious debate over the rock’s sovereignty. Speaking to BBC Newsnight, the country’s ...

This year marks the 300th anniversary of Gibraltar's capture from Spain. But the sovereignty of the Rock, off the coast of southern Spain, remains a highly sensitive and politically contentious issue.

The robust response reasserted the Rock’s right to self-determination ... possible,” the statement read. The Gibraltar Government dismissed Spain’s official stance as baseless, citing ...

UK on Alert as Investigation Launched after Spain Sends Fighter Jets Toward Gibraltar Without Warning. Stock image of EAV-8B ...

The Rock territory will also have to follow ... The tension began in 1704 when an Anglo-Dutch force captured Gibraltar from Spain during the war of the Spanish succession. The territory was ...

One of the shadows on the Rock these days is that it is linked to Spain by a narrow isthmus. Gibraltar once belonged to Spain — for 251 years, in fact. Now Spain wants it back, under terms ...

When in southern Spain, I can't resist popping into the British colony of Gibraltar. Gibraltar is hardly signposted in Spain, as if Spain wishes the British colony didn't exist. (Drivers follow ...

including keeping Gibraltar's land border to Spain open in late 2022, and ensuring the free flow of people. Spain ceded the outpost, famed for its towering rock, to Britain in 1713 but has long ...

Essentially the Rock became a British territory ... entrance to the Mediterranean is unrivalled, so Gibraltar was for many years fought over by Spain, France and Britain, which all claimed possession.