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Spain warns of permanent hard border with Gibraltar after ... - MSN
Spain warned Britain it faces a permanent hard border on Gibraltar on Friday after imposing surprise checks on the Rock’s frontier that resulted in “huge” queues. Madrid has heaped pressure ...
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A no-deal on Gibraltar will hurt Spain, says border town mayor - MSN
A no-deal result in Brexit talks over Gibraltar will hurt Spain, forcing its workers to endure 14-hour queues to get to their jobs on the Rock, the mayor of a Spanish border town has warned. Juan ...
Spain ceded Gibraltar to Britain in 1713 but never relinquished its claim to it. Gen. Francisco Franco, the Spanish dictator, shut the border in 1969 and it didn’t fully reopen until 1985.
Spain and Britain have reached a historic deal to resolve side issues stemming from their 300-year-old dispute over Gibraltar, but sidestepped the main one — their claims to the Rock’s ...
Spain, Britain and the European Union agreed on Dec. 31, 2020, hours before Britain's full exit from the bloc, that Gibraltar would remain part of EU agreements, such as the Schengen Area, and ...
Flags of the Union Jack, Gibraltar and the Commonwealth wave at half mast in front of the Rock of Gibraltar following the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, in Gibraltar, September 9, 2022.
Spain shut its gates on the solitary crossing with Gibraltar in 1969, fully reopening them in 1985 ahead of it joining the EU's predecessor, the European Economic Community, the following year.
Over the centuries, the conflict has taken the form of a handful of failed sieges, a 1960s appeal by Spain to the U.N. to include Gibraltar in its decolonization measures, and endless expressions ...
Spain took its problem to the U.N. Special Committee on Colonialism, and in its report last October the committee suggested that Britain and Spain engage in private talks about Gibraltar. Within ...
But appearances can be deceptive. Look beneath the Rock, and Gibraltar reveals itself as a rather clubby barristocracy that keeps bumping into itself. Business-funded corporate regulator the Financial ...
People cross the Gibraltar airport runway towards the border crossing with Spain, backdropped by the Gibraltar rock, in Gibraltar, Friday, March 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) GIBRALTAR (AP) — ...
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