Spanish state vessels have unlawfully entered British waters around Gibraltar more than 600 times since start of 2013 Spanish government vessels have unlawfully entered British territorial waters around Gibraltar more than 600 times since the start of 2013, according to official figures. There were 496 incursions in 2013 and 112 in the first three months of 2014, the figures disclosed by the British...
Envoy called in for fourth time in row over artificial reef, with minister describing latest incident as a 'provocative incursion' Britain has summoned the Spanish ambassador following the "provocative incursion" by a ship into Gibraltan waters on Tuesday. David Lidington, the Europe minister, said he was extremely concerned that a Spanish research vessel conducted a survey in UK territorial...
British territory says 'serious incursion' into its waters 'will not assist in de-escalating present tensions' Gibraltar has accused Spain of breaching British sovereignty by sending divers to inspect an artificial reef in Gibraltarian coastal waters. The police divers took photographs of themselves holding a Spanish flag and examining the underwater concrete blocks of the reef. ...
Royal Navy warship HMS Westminster arrived in Gibraltar on Monday morning, 24 hours after Spanish boats staged a protest over fishing rights. HMS Westminster approached the port flanked by two smaller British vessels. It is officially visiting as part of a routine deployment in the Mediterranean, but its arrival will be seen as a show of support from London for Gibraltar in its increasingly acrimonious...
It began with a dispute over an artificial reef and fishing rights. But the tension between Spain and the British colony has turned into a challenge against its very existence. So what is the mood on the Rock? Fishermen protest over Gibraltar artificial reef in pictures Leoncio Fernández Ramos is much in demand. "Please make this quick," he says through a translator. "I don't...
I thought that it was this government's policy to try to forge closer links with Bric countries such as Brazil in order to boost trade. Didn't David Cameron only last September accompany Sir Anthony Bamford of JCB, a large Tory party donor, there to open his $100m factory ( Report , 28 September)? Didn't he say, "Here we are in JCB, a great British brand now expanding in Brazil. That's going...
s patrol boat, HMS Sabre, shadowed the Spanish navy ship. Warnings were issued to the Spanish vessel, which is said to have used a fake name and call sign, but it left only after radioing back that it was in Spanish waters, the Gibraltar Chronicle reported. According to the newspaper, special forces personnel from the Royal Navy's Submarine Parachute Assistance Group were carrying out training jumps...
s warning appears to be directed at Catalan nationalists pushing for their own independence referendum Scotland would immediately be ejected from the European Union were it to vote for independence in the forthcoming referendum, according to the Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, in comments clearly directed at Catalan nationalists who want the right to hold their own vote on secession from Spain....
s official correspondence after its officials opened two government bags at the border with Gibraltar last week, MPs have been told. David Lidington, minister of state for Europe , told the Commons the incident was serious but Britain trusts the Spanish authorities will not worsen the situation by doing it again. "We take any infringement of these principles very seriously," he said. "The UK strictly...
s rights under the Vienna convention," said the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). "Diplomatic bags are inviolable. We take very seriously any reported abuse of the protocol surrounding use of the diplomatic bag." According to the Gibraltar Chronicle, Spanish Guardia Civil officers searched a sealed diplomatic bag as it was being taken from Gibraltar to Spain by a courier last Friday. The contents...
s orders to leave Britain is to summon Spain's ambassador after what it described as a "provocative incursion" into Gibraltar's territorial waters by a Spanish vessel, in the latest round in the war of words over the British outpost. The Foreign Office said on Tuesday that a Spanish government research ship had entered Gibraltarian waters on Monday and refused orders from the Royal Navy to leave. The...
s fishermen, one of the strongest and loudest fishing lobbies in Europe. The UK dispatched a Royal Navy warship as Spanish trawlers converged on the waters around Gibraltar to protest. Gibraltar and Britain then accused Spain of deliberately creating chaos at the border crossing through mass checks on travellers and commuters. EU officials concerned themselves not with the marine dispute but with the...
t have anticipated that our research topic would suddenly acquire such political relevance: it was a first for a British historian (Sam) and a Spanish historian (Lino) to join forces to investigate the role of ocean science in Gibraltar's diplomatic history, and soon it became apparent that it was a well-timed first. Events have evolved rapidly since last July when the Gibraltarian government dropped...
s speech came shortly after officials from the European commission completed a one-day visit to Gibraltar to inspect border controls. The team was in Gibraltar following complaints that Spanish border officials were causing lines of traffic to build up, making daily life a misery for people either side of the border. The six-person team carried out what it described as a "technical fact-finding mission"...
fact-finding mission' after summer dispute led to huge queues at Gibraltar border crossing Officials from the European Commission have begun inspecting border controls in Gibraltar following complaints of excessive delays caused by Spanish officials that led to a war of words with Britain. The EC team is carrying out what it described as a "technical fact-finding mission" in Gibraltar and La Línea,...
s representative in Gibraltar amid continuing tensions between London and Madrid over the future of the overseas territory. The Foreign Office announced on Thursday that Lieutenant General Sir James Dutton, who led British forces in Afghanistan, will be the new governor of the disputed territory. It said the move was planned "long ago, well in advance of any of the current difficulties we are experiencing"....
s National Day as tensions with Spain refuse to face away A cross-party delegation of British MPs will visit Gibraltar this week as it celebrates its National Day amid increased tensions with Spain. The milestone on 10 September, which commemorates the day in 1967 that the British Overseas Territory held its first referendum on British citizenship, comes as the diplomatic row with Spain over an artificial...
s chief minister, at Downing Street over ongoing border dispute with Spain Britain will always stand up for Gibraltar and its people, David Cameron has said. The prime minister held talks with Fabian Picardo, the British overseas territory's chief minister, at Downing Street and said the interests of Gibraltar...
Guardia Civil officers reportedly pelted with missiles and verbally abused by people waiting in long queues to leave the Rock Police in Gibraltar are investigating claims that Spanish Guardia Civil officers have been pelted with missiles and verbally abused by people waiting in long queues at the border to return to their homes in Spain. The Royal Gibraltar police said it had received unofficial reports...
s tensions between Gilbraltar and Spain are a will o' the wisp affair of taunts and insults, of which this picture is the latest surreal example. The unreality of this fantasia robs it of real bite. Defenders of Gibraltar and its right to lay down an artificial reef – the supposed provocation that has unleashed Spanish nationalism against one of Britain's lingering outposts – have expressed their rage...