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    • 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
    • Friday, 9 August, 2019
      Iran
      British guards pulled from Gulf ships over Iran capture fears

      Seizure of UK tanker prompts security groups to remove UK citizens from vessels

    • Friday, 5 July, 2019
      Iran
      Supertanker seizure triggers fresh stand-off between Iran and west

      Tehran describes assault as ‘illegal’ as Spain says US asked Britain to take action

      A British Royal Navy ship (back R) patrols near supertanker Grace 1 suspected of carrying crude oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions after it was detained off the coast of Gibraltar on July 4, 2019. - Authorities did not say where the oil came from but specialised shipping trade publication Lloyd's List said the Panamanian-flagged tanker was thought to be transporting crude from Iran. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)JORGE GUERRERO/AFP/Getty Images
    • Thursday, 4 July, 2019
      Syrian crisis
      Britain seizes tanker suspected of carrying oil to Syria

      Royal Marines and Gibraltar police act after possible breach of EU sanctions

      A view of the Grace 1 super tanker i near a Royal Marine patrol vessel in the British territory of Gibraltar, Thursday, July 4, 2019. Spain's acting foreign minister says a tanker stopped off Gibraltar and suspected of taking oil to Syria was intercepted by British authorities after a request from the United States. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)
    • Thursday, 4 July, 2019
      Syrian crisis1 min
      Oil tanker bound for Syria seized in Gibraltar

      Royal Marines and Gibraltar police act after possible breach of EU sanctions

    • Monday, 25 February, 2019
      Residential
      Five reasons to live in Gibraltar

      This low-tax enclave adds Mediterranean and African twists to a British sensibility

      The famous "Rock" of Gibraltar as seen from the Mediterranean coast of Southern Spain.
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