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    • 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 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
      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
    • 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
      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, 31 January, 2019
      Brexit
      Gibraltar to be designated ‘Crown colony’ in EU law for no-deal Brexit

      Anger in London at ‘completely inappropriate’ language in proposed legislation

      GIBRALTAR, GIBRALTAR - SEPTEMBER 12: A couple walk up steps painted like the British flag on September 12, 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)
    • Saturday, 24 November, 2018
      Brexit
      Spain seals deal with EU and UK on Gibraltar

      Agreement paves way for leaders to approve Britain’s Brexit deal at Brussels summit

      Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez delivers a speech at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says Spain will agree to support the Brexit deal after Britain and the European Union agreed to give it a say in the future of the disputed British territory of Gibraltar. (AP Photo/Paul White)
    • Friday, 23 November, 2018
      Brexit
      Spain stands firm on Gibraltar ahead of Brexit summit

      Madrid threatens to scupper deal without written guarantees covering disputed territory

      TV OUT. ALL BROADCAST WEBSITES OUT. No cropping permitted. Picture must be credited to BBC News. We are advised that videograbs should not be used more than 48 hours after the time of original transmission, without the consent of the copyright holder. Video grab taken from BBC News of Prime Minister Theresa May taking calls on the BBC News Channel and BBC Radio 5 Live in a special programme presented by Emma Barnett. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday November 23, 2018. See PA story POLITICS Brexit. Photo credit should read: BBC News/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: Not for use more than 21 days after issue. You may use this picture without charge only for the purpose of publicising or reporting on current BBC programming, personnel or other BBC output or activity within 21 days of issue. Any use after that time MUST be cleared through BBC Picture Publicity. Please credit the image to the BBC and any named photographer or independent programme maker, as described in the caption.
    • Friday, 23 November, 2018
      Brexit
      Spain seeking clarity from UK on Gibraltar ahead of Brexit summit
    • Friday, 23 November, 2018
      Britain after Brexit
      Rock and a hard place — Gibraltar stands in way of Brexit deal

      Territory on Spain’s southern coast is an almost permanent bone of contention between London and Madrid

      File photo dated 20/08/13 of the Rock of Gibraltar, as Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, has said his country will vote against the divorce agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom if Gibraltar's future is not considered a bilateral issue between Madrid and London. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday November 20, 2018. See PA story SPAIN Brexit. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire
    • Wednesday, 21 November, 2018
      Brexit
      Theresa May seeks to resolve last blocks on Brexit deal

      Splits on Gibraltar and fishing as PM opens talks with Juncker on future partnership

    • Tuesday, 20 November, 2018
      Brexit
      Spain threatens to veto draft Brexit deal over concerns about Gibraltar
    • Friday, 19 October, 2018
      Brexit
      UK and Spain reach Brexit deal on Gibraltar

      Agreement leaves details to be thrashed out but removes threat to broader EU negotiations

      HANDOUT - 18 October 2018, Belgium, Brussels: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (R) talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May during a meeting on the sidelines of the summit of the European Union. Photo: Fernando Calvo/La Moncloa/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full
    • Friday, 12 October, 2018
      Brexit
      UK in final Brexit talks with Spain over future of Gibraltar

      Negotiations hampered by last-minute disagreements about taxes, cigarettes and the border

      A man waves the Union Jack flag at Casemates square during the Gibraltar National Day celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of the referendum, in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, historically claimed by Spain, September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
    • Monday, 17 September, 2018
      Personal & Household Goods
      Spain seeks tougher legal guarantees on Gibraltar in Brexit deal

      Demand for ‘protocol’ on disputed territory risks further complicating negotiations

    • Sunday, 25 February, 2018
      Brexit
      Spain sets Brexit challenge with Gibraltar demands

      Foreign minister calls for joint management of airport and deal this year

    • Tuesday, 19 December, 2017
      Brexit
      Gibraltar looms large as Brexit sticking point

      London and Madrid must reach deal so Rock can be covered by transition, says Brussels

      GIBRALTAR - JUNE 24:  The limestone Rock of Gibraltar stands on June 24, 2016 in Gibraltar. Gibraltar is a British dependent territory that profits from tourism, finance and its shipyard.  (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
    • Wednesday, 3 May, 2017
      Brexit
      Spain sets sights on Gibraltar model in Brexit talks

      Madrid likely to target incentives that have drawn financial services to UK territory

      GIBRALTAR - APRIL 04: (L-R) Flags of the United Kingdom, Gibraltar and the European Union are flown while the Gibraltar Rock is seen on the back at the Spain-Gibraltar border on April 4, 2017 in Gibraltar, Gibraltar. Tensions have risen over Brexit negotiations for the Rock of Gibraltar. The European Council has said Gibraltar would be included in a trade deal between London and Brussels only with the agreement of Spain. While former Conservative leader Michael Howard claimed that Theresa May would be prepared to go to war to protect the territory. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
    • Monday, 3 April, 2017
      The FT ViewBrexit
      A small outcrop reminds Britain of Brexit’s perils

      Gibraltar is unlikely to break EU talks, but this is just the beginning

      British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson takes part in a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium March 31, 2017.  REUTERS/Yves Herman
    • Monday, 3 April, 2017
      Britain after BrexitJames Blitz
      Why Britain will be tested over Gibraltar

      Brexit was always going to damage delicate relationship between the Rock and Spain

      GIBRALTAR - JUNE 24: The limestone Rock of Gibraltar stands on June 24, 2016 in Gibraltar. Gibraltar is a British dependent territory that profits from tourism, finance and its shipyard. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
    • Monday, 3 April, 2017
      Brexit
      May promises ‘jaw-jaw’ with Spain to solve Gibraltar differences

      Prime minister seeks to defuse tensions, laughs off talk of war

      In this Wednesday, March 1, 2017 photo, a Barbary macaque, the only free-roaming monkeys in Europe pauses, with the Rock of Gibraltar looming in the background, in the British territory of Gibraltar. As Gibraltar braces itself to be dragged out of the European Union along with the United Kingdom, the livelihoods of nearly 300,000 people living in an economic region spanning two countries, have been thrown up in the air. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
    • Sunday, 2 April, 2017
      News in-depthBrexit
      UK stranded between the Rock and a hard place

      Flare up over Gibraltar represents early skirmish in unprecedented talks with EU

      GIBRALTAR - JUNE 24: The limestone Rock of Gibraltar stands on June 24, 2016 in Gibraltar. Gibraltar is a British dependent territory that profits from tourism, finance and its shipyard. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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