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At the end of 2008, the European Commission included most of the territorial waters that surround Gibraltar under a marine conservation area known as the "Estrecho Oriental" that will be maintained by Spain. The UK initiated legal proceedings with the support of Gibraltar, which were initially rejected by the General Court on
On 28 December 2020, Spain's Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya, announced that cross-border workers who commute between Gibraltar and Spain will be exempt from Spanish border controls after Brexit, even if no agreement on free movement is reached with the United Kingdom.
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Apr 4, 2017 · Two years later, the UK formalised an official constitution for Gibraltar, handing autonomous self-government to the territory. In response, Spain, then under the rule of General Francisco...
Dec 31, 2020 · Spain and the UK have reached an agreement in principle on the free movement between the British overseas territory of Gibraltar and Spain, less than a day before the frontier would have...
Jun 28, 2023 · Because it was left out of a post-Brexit UK-EU trade deal, Gibraltar and London have been in talks with Spain and Brussels for more than a year over a new treaty to define the territory’s...
Feb 3, 2019 · In the first half of the 20th century, Gibraltar spoke mostly Spanish and was culturally closer to Spain than to the UK but by the end of the century, Gibraltarians felt more politically and ...
May 19, 2021 · In 1978, a century-old extradition treaty between the UK and Spain expired, and there was suddenly little or no chance of fleeing British criminals being sent home to face trial. The Spanish coast was seen as a safe haven, so the crooks took to the sky and then to the sun.
