European Friends of Gibraltar

07/11/2023

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Posts on the history of Gibraltar - and more!

18/09/2023

A Spanish customs guard checks a car for smuggled to***co on the Spain-Gibraltar border © Pablo Blazquez Dominguez

23/07/2023

Talks on border status are still not resolved, and success for the nationalist party could lead to a far more hardline attitude

27/04/2023

A look at life on the Rock of Gibraltar shortly after the frontier with Spain had re-opened.

20/04/2023

1943

03/04/2023

Spanish leader Francisco Franco ordered the closure of the border gate on 8 June 1969 in response to the Gibraltar Constitution Order 1969. The border at La Línea remained closed for more than 13 years until it was partially reopened to Spanish and Gibraltarian pedestrians on 15 December 1982, and was fully reopened to motor vehicles on 5 February 1985 in preparation for Spain joining the European Communities in 1986.

The border closure was a traumatic event for many people in Gibraltar. It separated families and tore communities apart. It also meant that Gibraltar had to turn to Morocco for the supply of goods and labour. Land, sea and telephone communications with Spain were completely cut-off and we became a city under siege.

Illustration: Brenda Smith

26/01/2023

BBC News

Gibraltar has been a source of friction between the UK and Spain ever since it was captured by Britain in 1704 during the War of Spanish Succession. The Brit...

04/01/2023

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/28/better-late-than-never-gibraltar-becomes-city-after-180-year-delay

Research to update record of cities in UK and overseas territories reveals Gibraltar was awarded status in 1842 but omitted from list

04/01/2023

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/02/spain-ready-for-any-scenario-as-gibraltar-talks-with-uk-falter

Spanish foreign minister says he does not want ‘no deal’ relationship, but EU is prepared for hard Brexit for territory

27/11/2022

Spain and the European Commision have sent Britain a proposal to keep the Gibraltar land border open as part of a definitive solution settling the post-Brexit status of the enclave, the Spanish foreign ministry said on Friday.

27/11/2022

The Rock

27/11/2022