Fredbargate

Gibraltar's economy one of world's fastest growing

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/gibraltars...4.html#tZn4Ehp

Not bad for a country under siege.

Fredbargate

Spain has signalled its willingness to kick-start adhoc talks, to the United Kingdom. The Spanish Foreign Secretary of State, Ignacio Ybañez, told members of the press in Spain that the talks would leave sovereignty issues to one side.

GBC - Gibraltar News - GBC TV and Radio Gibraltar

Fredbargate

The Government says it is surprised to note that the Spanish paper ‘El Pais’ has written an article today on the UK’s, and more specifically, Gibraltar’s alleged non-compliance with the European Commission’s Habitats Directive.

The Government says that the investigation against the UK is more of a technical matter rather than a practical one and the main criticism made in respect of sites across the UK, including Gibraltar, is that the conservation objectives for EU protected species and habitats “are too high level and broad and therefore they do not effectively establish priorities for the maintenance or restoration, at a favourable conservation status, of EU protected habitats and species.”


“Ironically, however, the Spanish Government is actually in a far worse position given that the Commission has already initiated infringement proceedings for failing to discharge its practical obligation to designate Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) in the first place.

“In mid-July the Commission announced that it was taking Spain to the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) over poor waste management in the regions of Andalusia, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Castile- La Mancha, Castile and León and Murcia

http://www.yourgibraltartv.com/polit...by-end-of-year

La UE expedienta a Londres por no proteger las aguas de Gibraltar | España | EL PAÍS

Fredbargate

Spain’s renewed interest in seeking ‘ad hoc’ dialogue with Gibraltar has prompted a series of questions from s socialist MP in the Spanish parliament.

PSOE MP Salvador de la Encina has asked the Spanish Government why it appears to have changed its position toward Gibraltar just a few months away from a general election

Gibraltar Chronicle - The Independent Daily First Published 1801

Fredbargate

the fact that no effort has been made to separate out those with passports and ID cards without microchips from those with microchips have, over the last few days, been the cause of the dramatic scenes at the border with large pedestrian queues of cross border workers, tourists, the elderly, children etc. all having to endure the high seasonal temperatures as well as the recent heat wave.
"If one adds to this the long queues of trucks caused by the inefficient work practices of the commercial side of the Spanish Customs, one can only describe the situation as being catastrophic for the interests of citizens in Gibraltar and the Campo region

‘Catastrophic’ frontier situation, says Cross Frontier group

Maybe1day

Torremolinos and Fuengirola pump their sewage out in the sea. The pumping stations are on the promenade. I do't know about elsewhere.

Fredbargate

Serious SVA incursion at Sandy Bay

A Spanish customs vessel and helicopter chased a smuggler speedboat into Sandy Bay early Sunday morning and came to within metres of the shore, in a serious incident that is under investigation by the UK and Gibraltar governments.

As a Spanish helicopter hovered low over the beached rigid-hulled inflatable boat, the SVA deployed a small dinghy and entered the sheltered lagoon in Sandy Bay and headed to the shore, a spokesman for the Royal Gibraltar Police told the Chronicle.

As the SVA crew tried to tow the smugglers' RHIB away, a local police officer jumped on board and cut the towline.

The three occupants of the beached boat had already jumped ashore and tried to flee on foot

Police arrested two occupants of the RHIB, which was empty

Gibraltar Chronicle - The Independent Daily First Published 1801

Fredbargate

The incident in the link below took place within a mile of Gibraltar's runway with no Air Traffic Control authorisation.

Spanish Guardia Civil helicopter involved in alleged infringements of Gibraltar airspace

GBC - Gibraltar News - GBC TV and Radio Gibraltar

Fredbargate

Frontier treatment of tourists negative PR for Spain, says El Mundo

But tourist guides speaking to El Mundo are of the opinion that it is not just the infrastructure. They describe the situation as shameful, inhumane and third world. The attitude of the Civil Guards there, they claim, does not help, and when the lack of facilities are pointed out, they are met with the high handed reply “que no vengan a Gibraltar” - that hey should stop visiting Gibraltar

GBC - Gibraltar News - GBC TV and Radio Gibraltar

Excursionistas al sol de la frontera | Andalucía | EL MUNDO

Maybe1day

At the moment there is an International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (or something similar) sitting in Hamburg to judge on the Dispute between Italy and India regarding the 2 Marines that shot up a fishing boat killing 2 fishermen in what Italy purports were International waters. Odd that every day Italy arrests and tries the guys that steer the boats with the immigrants in International waters?
Maybe this tribunal should be invoked for the case of Gibraltar/Spain.

ononno

Maybe two totally different scenarios. The 2 marines were on escort duty on a ship threatened by Somali pirates; India has still not decided how to reslve the case after holding the men for nearly 3 years. The scafisti arrested after migrant rescue oprations are usually responsible for people trafficking and causing overcrowded dinghies to capsize and drown people. Maybe the ECG would be more appropriate for any Spain/Gibraltar disputes?
'luego,
'o nonno

Fredbargate

The PSOE's spokesman in the Congress, Antonio Hernando, and Cádiz MP Salvador de la Encina, asserted that the waters in which the incident occurred are Spanish

Fredbargate

Spain is obviously upset by the accusation that they made an illegal incursion into Gibraltar's water.

They are wreaking revenge.

Long vehicle queue tonight to exit Gibraltar.

I hope the Spanish frontier workers have been able to inform their families.

Fredbargate

The FCO spokesperson said the Minister for Europe had written to his counterpart in Spain, making clear that they “want to see the same level of cooperation that exists between the UK and Spain, including against organised crime such as drug trafficking, extended to Gibraltar law enforcement agencies, on the water and at the border, without the unlawful incursions into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters that we have seen all too often in recent days.”

Gibraltar Chronicle - The Independent Daily First Published 1801

Maybe1day

The Fishing boat was hit by 150 bullets, and the Captain of the Italian vessel was completely unaware that anything had happened for over 20 minutes after the incident. There are some detailed reports of what happened in the British press from a few years ago hence the previous European foreign minister Baroness something or other, washing her hands of the whole thing saying that India and Italy should sort it out.
The scafisti generally are just other immigrants who get a discount, usually their crime is aiding and abetting but in Libyan or International waters. Jurisdiction, Italy can't have it's cake and eat it too. It's already making many peoples fortunes.