Gibraltar: removal of border controls a welcome change

16 Jul 2026
Residents on both sides of the Gibraltar–Spain frontier are welcoming the planned removal of border controls, ending more than a century of physical separation. The agreement, negotiated by the UK and the EU…

Spain: Gibraltar and visa-free travel

28 Feb 2019
In a bitter row over the sovereignty of Gibraltar, Spain has threatened to block visa-free access to the EU for Britons. Madrid refuses to back down on a controversial description of Gibraltar. Spain…

Spain: no to Brexit because of Gibraltar?

23 Nov 2018
Prime minister Pedro Sánchez says that Spain will reject the draft Brexit deal unless the status of Gibraltar is clarified. Spain claims the peninsula, ceded to the UK by a 1713 treaty, and…