Month: August 2016

A group of Tory MPs have warned the Secretary General of Nato that Spain’s behaviour towards Gibraltar is a threat to British security could lead to a “serious” incident at sea. The MPs have written to the head of Nato expressing concern over 210 “unlawful incursions” of Spanish state vessels into British Gibraltarian waters. They add that Spain’s behavior as a Nato ally is becoming “increasingly unreliable”. A fisherman holds a Spanish flag during a protest in the bay of Algeciras, near the Rock of Gibraltar CREDIT: AFP/GETTY IMAGES/MARCOS MORENO   The small peninsula off the south coast of Spain, a British Overseas Territory since 1713 and...

  The legal decision that cleared the way for the Gibraltar FA to join FIFA includes an unequivocal statement that Gibraltar cannot be denied its rights at the whim of Spain, the Chronicle can reveal. The judgement from the Court of Arbitration for Sport [CAS] represents a landmark decision that will have wider long-term legal implications for Gibraltar internationally. In the decision, a panel of experienced arbitrators confirmed that there is no legitimate sovereignty dispute over the Rock, nor is there any pending legal dispute as a matter of public international law. Although the CAS finding was only a...