Gibraltar
Debbie Bartlett
...there is already good cooperation and a close economic relationship between Gibraltar and the nearby area of Spain. He said fluid cross-border mobility is important to people both sides of the border, the more than 14,000 workers who cross from Spain
Gibraltar
Debbie Bartlett
...end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December. A Technical Note issued this week by the Gibraltar government showed that in this event people would be prohibited from taking certain foods across the border into Spain from 1 January 2021. The
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If you need to cross a municipal border to carry out any of the above activities, you must be able to justify this when stopped by the security forces in order to avoid being fined.
Gibraltar
Debbie Bartlett
...how that might affect the Gibraltar border. Earlier on Wednesday, Gibraltar's chief minister Fabian Picardo and the president of the Junta, Juanma Moreno, held a telephone conversation in which Picardo explained the new measures he had announced for ... border into Gibraltar if they showed their contracts of employment. However, on Thursday it appeared that the Gibraltar border is considered an international border, not a regional one, in which case only the Spanish government has the power to ... restrict movement across it. This means that as long as people from Gibraltar comply with the regulations when in Spain, they can cross freely as usual, and vice versa, and people from Spain can cross the border to catch flights from Gibraltar airport. In
Gibraltar
Debbie Bartlett
There have been no deaths from Covid-19 in Gibraltar, but this week came the sad news that a cross-border worker, a woman in her 40s who lived and was diagnosed with the disease in Spain, has died. This week 22 people (11 staff members and 11
Gibraltar
Debbie Bartlett
Potential problems for people and some goods crossing the border between Gibraltar and Spain have been spelled out in detail recently through two Technical Notices issued by the Gibraltar government. The first document explains that if there is ... no agreement which covers the future relationship of Gibraltar with the European Union, the situation at the border will change considerably because British nationals will be subject to the same controls as those from other non-EU countries. This ... means their passports will have to be stamped every time they cross the border in either direction, and their documents scanned into the Schengen Information System. People crossing from Gibraltar into Spain would only be able to spend 90 out of any
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More than thirty tonnes of hashish, the equivalent of a third of all cannabis confiscated in the Campo de Gibraltar area in the whole of 2019, was seized and nine members of a criminal organisation of Bulgarian and Russian origin were arrested as par
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...up, in accordance with the wishes of the Portuguese government. The two countries wanted to give special relevance to this return to cross-border normality so the event will be presided over by King Felipe VI and Portuguese president Marcelo Rebelo ... de Sousa. It will also be attended by the head of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Portuguese prime minister, António Costa. Two events will take place, one each side of the border. The first will take place in Badajoz (Extremadura) and the ... second in the town of Elvas in Portugal. The EU opens up The opening of the Spain-Portugal border coincides with opening of air bridges from the EU to 15 countries. From 1 July, visitors will be able to arrive from Algeria, Australia, Canada,
Gibraltar
Debbie Bartlett
Official residents of Gibraltar and Spain are now able to cross the border again, following direct contact between the chief minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo, and the Spanish Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, as announced by the ... Gibraltar government on Wednesday. Those crossing the border from either side will be asked to show an ID card or residence card to prove that they are officially resident. A passport is not sufficient without proof of residency. The authorities are also ... stressing that anyone crossing the border into Gibraltar or into Spain must comply with the current coronavirus restrictions and should familiarise themselves with these beforehand. Also, of course, if anyone is experiencing symptoms that could be
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The date for the arrival of the first international tourists in Spain after the coronavirus crisis is still unclear after mixed messages from the government on Thursday. Minister for Tourism Reyes Maroto's announcement that land borders with France a