Aug 05 - The Express: "Britain furious as Foreign Office warning on Gibraltar ignored"
The international press coverage of Gibraltar's tense situation with Spain continues with The Express releasing an article yesterday titled "Spain Rocks the boat: Britain furious as Foreign Office warning on Gibraltar ignored".
The article outlines the recent summoning of Spain's ambassador to the Foreign Office. It states that "Britain reacted with fury last night after Spain flouted an official Foreign Office reprimand by imposing further border controls".
In a report that stood as the top story in Sky News’ ‘World News’ category, the media giant yesterday reported that Britain is concerned by comments made by Spain’s foreign minister to Spanish daily ABC, outlining a selection of particularly hard-hitting measures that he claims the Government are considering imposing. These include, a possible €50 fee when crossing through the frontier, the closure of Spanish airspace to planes flying to Gibraltar as well as changing rules to increase tax revenue from online gaming companies in Gibraltar.
This year's Childline Gibraltar Annual Treasure Hunt was won by the French Synchronised Swimming Team, aka Natwest Bank, led by Karen Duncan. In second place were a very creditable Leeds Building Society with Savills Estate Agents in third place.
This weekend pressure group, the Defenders of Gibraltar responded to a number of threats imposed by Spanish Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo in Spanish media reports.
