In what was widely hailed as a victory for Spain, the EU said Spain must have a say over whether any deal after Brexit applies to the British territory of Gibraltar, over which London and Madrid have rowed for 300 years.
Gibraltarians voted by 96 percent to remain in the European Union but as Brexit looms, they say their attachment to the United Kingdom still prevails,
unlike some in Scotland who would rather remain in the bloc.
With Gibraltar far down the British government's list of priorities, locals are deeply worried about their future, writes sociology professor Andrew Canessa.
The head of the tiny British overseas territory of Gibraltar, which is hugely dependent on a free-flowing border with Spain, has accused Madrid of acting like a "predator" by trying to exploit Brexit.
Spanish and Gibraltarian police on Thursday recovered hashish worth nearly five million dollars that was thrown into the Bay of Gibraltar by drug traffickers to escape a high-speed chase.
Spain said on Monday it would make a formal complaint to the British government after the Royal Navy fired flares at a Spanish scientific research vessel which entered disputed waters off Gibraltar.
A British navy patrol boat fired flares Sunday to warn off a Spanish ship which entered disputed waters off Gibraltar, officials said, the latest in a series of maritime face-offs between the two sides.
Spain's top criminal court said on Wednesday it was probing claims members of far-right party Vox were subjected to "torture" when they were arrested in Gibraltar after one of them unfurled a Spanish flag
on the Rock.
José Manuel García-Margallo, who sparked regular spats with Gibraltar due to his vocal desire to see the Rock returned to Spain, has been replaced as foreign minister by a career diplomat in Mariano Rajoy's new cabinet.
Spain has told a UN gathering it has formally presented Britain with a proposal for joint sovereignty of Gibraltar - an offer angrily rejected by the British overseas territory.
Spain's King Felipe VI called on Britain to "end the colonial anachronism of Gibraltar" during a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York reiterating Spain’s sovereign claims over the Rock.
A British nuclear submarine that collided with a merchant vessel off the coast of Gibraltar and was forced to dock in the territory left on Friday, the defence ministry said.
Spain said on Thursday that it had asked London for "urgent" explanations after a British nuclear submarine collided with a vessel off the coast of Gibraltar, forcing it to dock in the disputed territory.
A British nuclear submarine docked in Gibraltar on Wednesday after it collided with a merchant vessel off the coast of the territory located on Spain's southern tip, Britain's defence ministry said.
The people of Gibraltar may have been cursing Boris Johnson after the referendum result but they will find no greater defender of the British Overseas Territory at the foot of Spain.
Spain's foreign ministry called in the British ambassador to make an official protest over what it described as "reckless behaviour" by a Gibraltar police boat patrol towards a Spanish police vessel.
Gibraltar is demanding a second referendum once a post-Brexit deal has been negotiated because Brits were given a "false prospectus" on what Brexit would look like.
Spain's acting premier Mariano Rajoy said on Wednesday that Madrid would Madrid would oppose Scotland having any role in talks between Britain and the European Union after the Brexit vote.
Gibraltar's Chief Minister has rejected Spain's calls for joint sovereignty over The Rock and is instead seeking to team up with Scotland, a nation which also overwhelmingly backed Remain.
Spain on Friday proposed sharing sovereignty over Gibraltar after Britain voted to leave the European Union, saying it would allow the overseas territory to maintain access to the EU's single
market.
A leader of right-wing political party, Vox, has been arrested after unfurling a giant Spanish flag across the Rock of Gibraltar shouting "Gibraltar Español".
