Gibraltar and Spain scrap border checks after decades of tension
- Border checks that have frustrated Spain and Gibraltar for decades were lifted on Wednesday, marking a new era for the tiny British territory's relationship with its Spanish neighbour.
- Issued on: 15/07/2026 - 10:59Modified: 15/07/2026 - 11:00 3 min Reading time Several hundred people gathered for the occasion, waving Spanish flags, as Gibraltar's Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, declared: "Europe is back.
- " An AFP journalist at the frontier reported that several dozen people and vehicles crossed the border from Spain for the first time without undergoing customs checks, just minutes after midnig
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- Border checks that have frustrated Spain and Gibraltar for decades were lifted on Wednesday, marking a new era for the tiny British territory's relationship with its Spanish neighbour.
- Issued on: 15/07/2026 - 10:59Modified: 15/07/2026 - 11:00 3 min Reading time Several hundred people gathered for the occasion, waving Spanish flags, as Gibraltar's Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, declared: "Europe is back.
- " An AFP journalist at the frontier reported that several dozen people and vehicles crossed the border from Spain for the first time without undergoing customs checks, just minutes after midnig
Sources: RFI