Large crowds gathered at the border between Gibraltar and Spain overnight on Wednesday as part of the fence dividing the British overseas territory from the EU member country was torn down. The symbolic ceremony took place at midnight, when a new treaty came into force eliminating the need for border controls at the crossing. The
The Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Fabián Picardo, says the new agreements, which will be implemented provisionally and whose approval by the United Kingdom and the European Parliament is still pending, represent “a big change” for the territory. “One of the key things that has defined the last eight generations of Gibraltarians is the restrictions at