Gibraltar
Anafi: Straight out of the Greek Mythology
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Gibraltar Will not be a Victim of Brexit
Gibraltar will not be a victim of Brexit and has had guarantees from the British government it will not do a trade deal with the European Union which doesn't include the territory, its chief minister said on Sunday cited by Reuters.
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Ton of heroin seized by Turkish police in international waters 'belonged to Taliban'
Turkish police have reportedly determined that a ton of drugs seized from a ship in an operation off the Suez Canal belonged to Taliban.
Souda Bay, Crete: Cementing a long-term deal with Greece
Enduring mysteries that have yet to be solved
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The Guardian: “Let’s do a Brexit deal with the Parthenon marbles”
Not yet a week since the triggering of article 50, and already hope of cordial negotiations seems optimistic. At the weekend, amid early jostling over the post-Brexit fate of Gibraltar, former Tory leader Michael Howard implied that one way to resolve that situation could be a war with Spain.
Secret plan: Britain planned to blow up Calais tunnel with nukes!
Britain planned to plant a nuclear bomb inside the Channel Tunnel to blow up the transport link in a desperate bid to severe ties with Europe. Previously top secret papers have revealed that officials once plotted the collapse of the tunnel between the UK and France in the event of an emergency.
Spain might use veto over Gibraltar related to Brexit
Spain is likely to wield a veto over any Brexit deal for Gibraltar after the EU-27 backed Madrid in its draft negotiating guidelines for forthcoming divorce talks between the UK and the bloc.
Gibraltar is a disputed territory, which Britain has held for centuries. For the UK, any Brexit deal would automatically apply to Gibraltar, since it claims it as British territory.
An intrepid retiree takes on the high seas of the Atlantic
Did you know that when sailing across the Atlantic one of the worst things that can happen is to run out of reading material? That it's possible to catch a lobster with a mop in the Caribbean? Or that the island of Martinique is a part of the European Union? I didn't, but I do now that I've met 62-year-old mechanic Panayiotis Kontoyiannis.
Fiscal transparency to put an end to Switzerland’s banking secrecy practices and tax evasion by the wealthy
Switzerland has long been at the center of debates concerning black money stashed in its banks by foreign nationals who take advantage of the country’s strong banking secrecy policies.