Big day for a British Overseas Territory (no, not that one)
LONDON — Soccer fans in Atlanta may be exchanging chants about the Falklands — but there’s another British Overseas Territory making news today. The 118-year-old border between Gibraltar and Spain will disappear on Wednesday.
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LONDON — Soccer fans in Atlanta may be exchanging chants about the Falklands — but there’s another British Overseas Territory making news today. The 118-year-old border between Gibraltar and Spain will disappear on Wednesday. Today is the culmination of a decade of uncertainty for the British Mediterranean territory, which back in 2016 voted by 95.9 percent to stay in the EU — but was pulled out against its will. Life immediately became harder for the thousands of people who cross the Gibraltar-Spain border every day, including 15,000 Spaniards who go to work in the territory.
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- LONDON — Soccer fans in Atlanta may be exchanging chants about the Falklands — but there’s another British Overseas Territory making news today. The 118-year-old border between Gibraltar and Spain will disappear on Wednesday.
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Big day for a British Overseas Territory (no, not that one)
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