For the first time since 1985, Madrid yesterday closed the border between Gibraltar and Spain, citing a public health risk from a passenger ship docked in the British enclave.
The 13 hour border-closure was called after a cruise ship, the Aurora, docked in Gibraltar laden with passengers infected with viral gastroenteritis and after having being turned away from a Greek port.
The event has again served to highlight the bad blood between Madrid and London over control of the Roc...
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