At Spanish border, a toll threatens Gibraltar's harmony: "It seemed for a while that this British territory with its famous rock was settling in for a period of detente with its Spanish neighbors to the north.
In the summer of 2009, the Spanish foreign minister visited Gibraltar, the first time such a high-ranking official had made the trip since Spain ceded the territory to Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.
Of course, Spain has not given up its claim to the minuscule territory -- less than three square miles, much of it the rock -- on the tip of the Iberian Peninsula. But several old disputes have been hashed out in recent years, and a deal signed giving Spain access to the Gibraltar airport, which still allows traffic to cross the runways when planes are not landing.
Lately, however, things have not been going so well.
It seems that Alejandro Sanchez, the mayor of La Linea de la Concepcion, the financially troubled town on the Spanish side of the border, has been kicking up a fuss on several fronts.
He is not happy with the airport deal because he says La Linea has not been paid by the Spanish government for the land required to build Spanish access to the airport terminal."
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