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posted by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday December 02 2016, @09:24PM   Printer-friendly
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  • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Sunday December 04 2016, @02:27PM (1 child)

    by janrinok (52) on Sunday December 04 2016, @02:27PM (#28935) Journal

    Gibraltar (/dʒᵻˈbrɒltər/ jə-BROL-tər) is a British Overseas Territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula.[7][8] It has an area of 6.7 km2 (2.6 sq mi) and shares its northern border with Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region. At its foot is a densely populated city area, home to over 30,000 Gibraltarians and other nationalities.[9]

    An Anglo-Dutch force captured Gibraltar from Spain in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession on behalf of the Habsburg pretender to the Spanish throne. The territory was subsequently ceded to Britain "in perpetuity" under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. During World War II it was an important base for the Royal Navy as it controlled the entrance and exit to the Mediterranean Sea, which is only eight miles (13 km) wide at this point. Today Gibraltar's economy is based largely on tourism, online gambling, financial services, and shipping.[10][11]

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  • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Sunday December 04 2016, @02:30PM

    by janrinok (52) on Sunday December 04 2016, @02:30PM (#28937) Journal

    He had also suggested Austria could follow Britain's vote to leave the EU with a referendum of its own but later appeared to row back, suggesting changing the bloc into a purely economic association.

    Full official results are not expected until Monday once postal ballots have been counted. Nearly 6.5 million Austrians were eligible to vote.

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