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Month: March 2018


Spanish News

Flying kite grounds planes in Valencia

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A kite led to five planes being delayed and one unable to land for over 20 minutes at Valencia airport on Tuesday, according to sources within the terminal. The control tower alerted the 112 emergency hotline at around 19.00 about someone flying a kite in the nearest town, Manises, which […]

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Brits’ bumper bingo session raided by police in Spain

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Police have raided a pub packed with Brits in Spain for holding ‘illegal gambling’ games. In the raid on the Brit-run pub in Benidorm on the Costa Blanca police confiscated €1,447 from the game and another €21,000 from a safe. Four staff members were interviewed. Around 100 stunned tourists witnessed […]

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Madrid sends more bodyguards to protect judges and politicians ...

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Pro-unity politicians have been targets of harassment, and left-wing radicals have issued threatening messages against Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena. The Spanish Interior Ministry has sent more bodyguards to protect judges and politicians in Catalonia, where there is an increasingly strained atmosphere in the wake of ousted leader Carles Puigdemont’s arrest […]

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Spain detains Catalan policemen with Puigdemont in Germany

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Spanish National Police said Wednesday they have arrested two Catalan police officers who were in the same vehicle as former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont when he was detained in Germany over the weekend. National police arrested the two agents from the Mossos d’Esquadra, or Catalonia’s regional police force, in Barcelona […]

Brexit News

Jargon-busting guide to the key terms

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Confused by all the Brexit jargon in the news? Here’s a glossary to demystify commonly used EU-related terms. A Acquis communautaire: A French phrase meaning the entire body of European Union law. Countries have to incorporate it into their own law before joining the European Union. Alignment: Keeping rules and regulations in […]

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Clara Ponsati: Arrested Catalan politician released on bail

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A pro-independence Catalan politician who is being sought by the Spanish government has been released on bail by a Scottish court. Prof Clara Ponsati was formally arrested after arriving voluntarily at an Edinburgh police station. She later appeared from custody at an initial extradition hearing at the city’s sheriff court. […]

Brexit News

The EU perspective on the one-year countdown

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As the UK marks one year until Brexit, Brussels negotiators are indulging in a bit of muttering under their breath . They consider the 12-months-to-go focus misleading for two main reasons: The time left to negotiate a Brexit deal is far less than a year according to the European Commission. […]

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Barça’s Messi buys Ibiza hotel

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FC BARCELONA’S Lionel ‘Leo’ Messi has bought a luxury hotel in Ibiza along with other investors, according to regional TV channel IB3. The complex will be managed by Majestic Hotel Group from this season onwards and will change its name from Hotel Es Vivé to Hotel MiM Es Vivé. It […]

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Antiques looted in Libya by IS sold in Spain, two experts ...

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Two Spanish art experts suspected of running a ring that sold antiques looted from archaeological sites in Libya by groups linked to the Islamic State group have been arrested, police said Wednesday. Officers seized “numerous works of art”, including seven mosaics and a sarcophagus, during raids carried out in five […]

Brexit News

Airbus says EU should keep Britain in Galileo space project ...

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The chief executive of aerospace firm Airbus said Britain should not be frozen out of the European Union’s Galileo space programme after Brexit, calling on both sides to find a long-term solution in the interest of security. Tom Enders, Airbus CEO, said at stake was not just the Galileo satellite […]

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Year to go: Questions on Brexit answered

BayRadio | March 29, 2018 close
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With a year to go before the UK leaves the EU, there are plenty of questions about Brexit still unanswered. As negotiators continue to hammer out the details of the withdrawal agreement and start to outline the future relationship, many are wondering what will change and what will stay the […]

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Top Labour MP says party will ‘probably’ vote for ...

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Emily Thornberry, the Shadow Foreign Secretary, suggested the deal that’s voted on this coming October will be so vague and “blah blah blah” that it will “probably pass” Labour will “probably” end up backing Theresa May’s Brexit deal in a crucial vote this October, a top MP said today. Emily […]