Authorities in the Canary Islands say that four migrants have died and another’s missing amid a surge of arrivals in the area. The Spanish government’s delegation in Las Palmas say that the missing and drowned African migrants were part of a group of 34 traveling in a wooden boat. A […]
Rescuers yesterday found the body of a man swept away last week by flash floods in Catalonia, apparently while inside a mobile home, raising to four the number of people who died when storms lashed northeastern Spain. The storm also hit the island of Mallorca, where rescue teams also found […]
Policia Nacional have arrested three women who tried to smuggle a baby into the Spanish enclave of Melilla. Officers stopped a vehicle at the Port shortly before boarding a ship to the mainland, and noticed discrepancies with the child’s paperwork. Upon further investigation they found over €11,000 of cash hidden […]
More than 200 migrants arrived at Costa Blanca ports and beaches in just 24 hours this week. Most landed at Alicante, Torrevieja and Guardamar with more arriving further north at Benidorm, Teulada-Moraira and Benitatchell. The Red Cross, Guardia Civil, Maritime Rescue and Police were mobilised to deal with the latest […]
Bank of Spain Governor Pablo Hernandez de Cos says unrest in Spain’s wealthiest region of Catalonia and any further political uncertainty could affect private sector investment decisions, posing another potential risk to the economy. Saying the latest data points to a gradual weakening of activity, de Cos added that Spain’s […]
The prime minister on Monday evening was defeated in his third attempt to get a general election across the line. But with the help of the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party he might be fourth time lucky with a Christmas election now in his grasp. In a fresh […]
The SNP could ask parliament to consider giving the vote to 16 and 17-year-olds and EU citizens in a Christmas election. Ian Blackford, SNP’s Westminster leader, said while there are “practical considerations” to extending the vote, he wants MPs to have the debate as they consider Boris Johnson’s one-line election […]
MPs have backed a bill to hold a general election on 12 December. It follows the confirmation of a Brexit delay until 31 January 2020 after the EU agreed to the UK’s extension request. Prime Minister Boris Johnson had previously said the UK would leave by 31 October “do or […]
MPs are set to give their blessing to Boris Johnson’s plan for an early general election on 12 December. Legislation paving the way for the poll has already cleared its first hurdle and the final vote is due shortly. MPs have rejected an attempt by Labour to change the date […]
People over the age of 65, those with health conditions, pregnant women and healthcare professionals are amongst those being advised to receive the latest flu jab. The Ministry of Health has issued the guidance as they launched this years flu vaccine campaign. The round of vaccinations in the Canaries has […]
Spain’s High Court is hardening its position on what to do about the women who traveled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State group, as the government delays its decision on whether to repatriate them to Spain. Speaking at a recent Forum on Global Terrorism, the deputy chief public […]
A court in Brussels has postponed until December the 16th a hearing on an arrest warrant from Spain for the extradition of Carles Puigdemont. The former Catalan leader went into self-imposed exile in Belgium after Catalonia made a failed independence bid in October 2017, and has lived there since. Spain, […]
