After months of suspense, Spain’s government finally got the guarantee it needed that the 2018 budget would be approved after a Basque nationalist party said Wednesday it would vote in favour of the spending plan. The Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), whose five lawmakers are key for Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s […]
Well, I’ve just got back from session 3, and I feel a difference already……. I had gone along to Quentin feeling a disappointed with myself, I felt that my “full” signals were not loud enough, and I was overriding them…. however, I was consciously aware of this, and was confident […]
Huesca have been promoted to La Liga for the first time in their history. Formed by Barcelona fans in 1910, they are only the second team from the Aragon region to reach Spain’s top flight, following Real Zaragoza. The club – whose Estadio El Alcoraz ground holds 5,500 – beat […]
EXPORTS of black olives from Spain to the USA have fallen by 42.4% in the last year because of the latter’s president, Donald Trump having applied customs charges. The 17.13% ‘anti-dumping’ charge did not begin to apply until January 28 and many annual export contracts in place were not due […]
Three people sustained minor injuries after hooded individuals pulled out yellow crosses from the sand Catalan pro- and anti-independence supporters confronted one another on Monday in Canet de Mar (Barcelona) over yellow crosses that had been driven into the sand at the local beach to honor jailed separatist politicians. Three people sustained […]
Policia Nacional have arrested a man who posed as a jihadist in an attempt to extort money from businesses. The 43-year-old Spaniard threatened to destroy businesses and murder his victims in a series of telephone calls to his victim unless they paid a sum of money. He is also accused […]
German prosecutors said on Tuesday they were preparing an application to extradite former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to Spain on charges linked to his role in the campaign for the region’s independence. The higher regional court of the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein is yet to decide on the extradition but […]
Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata has not made Spain’s 23-man World Cup squad. The 25-year-old scored 11 goals in his debut season at Stamford Bridge and was a last-minute substitute in Saturday’s FA Cup final win. Julen Lopetegui has named four Premier League players in his squad, with David De Gea, David […]
Israel summons Spanish ambassador following Spain’s vote to investigate Israel’s response to Gaza violence at UN Human Rights Council. On Monday evening, the Foreign Ministry summoned the Spanish ambassador to Israel for a reprimand The reprimand was issued in response to Spain’s vote at the UN Human Rights Council in favor […]
The Latest on Venezuela’s presidential election (all times local): 9:45 a.m. The government of Spain is adding its voice to a chorus of international condemnation of Venezuela’s presidential election. Officials in the European nation issued a statement on Monday promising to join its European counterparts to study “opportune measures” in […]
AN 11-YEAR-OLD boy was hospitalised after a potentially deadly Portuguese man o’war sting on the Costa Blanca. Lifeguards had to pluck the stinging creature’s tentacles from the child’s arm. He was said to be suffering from stomach and neck pain before being rushed to a clinic. The boy was discharged […]
Spain’s prime minister on Monday urged Catalonia to form a “viable” government after rejecting the region’s new administration which includes jailed and exiled former ministers who backed its independence push. “Catalonia needs a viable government not an unviable government,” Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy told a business forum in the northwestern city […]
