Uber and Cabify suspended their services in Barcelona on Wednesday after some of their drivers were attacked during a taxi strike, the association representing the ride-hailing companies said. “Our priority is that drivers and travellers are as safe as possible and right now the city of Barcelona cannot offer that […]
Some 600 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa reached Spain Thursday after storming a double barrier between Morocco and the Spanish territory of Ceuta, with some attacking security forces with quicklime, police said. The scramble over the barrier is the biggest in Ceuta since February 2017, when more than 850 migrants entered the […]
With the busy summer season in full swing, Ryanair’s cabin crew are all set to go on strike Wednesday and Thursday in Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Italy, forcing the airline to cancel 600 flights. Five unions are behind a stoppage affecting 100,000 passengers, forcing the no-frills airline either to reimburse their […]
Five people have been injured after a tourist boat burst into flames in northwest Spain. It came after the catamaran, which was carrying nearly 50 people, collided with another boat off the island of Toxa in the Galicia region. Many passengers reportedly threw themselves into the sea as the Civil Guard and boats piloted by civilians scrambled to […]
Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson has accused Theresa May of making “blatantly untrue excuses” for the behaviour of her chief whip. Mr Watson said the PM’s defence of Julian Smith was “unbelievable” and public trust in politics was at stake. Mr Smith is under fire after telling a Tory MP […]
The anti-vaxxer movement has a following of several hundred families in the city of Barcelona, according to the latest health survey conducted by local authorities. Although it is still a fringe movement, the poll shows that 1.5% of children in Barcelona – around 3,000, according to city officials – have […]
A 14-year-old boy from Ireland died in hospital in Mallorca after falling from a second-floor hotel balcony during a family holiday, becoming the seventh balcony fall fatality in the island this year. The teenager died at Son Espases Hospital on Thursday, a day after he fell seven-meters from the Eix […]
The future of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is proving to be a massive challenge in the Brexit negotiations, and talk of “no deal” is making a lot of people nervous. But it’s not just in the UK that this matters, because the Republic of […]
The family of Gen Franco has said it will not co-operate with the Spanish government’s efforts to remove the dictator’s remains from the mausoleum where they have been interred for the past 43 years. Spain’s new prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has made Franco’s exhumation a priority and said the body […]
Campaigning has drawn to a close for the election of the next leader of conservative Partido Popular. Pablo Casado and Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría are the two nominees who will stand against each other at this weekends extraordinary congress of the party. The result is expected tomorrow, with over 3,000 […]
The European Union must “evolve” its position on Brexit and not fall back on unworkable proposals regarding the Irish border, Theresa May has said. The prime minister made the remarks in Belfast on Friday, during a two-day visit to Northern Ireland. The issue of the Irish border has been the […]
Brussels must be told that the prime minister’s blueprint for future UK-EU relations is “the final offer”, Commons leader Andrea Leadsom has said. Mrs Leadsom told The House magazine the Chequers plan must be taken seriously or the EU risked a “no deal” Brexit. Boris Johnson and David Davis quit the cabinet […]
