Five Guardia Civil customs officers have been jailed after they were arrested on Saturday for smuggling tobacco through Gibraltar. On Monday, La Linea’s Court Number Four ordered that the accused cops, who are also linked to drug trafficking, be refused bail. Now behind bars, the five law enforcers face additional […]
Royal Navy vessels were deployed in response to the “foolish” incident in the UK territory. A Spanish warship with its guns manned ordered commercial ships to leave British Gibraltar waters, the territory’s government said. Royal Navy ships were deployed in response to the incident on Sunday. The Spanish warship’s crew […]
Inflows from the UK have grown by 80%, but businesses are choosing to relocate their headquarters elsewhere, in cities such as Frankfurt, Paris, Dublin and Amsterdam. Spain may not be convincing many companies from the United Kingdom to transfer their headquarters to the country, but British investment in the Spanish […]
Venezuela is a country of striking natural beauty, ranging from the snow-capped Andean peaks in the west, through the Amazonian jungles in the south, to the beaches of the north. It is also among the most highly urbanised countries in Latin America. The country has some of the world’s largest […]
Political fragmentation and the emergence of a far-right party has raised concerns that the fourth-largest economy in the European Union could fall prey to euro-skepticism The European Union, just like the markets, is ruling out a financial or budget meltdown as a result of the snap election announced in Spain for […]
Spain’s current government is determined to go ahead with its planned schools reform, despite having called a general election on April 28 – over a year and a half earlier than scheduled. Even with this year’s budget plans having been voted down by the right-wing opposition, a motion to reverse […]
Regional authorities in northern Spain they were battling around 50 fires, some of which were deliberately set. By end of Sunday, 48 fires were still active, a statement from the government of the Cantabria region said. And by morning, after battling the blazes overnight, 32 were still burning. “During the day […]
Alicante has been chosen to host the final of the Kings Handball Cup this year, it was announced at the end of last week. Eight teams will meet in the city between the 5 – 7 April to play their way to getting their hands on the Copa del Rey. […]
If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, reciprocal healthcare arrangements will not automatically survive. The UK is trying to reach agreements with EU governments to extend them. For emergency treatment on holiday, UK nationals can use their EHIC card if they fall ill in another EU country, but […]
Far-right lawmakers are set to be elected to Spain’s parliament for the first time in nearly four decades, two opinion polls showed on Saturday, forecasting that no single party would get a majority in a snap election on April 28. Spain’s Socialists, who were in power since June with a […]
Spanish government ministers have approved the removal of the remains of the country’s former dictator from a mausoleum near Madrid after months of wrangling. Officials signed off the exhumation of the body of Francisco Franco from the Valley of the Fallen after the Council of Ministers cabinet meeting on Friday. […]
The European Parliament on Friday cancelled an event that was to be attended by Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, citing “security threats”. “There is a high risk that the proposed event could pose a threat to the maintenance of public order on Parliament’s premises,” the speaker’s office said. Puigdemont has been living […]
