Month: January 2020

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Brexit News

EU casts further doubt on hopes of Brexit trade deal with UK by December

The EU has revealed it might not be ready to start negotiating a free trade deal with Britain until March. Eric Mamer, chief spokesman for the European Commission, made the comments at a media briefing in Brussels. It raises further doubts about the prospects of the two sides coming to an agreement before the end of the Brexit transition period in December. Mr Mamer, when asked about the time frame […]

todayJanuary 21, 2020 16

Spanish News

Two jailed Catalan separatist leaders granted temporary release

Two of the nine Catalan separatist leaders jailed in Spain last year over a failed 2017 independence bid will soon be granted a 48-hour release from prison. Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart to nine years each behind bars in October after convicting them of sedition over their role in organising a banned secession referendum in October 2017 which was followed by a short-lived declaration of independence. […]

todayJanuary 21, 2020 14

Spanish News

Barcelona announces €563 million plan to reduce greenhouse gases

Barcelona City Hall has officially declared a climate emergency, announcing a sweeping range of measures to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The measures aim to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by two million tons from 1992 levels, principally by restricting traffic in the city. To achieve this goal, the local government will invest €563 million in the plan until 2025. Barcelona is the first big Spanish city to back […]

todayJanuary 21, 2020 3

Brexit News

Brexit: Fundraising appeal launched for Big Ben chimes

An appeal to raise £500,000 by the weekend has been launched to ensure Big Ben chimes when the UK leaves the EU at 23:00 GMT on 31 January. The famous bell has only rung a few times since renovations began in 2017. The PM's spokesman highlighted "potential difficulties" in using money raised from public donations. But the Brexit Party's Richard Tice said it would be "pretty feeble if we can't […]

todayJanuary 21, 2020 11

Brexit News

Leo Varadkar calls for ‘level playing field’ on Brexit negotiations

The taoiseach Leo Varadkar has called for "a level playing field" in the Brexit negotiations. The Irish prime minister said there must be a common minimum standard so the UK could not "undercut" the EU. He said the next step is to negotiate a free trade agreement between the UK and EU. Mr Varadkar spoke as the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen visited Ireland for the first time […]

todayJanuary 21, 2020 7

Brexit News

Angela Merkel warns EU: ‘Brexit is a wake-up call’

It’s a grim winter’s day in Berlin, and the political climate matches the weather. Everywhere Angela Merkel looks there are storm clouds, as the values she has upheld all her career come under sustained attack. At the start of a new decade, Europe’s premier stateswoman suddenly seems to be on the wrong side of history. Shortly, the UK will leave the EU. A volatile US president is snubbing allies and going it […]

todayJanuary 21, 2020 7

Brexit News

EU commissioner warns full trade deal by end-of-year ‘just not possible’

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has repeatedly insisted the UK will not ask for an extension. Boris Johnson’s ambition to get a full trade deal negotiated with Brussels by the end-of-year deadline is “just not possible”, the EU’s trade commissioner has said. Phil Hogan said on Thursday that negotiators were “certainly” not going to be able to tie up everything on the future relationship between the bloc and the UK in […]

todayJanuary 21, 2020 10

Spanish News

A ‘ PRETTY POWERFUL’ gota fría weather event has been predicted to hit the Costa Blanca from this Sunday

A ‘ PRETTY POWERFUL’ gota fría weather event has been predicted to hit the Costa Blanca from this Sunday, according to Alicante University’s Climatology Laboratory. The crack weather team expects a drop in temperature to hit all of Eastern Spain, with rain and snow ‘making headlines’ in various areas. A statement from the lab said an ‘anticyclone’ will hit from the Spanish peninsular and head south towards North Africa.

todayJanuary 16, 2020 89

Spanish News

Spain is one of the countries with the most dangerous tap water in Europe

Spain is one of the countries with the most dangerous tap water in Europe. A major study suggests that tap water may be the cause for one in 20 cases of bladder cancer in Europe each year. Scientists from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health analysed the presence of the chemicals in the tap water in all 28 EU countries apart from Bulgaria and Romania between 2005 and 2018. Researchers […]

todayJanuary 16, 2020 60

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