The Eurozone interest rate has now marked its fourth anniversary in negative figures, meaning mortgages in Spain and other common-currency nations will continue to be low – in fact, the closing figure for February was the second-lowest in 14 months at -0.179%. Spanish variable-rate mortgages are set according to the […]
Spain´s minister of equality has defended herself from attacks by right-wing opposition parties who have criticized her use of a bold slogan to support the government´s draft bill on sex crimes. The ministry included the slogan “Drunk and alone, I want to make it home” on a message it posted […]
Following the news that a four-year-old girl from Madrid has tested positive for the Covid-19 strain of coronavirus two more cases in children have been reported in Spain’s central region of Castilla-La Mancha. As the number cases in Spain rose to 196 it was revealed the filming of The Only […]
The alleged ringleader of a cocaine trafficking group that expected to bank more than £1 million every month has been arrested in Spain after more than six years on the run. Dominic McInally, 29, from Formby, Merseyside, was arrested when officers from the Spanish National Police raided the Casa Masa […]
A Tory MP has called for a new June bank holiday to celebrate the 2016 Brexit referendum. Peter Bone wants an annual “United Kingdom Day” on the Friday closest to 23 June, the day the European Union poll was held. He said the referendum’s anniversary should be officially marked as […]
Britain is optimistic it can reach agreement with the European Union over future fishing rights by July as it is not asking for anything extraordinary, environment minister George Eustice said on Wednesday. Britain left the bloc at the end of January and has begun negotiations on a trade deal to […]
Theresa May’s chief Brexit adviser has insisted her under-fire Chequers plan is deliverable and “respects” both the UK’s sovereignty and the EU’s autonomy. Appearing before MPs, Oliver Robbins was urged to put the prime minister’s blueprint for future relations with the EU after Brexit “out of its misery”. Veteran Eurosceptic […]
The Scottish government has said it is seeking clarity from Westminster on whether it will be responsible for implementing the Irish Sea border. That border refers to new controls on GB to NI trade at the end of the Brexit transition period. A NI minister said his Scottish counterparts told […]
The Spanish government backed proposed changes to the country’s current rape laws, so only ‘yes means yes’. The changes proposed by Equality Minister Irene Montero, aim to eliminate the difference between abuse and aggression, so that rape is decided only on consent. This change will bring the current legislation in […]
Jailed Catalan politician Oriol Junqueras was released from prison yesterday morning so that he could teach at the Vic University in Manresa, Barcelona province. The leader of the Catalan Republican Left (ERC) party is currently serving a 13-year sentence for his role in the 2017 independence drive in the northeastern […]
A British woman who was staying at the Tenerife hotel hit by the coronavirus has been diagnosed with COVID-19. Health officials have confirmed that she had arrived at the Costa Adeje Palace on 23 February, and was not part of the initial group including 10 Italians where the first case […]
With an icy wind blowing behind it the fishing trawler Asbjoern 265 enters port in Skagen on the very northern tip of Denmark. It’s Denmark’s busiest fishing harbour. A flock of seagulls wheels overhead, raucous and hungry. Snowflakes drift in the air. Out to sea a line of white waves […]
