Year: 2020

The Spanish league has given in to what it called the "nonsense" of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), in order to avoid "irreparable sporting damage to the clubs". It is the latest in a number of disputes between Spanish football's two governing bodies, who have been at loggerheads over scheduling for more than a year. La Liga is keen to stretch games from Fridays to Mondays to maximise television revenues […]

A group of migrants being held at a dockside camp on Gran Canaria called for "freedom" yesterday as they tried to force open a police fence as the coast guard brought in more people rescued from boats in the Atlantic. Arrivals to the Canary Islands have surged 573% to 3,933 migrants. A coast guard spokeswoman said 81 North African men were rescued from three small boats while another 29 reached […]

The foreign ministers of Spain and Italy have called for dialogue in the Eastern Mediterranean. Italy's Luigi Di Maio said the two countries, as well as the EU's high representative, were in agreement on starting dialogue with the sides to reduce tension in the region. The two officials said diplomacy and political solutions were the only answers to the crisis in Libya, where Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya paid […]