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A Spanish court has ruled that a former head of Mexico's state oil company must remain in custody while an extradition case is heard against him. A judge ruled that Emilio Lozoya is a flight risk, according to a statement from the National Court in Madrid. Mexico issued international arrest warrants against Lozoya last year as a result of corruption investigations. Lozoya has denied wrongdoing.

The Canarian Health Department confirmed yesterday that the patient in La Gomera’s hospital has now tested negative for coronavirus, now know as, COVID-19. It therefore appears that he has recovered fully, and continues to show no symptoms. The tests will be repeated within 24 hours, and if they again show negative, he will be released from hospital. The man’s four fellow travellers who remain under quarantine have now tested negative […]

Brussels is raising its 2020 growth forecast for Spain to 1.6%, one tenth of a point higher than its previous estimate. The economy is expected to expand by 1.5% in 2021, in line with the Spanish government’s own projections. The figures are part of the European Union’s new Winter 2020 Economic Forecast. By comparison, GDP growth in the euro area is expected to remain stable at 1.2% in 2020 and […]

The organizers of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), a leading tech innovation showcase held annually in Barcelona, said yesterday that the event will still go ahead despite a number of major exhibitors pulling out due to concerns over virus. With little more than a week to go before the trade fair is due to start, cancelling the MWC would cost more than €500 million.

All 19 Spanish citizens who were repatriated from China on Jan. 31 amid concerns over the coronavirus epidemic will be discharged from hospital today after testing negative for the virus . They have been under quarantine in a military hospital in Madrid since being evacuated from the epicentre of the virus in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Health authorities have so far confirmed two cases of the virus in Spain, […]

With new dynamic and charged batteries starts the renewed association of entrepreneurs and merchants of the Arenal in Jávea, which lost its operation some years ago due to internal disagreements and the loss of illusion of its partners. It rises almost from the ashes, like the Phoenix, with a very clear objective: that the Arenal is not a second zone, of those that only people remember to go to their […]

President Trump and first lady Melania will host King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain for an official state visit on April 21, the White House said Tuesday. The visit “will celebrate our two countries’ close friendship and shared history, and reaffirm our commitments to stand together to address today’s global challenges.”

69 African migrants who had gone missing while trying to reach Europe by boat, have been located by the Maritime Rescue service. A spokeswoman with the government agency said that a merchant ship found the boat some 36 nautical miles south of Málaga. The latest rescue came after 119 migrants were found on Monday on two boats in the Alborán Sea, east of the Strait of Gibraltar that separates Europe […]

The ruling Socialists presented parliament with a legislative proposal for legalising euthanasia yesterday, despite fierce opposition from the Catholic church and rightwing groups. The proposal has been championed by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez who said the party had spent "years" working on the subject. It is the third time in just over a year that the Socialists have tried to decriminalise euthanasia, with the bill proposing that any person suffering a […]