Tag: Spain

• Wednesday, March 10th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  European Parliament votes to lift immunity to Catalan leaders, wanted by Spanish justice

  

  The European Parliament voted on Tuesday in favor of lifting immunity from the former leader of Spain's Catalonia region, Carles Puigdemont. Lawmakers also waived immunity for Toni Comin, the former Catalan health minister, and former regional education minister Clara Ponsati.

• Wednesday, February 24th 2021 - 08:58 UTC

  Major Spanish renewable energy group Abengoa files for insolvency

  

  Spain's renewable energy group Abengoa SA filed for insolvency late on Monday, after its latest attempt to restructure its debts fell apart. The parent company of the renewable-energy producer, which is the entity that filed for insolvency, had around 1 billion Euros of liabilities in 2019.

• Wednesday, February 24th 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  Statue of Franco removed from the African enclave of Melilla

  

  Spanish dictator Francisco Franco no longer “guards” the city gates of Melilla, a Spanish enclave and autonomous city on the northwest African coast. Without much fanfare, a group of workmen operated a mechanical digger and heavy drills to chip away at the brick platform on which the statue stood, lifted it off by a chain around its neck, and carted it away in bubble wrap on a pickup truck.

• Sunday, February 21st 2021 - 17:19 UTC

  Fifth night of violent protests in Spain; coalition government divided over the gag law which triggered the rioting

  

  For a fifth night street protests in Spain on Saturday turned violent following the arrest of Pablo Hasél, a popular rapper, which has triggered a national debate on freedom of expression. But the disturbances have also strained relations inside the country's fragile coalition government.

• Thursday, January 21st 2021 - 09:38 UTC

  Coronavirus in several Spanish fishing vessels delays departure to the Falklands squid season

  

  The departure of several fishing vessels scheduled to leave from Vigo, Galicia to the Falkland Islands' squid season, has been delayed because a few crew members tested positive for the coronavirus. Companies involved have undertaken the necessary and isolation measures, reports the local media.

• Thursday, January 7th 2021 - 09:37 UTC

  Paris court of appeal rules that ETA Basque group can be handed to Spain

  

  The Paris Court of Appeal has ruled that the former long-time leader of Basque separatist group ETA, Josu Ternera, can be handed over to Spain, a judicial source said on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, December 29th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Spain trying to prevent a hard border with Gibraltar; commuters will have a special document

  

  Cross-border workers who commute between Gibraltar and Spain will be exempt from border controls after Brexit even if no agreement on free movement is reached with Britain, Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said on Monday.

• Tuesday, December 29th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Spain creates registry of people refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19

  

  Spain will set up a registry of people who refuse to be vaccinated against the new coronavirus and share it with other European Union member states, although it will not be made public, Health Minister Salvador Illa said on Monday.

• Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 09:28 UTC

  Galicia disappointed with fisheries post Brexit deal, pledges a belligerent attitude to recover lost fishing rights

  

  Spain's regional government of Galicia has publicly expressed its concern about the fisheries chapter in the recently agreed UK/EU post/Brexit trade deal, which it considers will have a cost of 190 million Euros for the regional fleet and anticipates it will adopt a “belligerent” attitude to recover the lost fishing rights of the regional industry,

• Friday, December 11th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Spanish government takes over Franco's summer palace and its art collection

  

  The Spanish state on Thursday took over former dictator General Francisco Franco's summer palace, complete with its vast art trove, and evicted his heirs as part of the leftist government's efforts to erase the legacy of his rule.