Tag: Spain

• Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:34 UTC

  IAG, Iberia and British Airways parent company takes over Air Europa for €1bn

  

  IAG, the parent company of Iberia and British Airways, has agreed to buy Spanish airline Air Europa for €1bn in a move it says will strengthen Madrid’s position as a European hub. It will be the airline group’s third Spanish brand, behind the flag-carrier and low-cost Vueling.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Spain votes on Sunday: Catalonia and a possible repeat of a hung parliament

  

  The main candidates to become Spain's next prime minister clashed on Monday over how to handle Catalan separatism, as they tried to woo voters ahead of a repeat election that opinion polls show could be as inconclusive as the one in April.

• Saturday, November 2nd 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Spain confirmed as host of COP25 climate summit, but Madrid hotels are full and flights expensive

  

  Spain will host the COP25 climate summit in December, the UN said on Friday, after Chile abandoned plans to hold it due to deadly anti-government protests. Some 25,000 delegates had been expected in Chile for COP25, including teenage Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.

• Friday, November 1st 2019 - 07:37 UTC

  Spain offers to replace Chile as host of COP25 climate summit

  

  Chile's President Sebastian Piñera said on Thursday that Spain has offered to host the COP25 climate conference in December after he abandoned plans to hold it in Santiago following violent protests.

• Monday, October 28th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Counter march with Catalonian and Spanish flags: “Enough! streets belong to everyone”

  

  Tens of thousands of people marched on Sunday for Spanish unity, staging a counter-rally in Barcelona a day after 300,000 Catalan separatists held a protest over the jailing of nine regional leaders.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  PM Sanchez in Barcelona visits police injured battling Catalan separatist violence

  

  Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the opposition leader Pablo Casado visited Barcelona on Monday to meet police struggling with Catalan separatist violence in a crisis that could be a game-changer in next month's general election.

• Monday, October 21st 2019 - 08:57 UTC

  Madrid flooded by shepherds and flocks respecting a 1418 agreement

  

  Sheep replaced traffic on the streets of Madrid on Sunday as shepherds steered their flocks through the heart of the Spanish capital, following ancient migration routes.

• Sunday, October 20th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Madrid willing to dialogue asked by Catalan leader, but first demands strong condemnation of violence

  

  Separatist Catalan leaders on Saturday called on the Spanish government to hold talks as thousands protested for a sixth day in Barcelona. Protestors accused police of “repression” and chanted “we are people of peace” following a night of clashes during which nearly 200 people were hurt.

• Friday, October 18th 2019 - 10:47 UTC

  Catalonia independence vote in two years, proposes head of the region

  

  Catalonia should hold a new vote on independence from Spain within two years, the head of the region's government said on Thursday in a fresh challenge to Madrid following days of unrest by pro-separatist protesters.

• Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 09:19 UTC

  Spanish King will visit Cuba as part of Havana's 500th anniversary

  

  Spain's King Felipe VI will visit Cuba next month as part of the 500th anniversary celebrations of the island nation's capital Havana, the European country's Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said on Wednesday. “I can confirm it will take place in November” after the Spanish general elections on November 10, Borrell said during a visit to Havana where he met his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez.