Tag: Spain

Wednesday, January 8th 2020 - 09:50 UTC
Spain finally has a government: a coalition which includes a Catalan separatist group

Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez won the narrowest of victories in Parliament on Tuesday to take power for a second term in Spain with the backing of the anti-austerity party Podemos and a Catalan separatist group.
Friday, January 3rd 2020 - 09:19 UTC
A Catalan separatist party could help confirm Sánchez as Spanish prime minister

A Catalan separatist party said on Thursday it would abstain during the Spanish parliament's upcoming vote to confirm Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez as prime minister, potentially ending the prolonged national political deadlock.
Tuesday, December 31st 2019 - 12:30 UTC
Bolivia/Spain/Mexico spat escalates with the expulsion of diplomats

Bolivia's interim president Jeanine Añez announced on Monday that the country will expel Mexico's ambassador and two Spanish diplomats, drawing a tit-for-tat response from Madrid as a dispute over an alleged attempt to extract an ex-government aide escalated.
Monday, December 30th 2019 - 09:40 UTC
Spain/Bolivia/Mexico spat over an alleged attempt to rescue ex president Morales aids accused of sedition

Bolivia accused Spain of an abortive attempt to extract a wanted former government aid from Mexico's embassy in La Paz, prompting a sharp denial from Madrid. It was the latest twist in a murky incident on Friday involving embassy personnel in the Bolivian capital that has sparked a bitter diplomatic spat.
Monday, December 23rd 2019 - 07:33 UTC
Spain's “El Gordo” lottery paid more than €2 billion in lucky numbers prizes

Winners of Spain's “El Gordo” lottery were celebrating on Sunday after more than €2 billion were paid out as the lucky numbers were announced live on national television.
Thursday, December 19th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Discovery of 500-year old anchors could give further insight to Spanish conquest of Mexico

Two 500-year-old iron ship anchors have been discovered on Mexico's Gulf Coast, potentially offering an insight into the Spanish invasion. Archaeologists say they may have belonged to the fleet led by Spain's Hernán Cortés, who conquered the Aztec empire in the 16th Century.
Thursday, December 19th 2019 - 09:22 UTC
Barcelona-Real Madrid derby turns into world stage for Catalans demanding independence

Protesters have clashed with police outside a Barcelona and Real Madrid football match at Nou Camp in Spain. Thousands of fans inside the stadium held up banners urging the Spanish government to “sit and talk” with those demanding Catalan independence.
Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 08:55 UTC
Spanish police seize a Colombian submarine with tons of cocaine in Galicia

Police in Spain have seized a submarine carrying cocaine off the coast of the northwest Galicia region which had arrived from South America, officials said on Monday.
Saturday, November 23rd 2019 - 09:23 UTC
Another major haul of cocaine in the port of Montevideo: three tons headed for the Canary Islands

Uruguayan authorities this week confiscated over three tons of cocaine from an Africa-bound rice container in the port of Montevideo. The container was originally from Paraguay and was set to stop in Tenerife, the largest of Spain's Canary Islands off West Africa, before finally arriving in Cotonou, in southern Benin, the National Customs Directorate said in a statement.
Tuesday, November 19th 2019 - 05:17 UTC
Survival of the big-eye tuna to be decided this week in ICCAT meeting in Spain

The fate of big-eye tuna, over-fished and in decline, could be decided this week when fishing nations meet to set quotas after failing last year to agree on safeguard measures for the valuable food resource. Scientists warn that unless the catch is reduced, stocks of Thunnus obesus - prized for sashimi in Japan and canned worldwide - could collapse within years.