Tag: Spain

• Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 10:00 UTC

  Brexit: Spain takes over UK maritime duties combating piracy off Somalia

  

  Spain on Friday took over from Britain command of a European Union maritime mission that combats piracy off the coast of Somalia as Britain's planned departure from the bloc nears.

• Wednesday, March 27th 2019 - 08:14 UTC

  North Korea embassy in Madrid raid: Spanish judge will request extraditions from the US

  

  Spanish judge plans to request the extradition from the United States of members of a group he suspects of forcing their way into the North Korean embassy in Madrid and trying to persuade an official there to defect, a judicial source said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Lopez Obrador urges Spain and the Vatican to apologize for abuses during the conquest; Madrid strongly rejects

  

  The Mexican president has sent a letter to Spain's King Felipe VI and Pope Francis urging them to apologize for human rights abuses committed during the conquest of the region. Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the indigenous peoples of Mexico had been the victims of massacres.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2019 - 08:08 UTC

  Spanish and Swiss companies win rights to operate key Brazilian airport groups

  

  Spain’s Aena SME SA and Switzerland’s Flughafen Zuerich AG last Friday won the right to operate two key Brazilian airport groups, in one of the first tests of President Jair Bolsonaro’s ability to draw foreign investment.

• Saturday, March 16th 2019 - 10:22 UTC

  North Korea embassy in Madrid raided; anti Kim Jong Un movement involved

  

  A dissident organization committed to overthrowing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was behind a raid on the North Korean embassy in Spain last month, The Washington Post reported on Friday, quoting people familiar with the planning and execution of the mission.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 09:24 UTC

  Spanish election poll forecasts a hung parliament

  

  Spain’s ruling Socialists would win 134 seats in the upcoming election due April 28, though would fall short of a majority in the 350-seat parliament forcing it to seek allies to pass legislation, a poll showed on Monday.

• Friday, March 8th 2019 - 10:17 UTC

  Not much to celebrate on Women's Day in Spain

  

  Global campaigners are showcasing events to mark Women's Day on Friday (March 8) with the slogan 'a balanced world is a better world' - but in Spain, the gender equality debate is sowing divisions that appear deeper than ever.

• Thursday, March 7th 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  Brits love holidays in Spain: 14 million holidayed in sunny Spain in 2017

  

  Brits love a holiday and whether we’re looking for a beach getaway or a city break, the next flight is often not too far away. But which long haul and short haul destination is the UK’s favorite? How long do we stay and how much do we spend? Newly collected travel data reveals UK’s favorite holiday destinations.

• Thursday, March 7th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Tourism contributed €1 in every €7, in the Spanish economy during 2018

  

  The Travel & Tourism sector contributed €1 in every €7, in the Spanish economy last year demonstrating the importance of the sector to the country. This comes in a year in which Spain overtook the USA as the country with the second largest number of international visitor arrivals in a year (behind France).

• Tuesday, March 5th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Spain and UK sign Gibraltar fiscal treaty to fight tax fraud and money laundering

  

  Spain and Britain on Monday signed a fiscal treaty on Gibraltar as Brexit nears to fight tax fraud and money laundering via the British overseas territory. Hailed as “massively significant” by Gibraltar's leader, Fabian Picardo, it was signed separately by Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell and David Lidington, Prime Minister Theresa May's effective deputy.