Tag: Spain

Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 07:24 UTC
Madrid unilaterally extends protection for (400.000) Britons living in Spain

Spain's cabinet has approved measures for Britons in Spain to continue living there as now if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said the main purpose was that no-one, British or Spanish, would be left unprotected. Spain estimates that the measures, which would become law under a no-deal Brexit, would grant residency rights to about 400,000 UK citizens.
Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:02 UTC
“Rotten Bourbons” shouts the Barcelona crowd to Spanish visiting King

Hundreds of people took to the streets of Barcelona on Sunday to protest against a visit by Spain's King Felipe VI to the Catalonia region that made a failed bid to secede in 2017.
Wednesday, February 20th 2019 - 21:18 UTC
Spain sends a gunboat to Gibraltar

Spanish sources repeatedly claim they do not recognise that the waters around Gibraltar as being ‘British Gibraltar Territorial Waters,’ despite having signed the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982).
Sunday, February 3rd 2019 - 10:02 UTC
Gibraltar's legal status is a matter of fact, not opinion

In its proposal for post-Brexit, ‘visa-free travel’ the European Council on Friday has described Gibraltar as a “colony of the British Crown.” HM Government of Gibraltar is grateful to the Prime Minister for her comment that such a description is “completely unacceptable.”
Monday, January 28th 2019 - 09:31 UTC
UK Parliamentarians remain firm on Gibraltar

Gibraltar has intensified its contact on Brexit with senior United Kingdom parliamentarians both in the House of Commons and the House of Lords in order to put across the position of Gibraltar. The Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia took advantage of their visit to London last week to meet opinion-formers on the Remain and the Leave sides of the argument.
Wednesday, January 23rd 2019 - 09:07 UTC
Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo agrees to pay ‎€19 million for tax fraud in Spain

Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has paid a fine of almost ‎€19 million for tax fraud in Spain on Tuesday but will avoid a 23-month prison sentence as part of the deal.
Monday, January 21st 2019 - 09:24 UTC
Spain and EU working to minimize a no-deal Brexit impact on fisheries

Spain's minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, said he was confident that if no agreement is reached regarding Brexit, both the European Union (EU) and Spain will be prepared. During an informative breakfast, minister Planas stressed that the government of Spain is working to ensure citizens and is prepared to minimize the impact of “Brexit” on the agri-food and fisheries sector.
Monday, January 21st 2019 - 08:57 UTC
Argentina and Spain scientific research on climate change impact on hake in Tierra del Fuego

Scientific study suggests snoek (Thyrsites atun) can re-colonize the marine area of the Beagle Channel and South-Western Atlantic waters, an area in the southernmost point of the South American continent where this species competed with the hake (Merluccius sp.) to hunt preys in warmer periods.
Monday, January 21st 2019 - 08:54 UTC
Galicia commissions new report on Brexit and a possible fishing agreement with UK

The Government of Galicia will commission the University Institute of European Studies “Salvador de Madariaga”, from the University of A Coruña, a new report on the current status of the Brexit agreement and the possibilities to reach a fishing agreement with the United Kingdom.
Friday, January 18th 2019 - 09:16 UTC
Spanish fishing industry faces dramatic consequences with a no-deal Brexit

Spain's Agriculture, Fisheries and Food minister Luis Planas admitted the fishing industry could suffer “dramatic consequences” with a no-deal Brexit, one of several options after this week's parliament events in London. Minister Planas had revealed that in the case of a hard-Brexit, all Spanish fishing vessels will have to immediately abandon United Kingdom waters immediately.