Tag: Spain

Tuesday, November 20th 2018 - 06:59 UTC
Spain demands “separate negotiations for Gibraltar” to agree on EU Brexit deal

Spain has said it will not agree to the draft Brexit withdrawal deal without clarity over how talks on the future status of Gibraltar should be handled. Foreign minister Josep Borrell insisted that talks about the territory were “separate negotiations”.
Friday, November 16th 2018 - 08:39 UTC
Gibraltar, and BOTs, part of UK-EU withdrawal agreement and transitional period

The proposed Withdrawal Agreement published on Wednesday by the United Kingdom and European Union makes it clear that its terms, including the transitional period, will apply to Gibraltar. According to a release from the Gibraltar government “this was the number one priority of the Cabinet and of the Government and it has been achieved. It means that Gibraltar will not crash out of the European Union in March 2019 and that things will largely remain as they are until the end of 2020”.
Wednesday, November 7th 2018 - 06:29 UTC
Spanish concern with Brexit's consequences for the fishing fleet in UK and Falklands' waters

Growing concern in Spain about the consequences of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, with or without a deal, and its impact on the country's strong fishing industry. The issue has been debated in Spain's congress.
Tuesday, November 6th 2018 - 20:45 UTC
Paleontologists discover remains of a suropods dinosaur that lived some 110 million years ago

A team of Spanish and Argentine paleontologists have discovered the remains of a dinosaur that lived 110 million years ago in the center of the country, the National University of La Matanza revealed last Friday.
Thursday, October 25th 2018 - 08:25 UTC
Gibraltar prepared and confident on a Withdrawal Agreement from EU

Gibraltar will step up its contingency planning as from January 1, 2019, if there is no certainty of a Withdrawal Agreement and implementation period by that date, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo told an influential House of Lords select committee. Addressing the EU Select Committee, he also signaled his hope that Gibraltar, the UK and Spain could salvage elements of the Gibraltar negotiations even in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit between the UK and the EU.
Thursday, October 18th 2018 - 08:53 UTC
Foreign Office Brexit spokesperson, next UK ambassador in Spain

The British Government has appointed Hugh Elliott as its new Ambassador to Spain in succession of Simon Manley. According to a statement issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Mr Elliott will take up the role during the summer of 2019.
Saturday, October 13th 2018 - 11:06 UTC
Student leader banished from Venezuela; pressures rise by case Alban

Activist Lorent Gomez Saleh has been freed and secretly transferred by Venezuelan authorities to the international airport of Maiquetía, one hour from Caracas, to be “referred” to Spain.
Friday, October 12th 2018 - 08:38 UTC
A no-deal Brexit a “disaster” for Spain's tourism industry

A no-deal Brexit would be “a disaster” for Spain, the country’s UK tourism chief has warned. Javier Pinanes, director of Spain’s tourist office in London, acknowledged that travel disruption caused by the UK and the European Union failing to negotiate an agreement would be “a really big problem”.
Tuesday, October 9th 2018 - 11:51 UTC
Montserrat Caballé laid to rest next to her parents in Barcelona

Spain's Queen Mother Sophia, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and music celebrities gathered Monday at the Les Corts mortuary facilities for a religious ceremony to pay their last respects to Opera legend Montserrat Caballé, the Spanish soprano who died Saturday aged 85 at a hospital in her native Barcelona.
Tuesday, October 9th 2018 - 09:06 UTC
Abduction of newborns in Spain under Franco comes to light

A Spanish court has ruled that a doctor stole a newborn child nearly five decades ago, one of many abducted during Spain’s 20th-century dictatorship. But the court cleared Eduardo Vela because the statute of limitations had expired.