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Montevideo, October 20th 2025 - 21:18 UTC

Tag: Spain

  • Thursday, March 30th 2017 - 10:15 UTC

    Madrid sends Brexit “message of calm” to Spaniards who work in Gibraltar

    The statement from Dastis was interpreted as a “message of calm” to Spaniards who work in Gibraltar, saying their interests will be kept in mind by Spain.

    Spain’s Foreign Minister, Alfonso Dastis, has told a leading German newspaper that Madrid will not be taking “any type of punitive measures” at the border with Gibraltar after Brexit. Dastis has made similar statements in recent days to Spanish media, but his comments to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung are the first time he has spoken about the border to the international media.

  • Wednesday, March 22nd 2017 - 09:43 UTC

    Spain supports deal for British expatriates to remain following Brexit

    Minister Jorge Toledo told The Times “We are broadly in favour of retaining a reciprocal agreement on questions like healthcare and freedom of movement.”

    Spain will support a Brexit deal that allows British expatriates to remain on the Costas with their benefits intact, including access to healthcare, it was reported. According to The Times, Madrid would “in principle” favour an agreement that would allow Britons living in Spain and other parts of the EU to retain existing rights.

  • Thursday, March 9th 2017 - 21:52 UTC

    Spain's King Felipe VI on state visit to Britain next June

    King Felipe had accepted an invitation from the Queen in December 2015 to visit the UK accompanied by Queen Letizia.

    Spain’s King Felipe VI will pay a State Visit to the United Kingdom in June, Spanish media reported. The visit, which has not been formally confirmed by either the British or Spanish governments, would be the first visit by a Spanish monarch to the UK in over three decades.

  • Thursday, March 2nd 2017 - 07:59 UTC

    Falklands' Loligo season opens; Vigo market squid prices are “strong”

    “What matters is how the season takes off”, points out Javier Touza who recalls “the very poor 2015 season” with catches of 30.000 tons of Loligo

    The Loligo squid season took off this weekend in the Falkland Islands and the Galician partners of local companies are hopeful that they can repeat catches of the last season when some 46.000 tons were landed. “The experimental sampling previous to the official launching points to stability”, according to Javier Touza president of ARVI, the Vigo cooperative of vessel owners.

  • Thursday, February 23rd 2017 - 10:20 UTC

    Argentina's Macri in state visit to Spain to attract investors

    “Fourteen months ago, Argentina began a historic change. We want to reduce poverty to zero, since a third of Argentines still live in poverty” said Macri

    Argentine president Mauricio Macri started an official state visit to Spain on Wednesday and was received with a display of full military honors of the Royal Household at the Royal Palace. Following a meeting with King Felipe, the president left for Congress where he addressed the full house.

  • Monday, February 20th 2017 - 10:56 UTC

    Spain's Rajoy insists with co-sovereignty for Gibraltar

    Rajoy said he was confident Britain and Spain would reach a deal to protect the rights of their respective citizens after Brexit. A million Britons are living in Spain

    Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has defended his government’s co-sovereignty proposal for Gibraltar and reiterated that Spain will use Brexit to push its sovereignty aspirations over the Rock. Rajoy made the comments during a wide-ranging interview with Agence France Presse. “I think that our proposal of shared sovereignty is very reasonable,” he said.

  • Saturday, February 18th 2017 - 06:21 UTC

    Spanish King's brother in law sentenced to six years in prison for fraud

    A panel of judges ruled that Cristina, the 51-year-old sister of King Felipe VI, will be required to pay nearly Euros 265,000 in fines

    In a wide-ranging tax fraud case that captivated Spain, Princess Cristina was found not guilty Friday of being an accessory to fraud but her husband was convicted and sentenced to more than six years in prison.

  • Sunday, February 12th 2017 - 13:50 UTC

    Spain and EC address Brexit consequences for the fish industry

    Brexit is one of the main topics on the agenda of Spanish Fisheries Secretary-General Lopez Asenjo in his round of talks with Brussels officials

    Spain's Secretary General of Fisheries from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment Alberto Lopez Asenjo has met with representatives of the European Commission (EC) to address the consequences of Brexit for the Spanish fishing fleet and its markets.

  • Friday, February 10th 2017 - 11:28 UTC

    Spain must act intelligently in its approach to Gibraltar, says foreign minister

    ”I am for ‘Gibraltar español’, but we have to be intelligent when it comes to tackling this issue,” said Dastis also added he was “not a pessimist” about Brexit

    Spain’s Foreign Minister, Alfonso Dastis, said that he believed Gibraltar should be Spanish, though he added Spain must be intelligent in its approach to the Rock. He was speaking during a wide-ranging interview on the morning politics show Los Desayunos, on state broadcaster TVE1.

  • Wednesday, February 8th 2017 - 11:20 UTC

    Rajoy speaks to Trump and offers to act as a link with Latin American countries

    Both leaders discussed shared priorities on security, economics with Trump emphasizing on the importance of all NATO allies sharing the burden of defense

    United States President Donald Trump has expressed his commitment to NATO and bilateral cooperation with Spain during a telephone call with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, a media report said on Wednesday. They also discussed the fight against the terrorist group Islamic State (IS), and Spain's role as potential bridge with Latin American countries and Europe.