Tag: Spain

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

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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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.

• Monday, February 6th 2017 - 09:50 UTC

  Post-Brexit UK citizens rights: Rajoy supports reciprocal arrangements for Britons

  

  Theresa May’s hopes for an early deal on the post-Brexit rights of British citizens living in the EU were given a boost as Spain’s Mariano Rajoy backed the plan. The Prime Minister has refused to guarantee the status of EU citizens in the UK unless reciprocal arrangements are made for Britons living on the continent.

• Saturday, February 4th 2017 - 06:15 UTC

  UK assures Gibraltar about access to financial services market and sovereignty

  

  Britain will maintain Gibraltar’s existing access to the UK financial services market and broaden it where possible, a British Government minister told the House of Lords on Thursday, as he insisted sovereignty was “simply not on the table” in the Brexit process.

• Wednesday, February 1st 2017 - 09:16 UTC

  Spain insists, co-sovereignty proposal for Gibraltar is “a generous offer”

  

  Spain is seeking “the consensus of everyone” in order to further its sovereignty aspirations over Gibraltar, the country’s Minister for Foreign Affairs said in an interview at the weekend.Alfonso Dastis Quecedo told La Vanguardia newspaper that “there is no doubt” as to Spain’s position in respect of the Rock. “We want that piece of Spain to be reintegrated into Spain,” he said.