Tag: Spain

Thursday, October 30th 2014 - 09:16 UTC
Venezuela furious with Rajoy 'interventionism', recalls ambassador 'on consultation'

Venezuela recalled its ambassador to Spain to protest “interventionist declarations” made by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, the Venezuelan News Agency (AVN) said on Tuesday.
Thursday, October 30th 2014 - 08:55 UTC
Bachelet welcomed by King Felipe VI at the start of her visit to Spain

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia on Wednesday welcomed Chilean President Michelle Bachelet at the start of her official visit to Spain, expected to center on economic cooperation.
Thursday, October 30th 2014 - 08:38 UTC
Rajoy apologizes before the Senate for corrupt members in his Popular Party

With senior members of his own Popular Party among the dozens of Spaniards facing charges of corruption and bribery, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy apologized to the Senate for appointing to public office some individuals who were not “worthy” of it.
Wednesday, October 29th 2014 - 06:15 UTC
UK corrects Spain and El Pais: no change in Gibraltar Tripartite talks

Spanish Foreign Ministry briefings to media designed to reinforce Spain’s assertion that the Tripartite Talks are dead were challenged this weekend by the UK Government. In an unusual move Simon Manley, the British Ambassador to Spain, wrote to El Pais to correct their report which suggested that the ad hoc talks were a new phase of dialogue replacing the tripartite talks and that UK had changed its position on talks.
Friday, October 24th 2014 - 05:24 UTC
Democratic Spain trained Argentine officers during the 1976/1983 military dictatorship

Dozens of Argentine military officers who were complicit in crimes against humanity in the country during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship had been sent to Spain for training, new documents revealed this week.
Thursday, October 23rd 2014 - 04:38 UTC
Garcia-Margallo 'absolutely convinced' UK voted for Spain to join UN Security Council

Spain’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, said he was “absolutely convinced” that the British Government backed Spain’s bid to join the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member.
Friday, October 17th 2014 - 06:04 UTC
Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Venezuela and Spain join the Security Council

In three rounds of voting on Thursday the United Nations General Assembly elected Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela to serve as non-permanent members on the Security Council for two-year terms beginning on 1 January 2015.
Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 16:25 UTC
Madrid's attitude towards Gibraltar could thwart Spain's seat at Security Council

Spain’s separate battles to both become a temporary member of the United Nations Security Council and to also force Britain into bilateral negotiations over Gibraltar appear to be on a collision course, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
Monday, October 6th 2014 - 18:10 UTC
UK protests incursion of Gibraltar waters by Spanish research vessel

The Foreign Office reacted strongly to the 5 October 2014 serious incursion into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW) by a Spanish state research vessel. In response to the incident, the Minister for Europe, the Rt Hon David Lidington MP, earlier called Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Gonzalo de Benito to express his grave concern.
Monday, October 6th 2014 - 06:48 UTC
Spanish fighter jets enter Gibraltar air space in “reckless and dangerous” stunt

Spanish fighter jets illegally entered UK airspace to fly “across the bows” of a British airliner in a “reckless and dangerous” stunt over Gibraltar, according to a report in the Sunday Express.