Tag: Spain

• Monday, November 4th 2013 - 23:50 UTC

  Gibraltar shared sovereignty 'a non starter for any negotiations' says expert in Spanish history

  

  The idea that one day Spain would share sovereignty in Gibraltar is a non-starter, according to Spanish Civil War expert and Madrid based journalist William Chislett. In Gibraltar for the first international Literary Festival, Mr Chislett gave his opinion on the developing cross-border political strife and also commented on the current political climate surrounding Spain.

• Monday, October 28th 2013 - 20:16 UTC

  Foreign Office Director Europe is the new British ambassador in Spain

  

  Simon Manley CMG, a member of the UK’s Diplomatic Service since 1990 on Monday 28 October succeeds Giles Paxman as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Spain and non-resident Ambassador to Andorra.

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2013 - 16:32 UTC

  Bank of Spain estimates the country climbed out of recession in third quarter

  

  Spain climbed out of recession in the third quarter, growing 0.1% from the previous three-month period to end a streak of nine consecutive quarters of contraction, the Bank of Spain estimated Wednesday in its latest economic bulletin.

• Monday, October 21st 2013 - 05:43 UTC

  Lazard renegotiates Pescanova’s 2bn Euro debt: pretends 75% relief

  

  The new chairperson of the Galician multinational firm Pescanova, Juan Manuel Urgoiti, authorized the investment bank Lazard to implement an urgent debt refinancing process with the creditor entities.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2013 - 08:29 UTC

  Spain will not seek support on Gibraltar from the coming Ibero-American summit

  

  Spain will not seek support from the Ibero-American summit to call on the UK to resume the bilateral dialogue on Gibraltar’s sovereignty as Argentina has done traditionally with the Falklands/Malvinas issue, according to Spanish diplomatic sources reported in the Madrid media.

• Monday, October 14th 2013 - 05:25 UTC

  Catholic Church beatifies 522 priests and nuns killed by Republicans in the Spanish civil war

  

  The Roman Catholic Church in Spain has beatified 522 people, most of them priests and nuns killed by Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. Thousands of people attended the outdoor event in Tarragona, presided over by a senior Vatican cardinal.

• Sunday, October 13th 2013 - 11:38 UTC

  Council of Europe blasts Spain on law enforcement authorities’ violations

  

  Spain has been warned about the conduct of its law enforcement authorities in a new Council of Europe report. “Ill-treatment by and impunity of members of law enforcement agencies is a very serious, long-standing human rights issue for which Spain has already been condemned by international bodies” reads the study.

• Friday, October 11th 2013 - 18:24 UTC

  Three million Spaniards living in extreme poverty, and becoming chronic says Caritas

  

  The number of Spaniards living in severe poverty has doubled to 3 million since the economic crisis erupted in 2008, according to a report released by the Caritas charity, taking as poverty line those who live on less than 307 €euros (414 dollars) a month.

• Thursday, October 3rd 2013 - 21:58 UTC

  UK tells Spain: ‘no sovereignty negotiations with which Gibraltar is not content’

  

  Britain has enshrined, in a written statement to the United Nations, its commitment that it will not enter into a process of sovereignty negotiations with which Gibraltar is not content. And it has also reaffirmed its sovereignty over Gibraltar and its territorial waters, according to the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Thursday, October 3rd 2013 - 06:58 UTC

  Spain proposes sharing embassies and consulates with Pacific Alliance countries

  

  Spain has proposed sharing embassies, consulates and trade offices with its Latinamerican associate-members of the Pacific Alliance, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico. Foreign minister Jose Manuel García Margallo said that the idea of sharing some embassies and consulates already is operational in the European Union.