Tag: Spain

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.
Tuesday, October 1st 2013 - 03:55 UTC
Argentina buys 16 Mirage F 1 from Spain; half have air-refuelling capacity

Argentina has confirmed the purchase of 16 second hand Mirage F-1 decommissioned from the Spanish Air force in an operation valued at 170 million Euros. The expenditure is contemplated in the 2014 budget bill approved in the Lower House and which awaits debate in the Senate.
Saturday, September 28th 2013 - 04:57 UTC
Malvinas/Gibraltar: Garcia Margallo admits coincidences, but “no joint actions”

Spain will not be involved in ‘joint actions’ with Argentina regarding sovereignty claims over Gibraltar and Malvinas, said on Friday Spanish Foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo, arguing there had been ‘misinterpretations’ in the Argentine version of the bilateral ministerial meeting and which was first denied by the Moncla Palace.
Thursday, September 26th 2013 - 21:36 UTC
Spain out of recession “but not out of the crisis”, Rajoy tells US financial media

President Mariano Rajoy making the round of financial media in New York this week, said Spain had emerged from recession in the third quarter with estimated economic growth of 0.1% to 0.2% forecast and 0.5% to 1% in 2014.
Thursday, September 26th 2013 - 21:29 UTC
Rajoy calls on UK for dialogue on Gibraltar, last ‘colonial anachronism’ in Europe

Addressing the UN General Assembly Spanish President Mariano Rajoy described the Gibraltar situation as a ‘colonial anachronism’ and criticized UK’s dialogue denial attitude on the Rock’s sovereignty. The speech comes at a tense moment in Gibraltar and Spain relations, but according to the Madrid press, Rajoy was less forceful than expected.
Thursday, September 26th 2013 - 20:55 UTC
Falklands/Gibraltar: Argentina and Spain agree to team up and pressure UK

Argentina and Spain agreed on Thursday to team up to pressure Britain to discuss their separate claims on British territories: the Falklands in the south Atlantic and Gibraltar near the southern tip of Spain.
Friday, September 20th 2013 - 19:38 UTC
Looking back on time: when Garcia Margallo championed for Melilla and Ceuta as tax havens

Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo has long been a vocal critic of Gibraltar’s competitive tax framework, denouncing the Rock as “a tax haven” despite its recognised compliance with international standards set by the EU and the OECD, among others.
Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 20:50 UTC
EC fact-finding mission to Gibraltar/Spain arrives next September 25

The European Commission will send a fact-finding mission to the Gibraltar-Spain border on September 25 to assess Spanish customs controls and their impact on freedom of movement. The date for the mission was confirmed on Wednesday following days of wrangling over the scope of its mandate, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.
Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 20:45 UTC
Gibraltar and Spain trade unions call for an end to border crossing dispute

The Gibraltar branch of Unite the Union has joined forces with Spanish unions Comisiones Obreras [CC.OO] and Unión General de Trabajadores [UGT] to underscore their collective concern at the deterioration of cross-border relations because of the on-going dispute.
Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 06:46 UTC
Controversial figure named to advisory board of the Euro-zone leading bank

Santander, the Euro zone's biggest bank, has hired Rodrigo Rato, under investigation in connection with allegations of fraud at state-rescued lender Bankia when he was chairman, to its international advisory board.