Tag: Spain

• Monday, June 20th 2022 - 10:21 UTC

  Galician fishing companies demanding an increase in fuel bonus for the vessels

  

  The Galicia fishing lobby from Puerto Marin, Opromar, is complaining it is suffering the impact of sustained increase in fuel prices and is demanding action from the Spanish government.

• Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:12 UTC

  Two cases of monkeypox confirmed in Argentina

  

  Argentine health authorities Friday confirmed the first two cases of monkeypox in the country. Both men had been in Spain recently but are not connected.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Russian Energy Tycoons & Families Found Dead In Suspicious Circumstances

  

  Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice – Several Russian oligarchs, who have either worked at energy firms or amassed their fortune from oil and gas, have been found dead in suspicious circumstances, not only in Russia but also in the UK and Spain.

• Wednesday, March 30th 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  No immunity: British Judiciary may try former Spanish King Juan Carlos I

  

  Former King Juan Carlos I may be brought to Justice in the United Kingdom for the alleged harassment of his former mistress Corinna Larsen, Judge Matthew Nicklin ruled.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 20:58 UTC

  South American corn seeks to offset Ukrainian supply to Europe

  

  France and Spain have requested the European Union to loosen up its requirements for the import of cereals given the current impact the war in Ukraine is having on the price of food globally, it was reported.

• Monday, March 7th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Brexit keeps Gibraltar ambulances off Spain

  

  In a new direct Brexit spinoff, authorities at the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar have confirmed that routine patients may henceforth be ferried for treatment to Spanish hospitals only if their ambulances are staffed by Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) employees who live in Spain or by EU nationals, it was reported.

• Friday, February 18th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  “The worst tragedy of our fishing fleet in 38 years”, Spanish Fisheries minister

  

  Spain's Fisheries Minister Luis Planas has called the sinking of the “Villa de Pitanxo“ off the coast of Canada the ”worst tragedy for our fishing fleet in 38 years”. At least nine sailors have died and a dozen remain missing after the vessel fishing for black halibut sank on Monday night early Tuesday some 450 kilometers from Newfoundland.

• Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 21:55 UTC

  Spanish trawler sinks in Canadian waters: 7 dead, many missing

  

  A Spanish-flagged trawler has sunk Tuesday off the Newfoundland coast in eastern Canada, killing at least seven people while rescue efforts were underway to find the rest of the crew. Three survivors have been found, and a lifeboat is still missing. Hence hopes are high others could have made it through.

• Thursday, February 10th 2022 - 09:08 UTC

  Spain: McAfee's death was ruled a suicide, but family appeals decision

  

  A Spanish judge ruled Wednesday that the death of computer antivirus developer John McAfee in a Catalonia prison was a suicide after a new post-mortem report and ordered the case shelved.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 - 08:04 UTC

  Spanish Queen Letizia lands in Paraguay on a 3-day tour

  

  Spain's Queen Letizia has landed Tuesday evening at Asunción Silvio Pettirossi International Airport, where she was welcomed by First Lady Silvana Abdo, Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo and Madrid's Ambassador Carmen Castiella Ruiz.