Tag: Spain

• Monday, July 2nd 2012 - 05:48 UTC

  Gay cruise vessel banned from Casablanca forced to dock in Malaga

  

  The cruise ship “Nieuw Amsterdam” on its present voyage catering to gay clients docked Sunday in Malaga, south of Spain, after Moroccan authorities prohibited it from making its scheduled port of call in Casablanca.

• Monday, July 2nd 2012 - 05:22 UTC

  Gibraltar will never cede “an iota of sovereignty to Spain”, says Picardo

  

  Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has declared that he will never hand over “a grain of sand, a drop of water or a breath of air to Spain”. In an interview with the Spanish national press agency EFE, in Gibraltar House in London, Picardo regretted the “difficult relations with Spain” but reiterated that he would never cede “an iota of sovereignty to Spain.”

• Monday, July 2nd 2012 - 05:13 UTC

  Gibraltar and Spain agree on new round of fishing activities technical talks

  

  Gibraltar and Spain are edging closer to a fishing activities agreement and a further round of technical talks between the Gibraltar Government’s fishing commission and Spanish fishermen has been agreed for next week.

• Saturday, June 30th 2012 - 05:25 UTC

  Relief in EU: German parliament approved Euro rescue fund and fiscal pact

  

  As expected, more than two-thirds of the lawmakers in Germany's parliament moved on Friday to approve the permanent Euro rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism, and a fiscal pact long championed by Chancellor Angela Merkel.

• Thursday, June 28th 2012 - 20:13 UTC

  Grilled calamari the sensation of UK summer boosted by the Dukan diet

  

  As Brits become more adventurous in the kitchen, sales of squid have soared. Calamari is set to be a summer sensation, due in part to the popularity of the Dukan diet.

• Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 22:37 UTC

  Spanish regions cripple Madrid’s attempts to keep budget deficit target

  

  Spain is considering raising consumer, energy and property taxes, the government said, as it struggles to reduce a public deficit that may have already exceeded one of its budgeted ceilings for the full year.

• Monday, June 25th 2012 - 20:46 UTC

  Spain formally request Euro zone rescue to recapitalize debt-laden banks

  

  Spain on Monday formally requested Euro zone rescue loans to recapitalise its debt-laden banks as the Euro and shares fell on investor scepticism about this week's EU summit.

• Friday, June 22nd 2012 - 07:39 UTC

  Political deal in Germany on the ESM; mini summit in Rome to rescue Spain

  

  The German government and opposition reached on Thursday a deal that will allow parliament to approve the European Stability Mechanism, ESM, next week, but Germany's top court may delay the rescue fund's start date, saying it needed time to study the treaty.

• Friday, June 22nd 2012 - 07:36 UTC

  Spanish banks need 62bn Euros; full bail-out of the country in the drawing board

  

  Spain's medium-term borrowing costs spiralled to a Euro-era record on Thursday and independent auditors said Spanish banks may need up to 62 billion Euros in extra capital, to be filled mostly by a Euro zone bailout.

• Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 06:51 UTC

  Spain warns UN Decolonization Committee not to de-list Gibraltar

  

  Spain made a calm but classic contribution before the United Nations Decolonization Committee (C24) last week defending territorial integrity arguments but also warning the Committee not to de-list Gibraltar without sticking to the current UN criteria.