Tag: Spain

• Tuesday, May 11th 2021 - 01:49 UTC

  Vigo anticipates a 50,000 tons Falklands' Loligo catch but it will have to pay tariff to access the EU

  

  The Falkland Islands' fishing industry partners/associates in Vigo are faced with good and bad news. The good news is that the Loligo catch is expected to reach 50,000 tons, while the bad news is that the exceptional squid harvest expected to begin arriving next week in Vigo will be, for the first time facing a 6% tariff when landed in Spain, according to the Galicia media.

• Tuesday, May 4th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Spanish Government pleads EU to speed up trade accords with Latin American partners to contain China's expansion

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has petitioned the European Union to lift all barriers that prevent the bloc's trade agreement with Mercosur to become operational. Sánchez also requested similar action be taken in the cases of accords with Mexico and Chile.

• Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  RSF denounces two Spanish journalists killed in Burkina Faso

  

  The non-government organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has denounced the killing of Spanish journalists David Beriáin and Roberto Fraile together with Rory Young, a Zambian-born Irish conservationist. The journalists were on an anti-poaching mission in Burkina Faso.

• Saturday, April 24th 2021 - 08:56 UTC

  Cabify set to quit Brazil by June 14 citing lack of profitability

  

  The passenger transport app Cabify Friday announced it will be dropping all operations in Brazil by June 14 due to lack of profitability and the serious health crisis in the country.

• Tuesday, March 16th 2021 - 08:25 UTC

  Saudi US$ 100 million “gift” to Spain's Juan Carlos I investigated by Swiss prosecutor

  

  Swiss prosecutor is probing whether the late Saudi king broke any laws when he transferred US$100 million to a fund controlled by fellow royal Juan Carlos I of Spain in 2008.

• Monday, March 15th 2021 - 08:53 UTC

  UK, Gibraltar/Spain international agreement of Taxation has entered into force

  

  The UK has ratified the International Agreement on Taxation and the Protection of Financial Interests between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Spain regarding Gibraltar.

• Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:36 UTC

  Spain expects to roll out vaccine “Digital Green Pass” by May 19 for FITUR tourism fair

  

  Spain could be ready to start rolling out coronavirus vaccine ‘passports’ by the end of May, paving the way to welcome back holidaymakers, Minister of tourism, María Reyes Maroto, said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  European Parliament votes to lift immunity to Catalan leaders, wanted by Spanish justice

  

  The European Parliament voted on Tuesday in favor of lifting immunity from the former leader of Spain's Catalonia region, Carles Puigdemont. Lawmakers also waived immunity for Toni Comin, the former Catalan health minister, and former regional education minister Clara Ponsati.

• Wednesday, February 24th 2021 - 08:58 UTC

  Major Spanish renewable energy group Abengoa files for insolvency

  

  Spain's renewable energy group Abengoa SA filed for insolvency late on Monday, after its latest attempt to restructure its debts fell apart. The parent company of the renewable-energy producer, which is the entity that filed for insolvency, had around 1 billion Euros of liabilities in 2019.

• Wednesday, February 24th 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  Statue of Franco removed from the African enclave of Melilla

  

  Spanish dictator Francisco Franco no longer “guards” the city gates of Melilla, a Spanish enclave and autonomous city on the northwest African coast. Without much fanfare, a group of workmen operated a mechanical digger and heavy drills to chip away at the brick platform on which the statue stood, lifted it off by a chain around its neck, and carted it away in bubble wrap on a pickup truck.