Europe and London in particular is still reeling from the latest terrorist atrocity. A Spaniard who runs a bar in London’s Borough Market has become one of the heroes of Saturday’s terrorist attack after a video emerged ......More than two days after the London terror attack in which seven people died and at least 48 people were injured, the fate of 39-year-old Spaniard Ignacio Echevarría, a Madrid native living in London, remains unknown. .. Spain’s Banco Santander has bought the struggling Ban...
Jun 07, 2017
A crash in its computer system forced British airline British Airways (BA) to cancel all flights on Saturday afternoon from the London airports of Heathrow and Gatwick, the largest airports in the country. The problem had started in the morning. First with delays have arrived then the total cancellation. The Spanish taxi sector went on strike on Tuesday to protest the advance of platforms such as Uber and Cabify. The strike was well supported in Madrid and Barcelona. Self-employed in Spain will ...
May 31, 2017
Nineteen people were first confirmed dead and around 50 injured after a terrorist attack inside Manchester Arena at the end of a teen concert on Monday night Thanks to an EL PAÍS exclusive, citizens learned about the contents of a secret draft “rupture” or “disconnect” law being prepared by Catalan secessionist parties – Junts pel Sí and the anti-establishment CUP – to launch unilateral independence for the region. The President of the Generalitat, Carles Puigdemont , today sent the President of...
May 24, 2017
Major Spanish firms among victims of massive global cyber attack. Authorities say steps taken to mitigate ransomware crisis in Spain but experts warn problem not over. Spain wants new rules for a complete overhaul of the euro zone..Madrid backs the reforms suggested by French President Emmanuel Macron., The traditional method of teaching English is being challenged in Catalonia..... 'Pope Francis has prayed over the graves of the two Portuguese children who he will canonise today in an open air ...
May 17, 2017
A woman who killed two cyclists near Valencia has tested positive for drugs or alcohol. ......The number of accidents on Spain’s non-urban roads involving cyclists doubled between 2009 and 2015: from 1,082 to 2,013. A six-year-old girl has died after a bouncy castle exploded and catapulted her more than 45 foot into the air. Maite Pagazaurtundúa,... presented a study that finds that Spain heads the list of EU nations with the biggest death toll from terrorism: 253. Close to 100 people marched on...
May 10, 2017
Spain's tourist industry is on an upward trajectory and brimming with optimism. So far, the figures for 2017 show a hike in numbers on 2016, which was already a record-breaking year. .. Public investment in Spain fell to 1.9% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2016, the lowest level since 1995. . The total number of people granted residency in Spain under the so-called Entrepreneur's Law is now 27,301, including family members. While unemployment fell in 2016 it currently stands at 18.75% and is...
May 02, 2017
Red roses and books flooded the streets of Barcelona as Spain's Catalonia region celebrated its St George's Day on Sunday, with a tradition which is vying for a place on a prestigious UN list. As France was concentrating on the polls a SPOKESMAN for the French Interior Ministry has now confirmed that there was only one individual who was known to the authorities and he opened fire on officers, killing one and leaving two injured before being shot himself. There was also an incident at the Gare d...
Apr 26, 2017
EL PAÍS shows that 46% of Catalans would support their regions continued presence within Spain if they were granted new and guaranteed exclusive powers. The UK has another General Election on June 8th.......Nicola Sturgeon is hell-bent on breaking up the UK......the Libdems are ready for their comeback and Corbyn sees himself as the saviour of this situation......and...... North Korea is receiving foreign aid from the UK! .
Apr 19, 2017
Swedish police snared a suspected Isis fanatic following a high-speed chase and arrested him in relation to the Stockholm truck attack that saw at least four people killed and 15 injured.The 39-year-old father-of-four was arrested in the northern suburb of Marsta after going on the run following the attack, reported Swedish newspaper Aftonblat.The man, believed to be from Uzbekistan, was wearing a balaclava, with broken glass on his clothes. He reportedly confessed to being involved in the atroc...
Apr 12, 2017
According to the press Alexander Torshin, deputy governor of the Central Bank of Russia and investigated in Spain for money laundering, has infiltrated the US president’s circle European guidelines to the Brexit negotiations specifically mention the disputed territory of Gibraltar and provide backing to Spanish demands for bilateral talks with London. Spain’s foreign minister called for calm in the wake of suggestions from the former leader of the UK Conservative party, Michael Howard, that the ...
Apr 05, 2017
A woman with roots in Spain’s northwestern Galicia region was among those killed in the terrorist attack in London on Wednesday SPAIN has applauded Theresa May’s tough approach on Scottish independence. It comes after she told SNP’s Nicola Sturgeon that ‘now is not the time’ for a referendum on the issue. Indignation in southern European countries keeps growing following recent statements by the head of eurozone finance ministers,..... The fiscal gap in Spain’s pensions system is getting wider e...
Mar 29, 2017
Nearly 760 giant sculptures went up in flames on Sunday night when the Spanish city of Valencia ended its famous Fallas celebration. Around 3,000 police officers and over 400 firefighters patrolled the streets of the Mediterranean city to ensure safety during a time-honored celebration that has made it into UNESCO’s list of World Intangible Heritage of Humanity last November. Civilian intermediaries speaking in the name of ETA, the Basque terrorist organization, will notify the French judiciary ...
Mar 22, 2017
Migrant smuggling has expanded dramatically and is so prevalent in Europe it is now comparable to the illegal drugs market, a new report has warned. Former Catalan president Artur Mas was banned from holding office for two years on Monday for his role in organising an illegal 2015 independence referendum. The Spanish coastal city of Alicante on Tuesday morning began cleanup duties following the biggest downpour in recent memory. Rainfall in the popular Mediterranean destination was a whopping 13...
Mar 15, 2017
Spain is increasingly attractive to Chinese investors. The mastermind behind Gürtel, a corrupt business network that operated across six Spanish regions between 1999 and 2005, is ready to return around €22 million stashed in Swiss bank accounts .... A human tower team member has been killed and two others injured in a freak accident in Spain..... Spaniards are among the biggest substance abusers in Europe..... Brexit has been bad news for Gibraltar. ...Spain will recover the right recognized in ...
Mar 07, 2017
In January, the transgender support group Chrysallis launched an awareness campaign in northern Spain using the slogan: “There are girls with penises and boys with vulvas BRITS are being put off holidays in Spain by the pound’s drop in value. More than 40% of Britons will change their holiday plans because of the post-Brexit devaluation, according to data from travel insurer Columbus Direct. The city of Barcelona has begun taking down 367 commemorative plaques dating back to the Franco era and w...
Mar 01, 2017
For a 10-minute period on Tuesday, Barcelona saw the worst police chase that the authorities can remember. ....... Spain will drop out of the group of the world’s 25 largest economies within the next three decades, according to a new report by the consulting group PwC...... Last November a Facebook user in Spain posted a video of a police officer who failed to catch a suspect he was chasing. ... Now the police have presented a proposal to fine the author ..... as high as €30,000. Cristina de Bor...
Feb 22, 2017
ISIS fanatics have issued 'direct threats' on Spanish tourist hotspots where millions of Britons are expected to visit this year, according to a government report. Acording to an editorial in El Pais ..The position adopted by Mariano Rajoy in his telephone conversation with Donald Trump, when he offered Spain as a mediating voice for the new US administration in Europe and Latin America, is more than a serious mistake ..... VEGETABLE producers in Spain have criticised the British press over its ...
Feb 15, 2017
Spain’s Finance Ministry says a combination of economic growth, inflation, and changes to corporate tax law will boost public revenue to a record high this year. Rodrigo Rato, a veteran Spanish politician who served as an International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief and senior government official with the governing Popular Party (PP), evaded €6.8 million in taxes between 2004 and 2015, according to a report by the Tax Agency’s fraud investigation unit to which EL PAÍS has had access. Ryanair announce...
Feb 08, 2017
The International Monetary Fund #IMF is warning that Spain has one of the biggest income gaps in Europe. SPANISH police have arrested 75 people as part of a Europe-wide crackdown on cultural theft. A team of Spanish #archeologists has discovered an Ancient Roman ship that sank off the tiny island of #Cabrera, near the southern coast of #Mallorca around 1,800 years ago. The only public hospital on the island of #Ibiza was forced to temporarily shut down its surgery wing on Thursday after detectin...
Feb 01, 2017
Heavy snowfall in southeast Spain has cut several major road routes throughout the region of Valencia.... Up to 1,600 vehicles were trapped overnight on roads in Valencia Fernando Lerdo de Tejada Martínez, a fugitive from justice since 1979 – when he fled Spain to avoid standing trial over the killing of labor lawyers in Atocha (Madrid) – is a free man. The last arrest warrant issued by the Audiencia Nacional, Spain’s High Court, expired in 2015 A granddaughter of Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, a ...
Jan 24, 2017
Weather advisories in place in 22 provinces in Spain for below-zero temperatures, snow, wind, and even avalanches Nude cartoons went up in parts of northern Spain this week to raise awareness about transgender children.. Police are worrying about the drastic decrease in the average age of clients in brothels, who hail from all walks of life Social media giant Facebook has registered with the central bank, and is poised to challenge traditional lenders BULK sales of olive oil from Spain to the US...
Jan 18, 2017
BRITISH expat delegation is taking its Brexit battle to the heart of Westminster. The five-strong group will give evidence before the Exiting EU Committee, chaired by Labour MP Hilary Benn, on January 18. A couple accused of fraud after raising almost a million euros for medical treatment for their daughter Nadia and spending the money on themselves are now being investigated for suspected child pornography offences.......... Catholic marriages in Spain hit an all-time low of 22% of the total in...
Jan 12, 2017
We're told again that the Mediterranean Diet is really good for your health .....and that's good news as Japan is the only country in the world where you have a better chance of living longer. Does this need to be kept in mind when looking at unemployment? From drastically high unemployment figures las year registered an historic fall...... Nearly 60% of Spaniards recognize that they can’t speak, read or write in English, according to the latest poll from Spain’s CIS state research institute. En...
Jan 05, 2017
In the hours after the winning numbers in Spain’s massive El Gordo Christmas lottery are drawn every December 22, discreetly dressed men and women carrying suitcases stashed with bank notes fan out across the country headed for bars, lottery outlets, and banks before the fortunate owners of the prized tickets cash them in. Acting on behalf of wealthy clients, their mission is to buy their winning tickets: they pay cash, ask no questions, and offer a generous bonus on top. It’s a very simple way ...
Dec 29, 2016
After years of drought-like conditions, southeastern Spain awoke to a state of emergency for flooding on Monday after a weekend of unremitting winds and heavy rain in which two people lost their lives. A Spaniard was injured as Germany is back in focus as an asylum seeker is thought to have been driving a lorry that killed 12 people and injured 48 others as it sped at 40mph through a busy Christmas market in Berlin in a 'probable terrorist attack'. THOUSANDS of protesters have marched through Ma...
Dec 22, 2016
A man has been arrested in connection with a horrifying attack at a Berlin underground station after a cash reward was offered by the bodyguard of stars such as Lady Gaga......... ... While Teresa May argues about leather trousers with Nicky Miller the EU discuss the implications of Brexit without her. Meanwhile, Lord Price participated Wednesday morning in a working breakfast organised by Executive Forum with the collaboration of Ferrovial. British Trade Minister, Lord Price attended at the Hot...
Dec 15, 2016
In an astonishing U-turn, Angela Merkel, the German chancellor said wearing the burka should be outlawed 'wherever that is legally possible'. Spanish rescue vessels rescued 64 undocumented migrants on Tuesday .... Two people were left dead at the weekend as the result of torrential rainfall that fell on Sunday on the Costa del Sol and in Cádiz. ...... For first time, Spain hits average OECD levels but experts stress teacher quality needs improving The US based firm Cordish is planning to buildLi...
Dec 08, 2016
CAR manufacturers in Spain are offloading an increasing number of motors to countries outside the EU. The Spanish Government may finally follow other democracies by setting time limit on classified documents. Barcelona city council will fine holiday rental websites Airbnb and HomeAway €600,000 (£509,000) each for offering unlicensed accommodation, it has announced, as it steps up its campaign against tourism saturation. Unemployment and precarious labor market is driving up number of young peopl...
Dec 01, 2016
Spanish exports reached a historic high in the first nine months of 2016, growing year-on-year in terms of revenue by 1.2%. Data published by the Secretary of State for Commerce on Monday shows that foreign trade has generated €188.49 billion so far this year. What the figures don’t show is that Spain seems to be caught up in the overall slowdown of global trade. The country is performing better than most of its competitors, but its overseas sales have been decelerating steadily since July, to t...
Nov 23, 2016
The King of Spain calls for an end to the scourge of corruption. Spanish police bust gang who smuggled thousands of Ukranians into Britain. Barcelona is preparing its own currency. Spain unblocks a massive arms deal with Saudi Arabia and animal cruelty is in the spotlight although local Benidorm fiestas run smoothly. Nato EU spending commitment is put in the spotlight by Donald Trump. Angela Merkel hints at an immigration deal with Britain as Nigel Farage meets with Donald Trump before Teresa Ma...
Nov 17, 2016
