In UK a topless eco-activist accused of baring her breasts to mourners at Prince Philip's funeral yesterday has been charged with causing 'harassment, alarm and distress.'. ..................plus news from Spain including.... The Spanish National Police on Wednesday rescued a 12-year-old girl in the northwestern city of A Coruña who had allegedly been sold by her parents to another family. The financial exchange took place in Córdoba, in southern Spain, and the child was then taken to the region...
Apr 20, 2021
European Council President Charles Michel said he can't sleep at night because of a humiliating seating gaffe that relegated the female EU commissioner to a sofa during a meeting on women's rights. Ursula Von der Leyen, the first female president of the European Commission, expressed surprise and raised a hand in disbelief when she found Michel had taken the only chair available next to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at the talks
Apr 13, 2021
...“People from the age of six and older have the obligation to wear masks [...] on public streets, in outdoor spaces and in any closed space that has a public use or is open to the public,”....................... Until now, regional governments were free to adapt these rules as they saw fit, and many did so immediately after they came out. Some regions made masks mandatory at all times, but introduced exceptions for certain situations, such as going to the beach. In Exceltur, they are extremely...
Apr 07, 2021
lorry driver has been jailed for two years for smuggling ancient artefacts worth more than £76,000 into the UK from Bulgaria. Ancient coins, pendants, brooches, statues and spearheads were among the artefacts found hidden inside a trailer full of trousers at the Port of Dover in October last year. Police have smashed an international sex gang who forced Romanian women to become prostitutes in Britain. Police in Spain and Romania 'liberated' 17 women and one underage girl who were coerced into se...
Mar 23, 2021
Pablo Iglesias, leader of the left-wing Podemos group and currently the second deputy prime minister in the coalition government with the PSOE socialists, led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, is to leave his role to stand for the presidency of the Madrid regional government, in the elections to be held on 4 May. Iglesias has announced his reasons and intentions in a video posted on social media Madrid will be heading to the polls on 4 May following last week’s ‘political earthquake’. The current...
Mar 17, 2021
Groups of Christian protesters in Cyprus have gathered outside the state broadcasting agency demanding the withdrawal of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest entry, El Diablo, claiming that it promotes devil worship and makes a mockery of the country’s strong religious beliefs
Mar 09, 2021
Former French premier Nicolas Sarkozy is to have an electronic band fitted around his ankle so he can serve a 12-month prison sentence from the confines of his home. French MEP Julie Lechanteaux was asked to address her European Parliament colleagues in English during a virtual parliamentary session on Thursday.
Mar 04, 2021
.Having attempted to break international law, the European Commission next attempted to break the border between Northern Ireland, the rest of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. A border that the Commission had spent the last five years pretending to care deeply about. ...................................................... Street protests that began in Barcelona over the arrest of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasél extended to Madrid on Wednesday night, leading to clashes between supporters...
Feb 23, 2021
Speaking for the first time since the ban earlier this week, recently-appointed BBC Director-General Tim Davie accused countries such as China of trying to expand their “control of information”. The BBC boss warned it is of “deep concern” that China was preventing the BBC from properly doing its job and broadcasting around the world. The Director-General warned of the “growing global threats to the free media as some seek to increase their control of nformation”............"Now, more than ever, ...
Feb 16, 2021
A group of almost 200 British academics from more than a dozen UK universities could face jail, as officials probe whether they may have unwittingly helped the Chinese government build weapons of mass destruction. Officials are investigating the academics amid suspicion they may have breached laws designed to protect national security and human rights.
Feb 09, 2021
During a protest against the imposition of a nationwide 9pm curfew in Eindhoven last Sunday, a police truckturned its water cannon on a young woman who was hurled against a concrete wall so hard that she appeared to bounce off it. Spain has experienced extreme weather conditions across the country over the last fortnight, during a highly unusual period of record-breaking high and low temperatures, snowfall and earthquakes. “We found changes in the tongue that until then had not been linked to Co...
Feb 04, 2021
EU commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said a 'transparency mechanism' is being introduced as she insisted that the bloc 'means business' about getting its fair share of supplies. A home confinement cannot be legally imposed in Spain under the current emergency state approved by parliament in late October and due to expire in May. But the string of increasingly strict restrictions imposed by regional governments is coming close to a de facto lockdown. Concern is rising in Spain over the number...
Jan 26, 2021
The worst snow seen this century has caused chaos, leaving three dead and hundreds of drivers trapped in their vehicles. Madrid, Albacete, Cuenca, Toledo, Guadalajara, Valencia, Castellón, Tarragona, Teruel and Zaragoza are expected to see 20 centimeters of snowfall The number of coronavirus cases recorded in Spain since the beginning of the pandemic officially exceeded two million on Thursday, amid warnings of difficult weeks ahead. According to the Health Ministry’s latest report, all data poi...
Jan 15, 2021
As of 31st December non/resident expats will have to return home after 90 days in the Schengen country as opposed to 180 days. They will need to return for 90 days and then will be eligible for the next 90 day stay. This will have implications for long stay semi/permanent residents. The DGT has come up with a new system for exchanging UK driving licences that went live on Monday November 16th that creates a two-step process to enable UK nationals to complete stage one before the end of year dead...
Dec 08, 2020
.Why is it so difficult to reach an agreement on education in Spain? “Different ways of perceiving society and life come into play. The Lomloe, popularly known as the “Celaá law” after Education Minister Isabel Celaá, was approved on Thursday inside a divided lower house of parliament with 177 votes in favor, 148 against and 17 abstentions. Regional governments must aim to reduce the environmental impact of education centers and create “safe paths to school” to allow students to walk to school. ...
Nov 26, 2020
Spain’s Coronavirus-ravaged economy is expected to fall by an unprecedented 11.2% this year, with tax revenues due to fall by 7.6%. The PSOE–Podemos coalition government led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez aims to bolster revenues by 6.8 billion euros with its 2021 budget. ‘This budget cannot be postponed. This budget is essential for the modernisation and recovery of our economy,’ Sánchez said.
Nov 12, 2020
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Nov 03, 2020
The perfect storm that dragged Spain to the bottom of advanced economies Experts point to factors such as reliance on tourism, a stricter lockdown and the small size of businesses............................... Spain has been hampered by its excessive reliance on tourism, which in pre-crisis days contributed around 14% of GDP and employed three million people
Oct 20, 2020
The Spanish royal family presided on Monday over celebrations to mark Spain’s National Day on October 12 amid protests against the central government. The event, which was scaled down due to the coronavirus pandemic, paid tribute to the civil organizations that have been on the frontline of the fight against the virus. “Long live the king!”. It is the phrase with which the former president of the Government Mariano Rajoy begins a 14-minute video in which 183 personalities from politics, culture,...
Oct 15, 2020
A woman was arrested on Monday at Zurriola beach in San Sebastián, in Spain’s Basque Country, after going surfing when she should have been in quarantine. After confirming that the woman had tested positive for Covid-19 and was meant to be at home, several officers – some in protective suits to avoid contagion – went down to the beach to take her out of the water.
Sep 15, 2020
Bankia and CaixaBank are considering a merger that would create the biggest lender in Spain, the banks said in a Thursday statement to the securities market watchdog CNMV. The new bank would hold €650 billion in assets, although it would lack the international presence of other Spanish lenders such as Santander and BBVA.
Sep 08, 2020
Prime minister Pedro Sanchez has announced that any of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities can call their own state of alarm to contain localised coronavirus outbreaks. The Spanish government plans to build 32-foot cylindrical walls around its North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla to stop raids by migrants and individual attempts to enter the country. The government is taking the ongoing harassment that is being suffered by Unidas Podemos politician s Pablo Iglesias and Irene Montero very se...
Aug 25, 2020
Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa announced on Friday that the government is closing nightclubs and nighttime bars across Spain in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus. He also explained that all establishments, such as restaurants, would have to close at 1am, with no new patrons allowed to enter from midnight onward. Illa also announced that new residents entering senior care homes would be subject to PCR tests to detect coronavirus infections, as would staff from such residences ret...
Aug 22, 2020
In the end, it took a personal meeting between father and son to get the stalled talks back on track. As one source familiar with the matter described it: “There were no good solutions, just less bad ones.” For Juan Carlos I, his red line was preserving his honorary title of emeritus king, which was bestowed upon him in June 2014, a few days before abdicating the throne. For Felipe VI, the goal was to get his father to voluntarily accept a solution, instead of having to impose one on him. As for...
Aug 08, 2020
The number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise in Spain, with 1,525 new infections detected in 24 hours on Friday – the highest figure since the end of the lockdown period. The surge in cases has sparked concern in Europe, leading several countries, including France and Germany, to recommend against travel to the Spanish regions most affected by the outbreaks. In other news, Gibraltarian authorities have been seeking a formula that will allow the British Overseas Territory to retain ties to the ...
Aug 06, 2020
Ministers decided to reimpose quarantine travel restrictions on Spain after it emerged 10 Britons had returned from the country with coronavirus and Professor Chris Whitty said 'doing nothing isn't an option'. In the UK...... As a nation, we have lost any sense of personal responsibility for our health. People are affronted at the mere suggestion that they might be to blame for their bulk. They castigate ministers for mismangement and underfunding of the NHS, yet political meddling is nothing co...
Jul 30, 2020
A beach in Barcelona, a wedding in Tudela and a Red Cross centre in Malaga are among the places where new clusters of cases have been found in recent weeks.Dinner parties, sports events and a summer language school have also been affected by virus outbreaks in a setback to Spain's efforts to resume normal life after one of the world's strictest lockdowns.
Jul 22, 2020
Portugal has registered a surge in newCovid-19cases today, with more than 328 more infections diagnosed on Sunday, according to the Portuguese health authority. Nearly 30 Costa del Sol beaches had to turn visitors away at the busiest times of the day on Sunday in resorts including Benalmadena Beaches in Malaga were also forced to reduce the number of visitors in order to ensure social distancing.. Britons returned to pubs and bars across parts of the UK, including London's Soho, Liverpool and ...
Jul 09, 2020
in other news, a new study published in Nature has found that the coronavirus lockdown measures may have saved 450,000 lives in Spain. Spain’s Ministry of Health has confirmed that around 60% of Spain’s current Covid-19 cases have been imported.
Jun 17, 2020
In the UK The BBC Breakfast presenter said her role is not to sit and ‘blankly’ read the ¡news but instead inform viewers ‘neutrally’ and give insight where possible. Last year the 45-year-old was embroiled in a race row after she condemned President Donald Trump for telling some female politicians to ‘go back’ to where they came from. She was found to have breached editorial guidelines by the corporation’s complaints unit, but the ruling was reversed after an outcry.
Jun 10, 2020
