The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (Aecid) will soon announce some 250 study scholarships for citizens of Latin America, Africa and Asia, with a budget of 4.68 million euros (US$ 5 million). The aid will be awarded in this 2023-2024 call for five programs: Master, Africa-Med, Diplomatic School, Music and Asale, the Aecid reported […]
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Spanish historical lies: from Juana la loca, to the jewels for Columbus
Neither Juana, the daughter of the Catholic Monarchs, was crazy, nor was her mother, Queen Isabel, sold the jewels to finance Columbus’ voyage to Americanor were the English the inventors of the Parliament but rather that it was born in León, all of them legends that the Spanish historians María and Laura Lara Martínez dismantle […]
Christmas Lottery 2022: date, time, prizes and what we know
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2022 is leaving but one of the most famous raffles in all of Spain arrives, which, at the same time, is highly anticipated by all people. It’s about the Christmas lotteryalso known as the “Gordo” which this year will be full of cash prizes for everyone to win. The Christmas holidays They are just around […]
Spanish brands parade in New York to attract wholesale buyers
A group of Spanish brands paraded at the opening of the FashionLAB Market fair in New York to seduce wholesale buyers from North America and the Caribbean with the quality and designs of their garments, footwear and accessories. This event reaches its fourth edition with a larger scale, something that was noted both in the […]
The Spanish brand Sita Murt will be in the wardrobe of “And just like that”
The Spanish fashion brand Sita Murt will be in the closet for the second season of “And just like that”, the sequel to “Sex and The City”, according to the company’s CEO, Montserrat Figueras. Figueras, who bought the company last year, participated in the first day of the FashionLAB Market event in New York, a […]
Spanish perfume group Puig takes control of the Colombian Loto del Sur
The fashion and fragrance group Spanish Puig has come to control Loto del Sur, brand colombian of high-end natural cosmetic products. Puig, who had a minority stake in the company since 2019, plans to strengthen the brand’s presence in Latin America and boost its international expansion. In this sense, it will reach the Spanish market […]
Steel mills in Spain suspend production due to high electricity costs
Spanish steelmakers have cut output at their power-hungry blast furnaces after electricity prices soared to record highs following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Andres Barcelogeneral director of the national employers association of steel producers Unesidsaid mills halted production on the afternoon of March 8. Since then, many have been producing at a reduced rate to […]
Spain urges the European Commission to be able to buy Argentine corn due to a shortage in Ukraine
Spanish Agriculture Minister Luis Planas said Wednesday that he is urging the European Commission to suspend controls on imports of corn for animal consumption due to shortages in the supply of the cereal after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Speaking before the Spanish parliament, Planas pointed out that although there are already European Commission projects […]
Can Spain be an alternative supplier of gas to Europe?
Linked by a gas pipeline to Algeria and equipped with large regasification terminals, Spain could be an alternative to reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian gas, but that would imply enormous work to improve connections with the rest of the region. “Spain can play an important role in supplying” Europe’s energy sector, the president of the […]
After years of convalescence, the euphoria returns to the Spanish real estate market
Fourteen years after the violent bursting of the real estate bubble, the Spanish construction market is experiencing a new period of euphoria, with skyrocketing sales and rising prices that are beginning to remind us of other times, although experts have not sounded the alarm yet . It seems that, now, the long convalescence after the […]