Updated on 03/01/2022 08:04 am In the midst of the global health crisis, a new manifestation of COVID has emerged, it is the mixture with the flu, called “flurone”. The first case in Israel of this new infection was known at the weekend, and today in Catalonia, Spain. Although there is still very little scientific […]
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Spain refuses to include nuclear energy and gas in the European green taxonomy
Spain has reiterated this Sunday its rejection of the proposal of the European Commission (EC) to include the nuclear energy and the generation by natural gas in the classification table of green options in the community framework, something that would mean “a step backwards” and “a wrong signal” for the financial markets, according to the […]
A truck driver sounds the alarm about the shortage of carriers in Spain
Working as a truck driver has not always been easy for Begoña Urmeneta, but she loves her job and says that Spain needs people like her more than ever, as Europe faces a severe shortage of carriers. This 59-year-old woman, divorced and mother of two, has been driving long-distance trucks that transport everything from fish […]
Spain allocates US $ 45 million to cooperation in Latin America
Updated on 12/28/2021 03:38 pm Spain will allocate US $ 45 million to development cooperation in Latin America, divided into several initiatives, including the acquisition of shares in a fund for SMEs or a loan of US $ 20 million to the Dominican Republic. The Spanish government approved this budget item from which other countries […]
Telefónica agrees to leave 2,700 employees in Spain for almost US $ 1,700 million
Updated on 12/28/2021 10:14 am The Spanish multinational company Telefónica, which has a significant presence in America, agreed to leave some 2,700 employees in Spain, at a cost that the company estimates at around 1,500 million euros (almost US $ 1,700 million). Telefónica reported the agreement with the General Union of Workers (UGT) and Comisiones […]
The traditional rain of millions of the lottery inaugurates Christmas in Spain
The extraordinary lottery draw this Wednesday distributed billions of euros in prizes for Spain, a tradition that marks the start of Christmas in the country every year, whose celebrations are once again in question this year due to the increase in COVID infections -19. From the jackpot, popularly known as the Gordo, to many others […]
Spain: independentists demonstrate in defense of an education only in Catalan
More than 35,000 people, mostly independentists from the Spanish region of Catalonia, demonstrated this Saturday to defend an education only in Catalan, with the participation of the main regional authorities. The mobilization was called by the Somescola platform as a reaction to the judicial decisions that force several Catalan schools to teach, at the request […]
Switzerland Drop Money Laundering Investigation Linked to Spain’s King Emeritus
Geneva’s chief prosecutor said on Monday that he had closed a criminal investigation into allegations that King Emeritus Juan Carlos I of Spain laundered “kickback” payments from Saudi Arabia due to insufficient evidence. A Swiss private bank implicated in the criminal investigation, which lasted three years, was fined for a misinformation. Prosecutor Yves Bertossa said […]
The long and uneven path to obtaining Spanish nationality
Kamal Laaouissi Ben Doudou came to Spain from Morocco in 2006, after getting a work contract in a restaurant chain. Once he had completed 10 years in the country, the general term required to request Spanish nationality, he decided to apply mainly to be able to work in the European Union. “I started asking for […]
Footprints found in Spain show carnivorous dinosaurs were fast and furious
It almost seems unfair. The dinosaurs carnivores were armed with menacing teeth, wielding dangerous claws, and boasted keen vision and smell. And, as new research confirms, some were pretty fast, too. Two traces of fossilized footprints from the Cretaceous of about 120 million years ago, discovered in the Spanish region of La Rioja, show that […]