Spain

Spanish Prime Minister considering calling early national election

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is considering calling an early national election for April 14, state-owned news agency EFE reported on Monday citing unnamed government sources. Spain's parliament votes on…

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Spain’s Prime Minister’s plan to ease tensions with Catalan separatists met by demonstrations in Madrid

Tens of thousands gathered in Madrid on Sunday to protest Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's plan to ease tensions with Catalan separatists, in a demonstration uniting the leaders of conservative and…

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How are European countries preparing for No-Deal Brexit scenarios

Britain is set to depart the European Union on March 29 but with no deal agreed on a post-Brexit relationship, some of the remaining EU27 have published guidelines on the…

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Mourinho exchanges one-year prison term with fine after accepting sentence for tax fraud

Former Real Madrid, Inter and Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has accepted a one-year prison sentence for tax fraud, a Spanish court filing showed on Tuesday, although the Portuguese will…

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Thousands of Spanish senior citizens protest demanding better pensions

Thousands of Spanish senior citizens took to the streets of Madrid on Saturday to demand better public pensions. The protesters said recent increases — which included a 0.25% rise in…

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Catalan politicians and activists transferred to Madrid ahead of trial

Spanish authorities on Friday transferred nine politicians and activists from prisons in Catalonia to Madrid, days ahead of their trial. The trial of 12 former government officials, lawmakers and civil leaders (three of whom…

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Gibraltar’s status pose a new disruption for Brexit

The 300-year Anglo-Spanish dispute over Gibraltar is again threatening to disrupt the Brexit process, as the EU prepares to brand the Rock as “a colony of the British Crown” in…

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Southern EU Countries MED7 meet in Cyprus Summit

Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat is in Cyprus today for the MED7 Southern EU Countries' Summit, where leaders from the host country, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece have just…

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Funeral of Julen held – Autopsy confirms that boy died on same day of fall

On Sunday the funeral Julen Roselló was held. The first autopsy results on the body of Julen, a two-year-old toddler who fell into a 100-metre deep borehole on January 13,…

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Tributes to Julen on the web as Spain mourns the loss of its son

The huge efforts made by rescue teams turned out to be in vain. Julen Roselló, the two-year-old boy who fell into a borehole in Totalán, Málaga, on Sunday January 13,…

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Britain, Germany, France and Spain tell Maduro to hold elections within eight days or they will join Trump in recognising opponent’s claim to power

Update : Britain is to join the Trump administration in recognising Juan Guaido as the interim president of Venezuela if fresh elections are not announced within the next eight days,…

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Lifeless body of Julen found

The boy, named Julen, disappeared into a narrow well more than 100m (330ft) deep during a family outing on 13 January. Specialist teams worked day and night in a tunnel…

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Operation Saving Julen – Mining Expected to end today as rescuers are half way through the last part of the digging process

Update: The miners are "almost two meters deep (from 3.8m)" , according to Francisco Delgado Bonilla, president of the Provincial Fire Brigade. "The forecast is that the works end today," The miners are…

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Research enters last phase – Only 4m of soil between rescuers and the place where Julen is believed to be

The final stage of a mission to rescue a 2-year-old boy who fell down a well in southern Spain 11 days ago began on Thursday. Miners descended a parallel shaft from…

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Saving Julen – Breakthrough achieved during the night – Operations to continue today – Latest

Nobody expected on Sunday January 13 that the emergency call to 112 requesting a ransom would become such a complicated mission. Ten days after Julen, two years old, fell down a…

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Two-year-old Julen’s Rescue – Complications in excavations lead to delays in operations – Still no sign whether boy is still alive – (Latest)

UPDATE: "Julen is already the son of all," said Garcia Vidal in his most heartfelt statement, surprising in a technician. Like Julian Moreno, responsible for the Firefighters of Malaga, the faith…

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Efforts to save Julen reach most dangerous and delicate stage

Efforts to reach a two-year-old boy who fell into a borehole in southern Spain more than a week ago are nearing their most dangerous stage, an engineer on the rescue…

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Corporate Dispatch Monday Morning Briefing and Newspaper Review

Good morning Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing provides you with a review of the main headlines and the stories appearing in Malta's newspapers and international news outlets. The Latest For…

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Hope last to die despite no contact with Julen as rescue operations continue

There has been no contact with Julen Rosello since he fell down the narrow shaft, some 100 metres deep, on January 13th while playing as his parents prepared a picnic…

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In Spain drilling underway to rescue Julen, the son who everyone hopes is alive

Rescuers in southern Spain worked through the night as efforts to reach a two-year-old boy trapped in a deep well since Sunday entered a sixth day in an operation that…

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Race against time to save Spanish boy enters 6th day

The race against the time for the Spanish rescuers to save the little Julen Rossello, the two-year-old boy who fell last Sunday in a well near Malaga enters the sixth…

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Search for Julen enters 5th day

The search for a toddler who fell down a well in southern Spain in a tragedy that has gripped the country entered its fifth day on Thursday (Jan 17), with hopes…

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Father expresses desperation and hope as search for two-year old Julen continues

"We are in pieces, we are dead. But we still have hope that Julen is alive." said José Rossello, the father of the two-year-old boy who fell into a well.…

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Biological traces confirm that two year old toddler fell in well

Rescue teams have found “biological traces” inside a 100-meter-deep well that a toddler is believed to have fallen into last Sunday in Totalán, in the southern Spanish province of Málaga.…

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Spanish government stops ‘Open Arms’ from returning to its operations in the Mediterranean

Spain is preventing an NGO rescue boat from continuing its operations in the Mediterranean by stopping it from leaving a port in Barcelona. The Directorate General of the Merchant Marine,…

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No trace of Yulen yet as rescue operations go on

The hours pass and there is no trace of Yulen . The Civil Guard leads an operation involving more than a hundred people to locate Yulen the two-year-old boy who fell in a well on Sunday…

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The double tragedy of Yulen’s parents

The parents of Yulen, the little boy who fell in a well in Spain on Sunday, suffered the ordeal of another family tragedy less than two years ago. According to the residents…

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Spain in suspense as two year old Yulen falls in well

Spain is in suspense for a tragedy that revives that of the small Alfredino Rampi of Vermicino. Police and rescue teams are in a desperate race against time to try…

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Open Arms boat, with over 300 migrants on board, docks in Spain (Updated)

Update: A Spanish charity rescue ship docked in Algeciras port in southern Spain on Friday, bringing ashore more than 300 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea one week ago. Several European…

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Friday Morning Briefing

Good morning Your morning briefing for Friday. In-Nazzjon leads with a story about a tragic road accident which claimed the life of a 21-year-old on Thursday in Luqa. Riding his…

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2,241 died in 2018 in their attempt to cross the Mediterranean

A total of 2,241 irregular migrants have died in the Mediterranean Sea since the beginning of the year, the non-profit Spanish Refugee Aid Commission (CEAR) said Thursday, reports Anadolu Agency. In a statement,…

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Sea-Watch calls for safe port for the 33 migrants on board in the Mediterranean

It is not a sos, but almost. And it is launched via Twitter. It reads like this: "We need a safe port" The NGO Sea Watch, whose ship is now…

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Monday Morning Briefing

Good morning, Your morning briefing with the daily newspaper review and a roundup of the main headlines from around the world. Start your day informed The Malta Independent carries a…

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Spain requests clarification on Gibraltar to sign off the Brexit withdrawal agreement

The governments of the 27 European Union member states have now had time to carry out their first examination of the draft agreement covering the terms of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from…

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Bomb scare sets off security alerts at Barcelona, Madrid train stations

Authorities in Barcelona on Wednesday said the city's central Sants station had reopened after an explosives search was conducted on two trains. Catalonia's regional police, the Mossos d'Esquadra, said the…

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Monday Morning Briefing

Good morning Your morning briefing for Monday with a round up of the latest headlines and a review of the front pages from Malta's newspapers, to help you start the…

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Tennis player Nadal swaps racket for broom to help in clean-up operation after deadly floods in Majorca

Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal has helped with the clean-up operation after deadly flash floods hit his home island of Majorca. At least 10 people died when a torrential rainstorm deluged…

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Tuesday Morning Briefing

Good morning, Malta's newspapers lead with statements delivered by the Chief Justice and Chamber of Advocates President, during the opening of the forensic year. In the world, the news of…

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Road and rail blockades and clashes mark first anniversary Catalan independence referendum

A year after a banned referendum on secession from Spain, tens of thousands of Catalan protesters piled pressure on the region's separatist government Monday during an anniversary marked by road…

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Spain’s government unveils assets of high level officials as part of transparency drive

The Spanish government on Saturday unveiled the assets of more than a thousand high-level officials including 38 current and former ministers as part of a drive to increase transparency in…

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Sunday Morning Briefing

Good morning, Your morning briefing brings you an analysis of what is reported on Malta's front pages for today and a round up of the latest headlines from Europe and…

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Clashes in Barcelona on anniversary of Spanish region’s referendum

Catalan separatists clashed with police on Saturday in downtown Barcelona, with two arrests being made, as tensions increase before the anniversary of the Spanish region's referendum on secession that ended…

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Spain calls for legal guarantees on Post-Brexit Gibraltar

Spain is calling for tougher legal guarantees on Gibraltar to be included in Britain’s exit treaty from the EU, a move that could complicate the UK’s drive to agree a…

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Wednesday Morning Briefing

Good morning, Start your day informed with the latest headlines, a review of the local newspapers and a digest of the salient news which characterised the last hours. The…

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26-year old Brazilian volleyball player found dead at Spanish home

A Brazilian volleyball player has been found dead at his home in Spain. The Spanish volleyball federation says the body of 26-year-old Vinicius Noronha da Silva was found in the…

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21 bodies or people found lifeless on Mediterranean shores as more migrants try to reach Spain

The bodies of 21 people, thought to be migrants trying to reach Spain, washed up on the shores of the Mediterranean this month, the U.N. migration agency said in statement…

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29 year old Spanish doctor charged with sexually abusing 52 children including several counts of aggravated rape

A Spanish doctor faces trial in Sweden, charged with sexually abusing 52 child patients, including several counts of aggravated rape, between 2015 and 2017. The 29-year-old is accused of having…

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Wednesday Morning Briefing

Good morning The main development of the past hours concerns Libya as rockets were fired on the road to Tripoli Airport and the IS claimed that responsibility for the attack…

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UEFA Nations League Roundup

Switzerland beat Iceland 6 - 0, while Spain beat England 2 - 1 in England. Northern Ireland lost to Bosnia Herzegovina 1 - 2. This is the round up of…

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Five persons drowned, 193 rescued after six rafts carrying migrants sank

Five migrants drowned and 193 were rescued in the western Mediterranean sea off the Spanish coast, the Spanish coastguard said on Thursday, after six rafts sank. Reuters Dozens of migrants…

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Catalan President will push for split from Spain

Catalan President Quim Torra vowed on Tuesday to keep pushing for the region to split from Spain, rebuffing Madrid’s offer to hold a vote on giving the region more autonomy.…

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Spanish Prime Minister proposes referendum for greater autonomy for Catalonia

Spanish Prime Minster Pedro Sánchez on Monday proposed holding a referendum on greater autonomy for Catalonia but ruled out allowing a vote on independence. He told Cadena SER radio that the dialogue…

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Spain government approves legal amendments for exhumation of Gen. Franco

Spain’s center-left government approved Friday legal amendments ensuring that the remains of former dictator Gen. Francisco Franco will be dug up and removed from a controversial national mausoleum honoring its…

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Conte argues that Malta (and other countries) did not honour its commitment in the last Pozzallo disembarking of migrants

Italy's prime minister has allowed all child migrants on the coastguard ship that docked in the port of Catania on Monday into Italy The legal agency in Sicily responsible for…

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