Spain

Spain reports drop in illegal immigration by sea

The New York Times reported that the Spanish Government announced that illegal immigration by sea dropped drastically during the mont of February - from 4,000 in January to 930 in…

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Spanish Government adopts decree to extend paternity leave to 12 weeks

Italian national news agency ANSA reports that the Spanish government adopted a decree to extend paternity leave progressively over the next two years. The measure could prove popular with voters…

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Spanish contingency plan to grant residency to 400,000 Britons if there is a hard Brexit

The English version of the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported that in the eventuality of hard Brexit Spain is planning to grant residency to 400,000 Britons. The Spanish contingency plan…

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British government express anger over EU’s offer to support Spain’s territorial claim on land where Gibraltar airport is built

The British government has expressed anger after the EU offered tentative support for Spain’s territorial claim over the land on which Gibraltar airport is built. Direct flights between the UK and EU…

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Former Spanish PM gives evidence in trial of Catalan separatist leaders

Former Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has been giving evidence at the trial of 12 Catalan separatist leaders over their involvement in an independence bid in 2017. Rajoy, who was…

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Spain’s tax regime applied in football is not state aid – EU General Court

The EU General Court today ruled that the European Commission was wrong to classify the tax regime that benefited four Spanish football clubs as state aid. In a judgment today…

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Protests in Barcelona against Spain’s king

Hundreds of people took to the streets of Barcelona on Sunday to protest against a visit by Spain’s King Felipe VI to the Catalonia region that made a failed bid…

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Spanish warships ordered British commercial ships to leave waters surrounding Gibraltar

A Spanish warship has ordered commercial vessels to leave British waters, Gibraltar’s government said. The warship’s crew can be heard in an audio recording of a radio exchange on Sunday…

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Supporters of Catalonia’s independence hold rally in Barcelona

Supporters of independence for Spain's Catalonia region held a massive rally in Barcelona on Saturday. The police estimated 200,000 took to the streets of Catalonia's capital but organisers put the…

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Turning Tables – Cartoon

First published in Le Temps, Switzerland, February 13, 2019 | By Chappatte via Politico

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Sanchez announces that Spain will go to vote on April 28

Spain will go to the polls on April 28, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Friday. "Spain must keep going forward," the Socialist leader said in a statement, defending the…

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EU Commissioner Vella condemns infringements and malpractices revealed by ‘Operation Tarantelo’

European Commissioner Karmenu Vella in a statement said "We strongly condemn the infringements and malpractices as reported by the Spanish Guardia Civil under ‘Operation Tarantelo’. They are in breach of EU and international rules and…

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Possible elections in Spain as parliament rejects Budget Updated

Spain's parliament on Wednesday rejected the government's 2019 budget proposal in Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's first major legislative defeat. Citing government and socialist party sources on Tuesday, Reuters reported that…

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Maltese Fisheries director suspended after claims she demanded payment from Spanish tuna kingpin – Police investigating Spanish tuna company operating from Malta (UPDATED)

Update: Malta Police are investigating a Spanish tuna fish company that operates from Malta. The Minister for the Environment said the Police have involved Interpol to receive information from Spain about investigations…

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Spain braces for trial unlike any other as 12 separatist Catalan leaders face charges of rebellion and misuse of public funds

Spain is bracing for a trial unlike any other it has seen in its four decades of democracy. Twelve separatist Catalan leaders are set to appear in Spain's Supreme Court…

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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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