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Spain, UK now also recognise Guaido as Venezuela leader

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies4th February 20195th February 2019

4th February 20195th February 20192015

Spain, Britain and France, alongside other EU nations, have now also recognised Venezuela’s opposition chief Juan Guaido as the country’s interim leader, after President Nicolas Maduro defiantly rejected an...

Maduro rejects European ultimatum on elections

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies4th February 20195th February 2019

4th February 20195th February 20192192

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro rejected Sunday an ultimatum by European countries to call snap elections after opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself the Latin American...

Protests in Barcelona against Catalan trial

SiE Newsdesk / ACN / Catalan News2nd February 20195th February 2019

2nd February 20195th February 20192557

Members of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) occupied the European Union headquarters in Barcelona on Friday in protest over the upcoming trial of Catalan political leaders and to call...

UK outraged at EU’s Gibraltar ‘colony’ reference

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies1st February 20195th February 2019

1st February 20195th February 20192623

Britain and Gibraltar reacted with fury to a European Council document published today that described the British overseas territory as a colony. The document, laying out...

Business Economy & Employment

Spanish economy slowed in 2018

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies1st February 2019

1st February 20192332

Spain’s economic growth slowed in 2018 to its lowest rate in four years as external demand dropped, official figures have showed. The Spanish economy expanded...

EU fights US import duties on Spanish olives

AFP28th January 20198th October 2020

28th January 20198th October 20203000

The European Union on Monday said it would launch proceedings at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against US import duties on Spanish olives. ‘Tomorrow, we...

Pope Francis fears of Venezuela ‘bloodbath’

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies28th January 201930th January 2019

28th January 201930th January 20192098

Venezuela’s self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido has called for two new protests, in an effort to push the military to turn against leader Nicolas Maduro as...

EU nations give ultimatum to Venezuela’s Maduro

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies26th January 201927th January 2019

26th January 201927th January 20192702

Spain, France, the UK and Germany put embattled Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro on notice ahead of an UN Security Council meeting on Saturday, saying they would...

Sánchez speaks at EU Parliament amid criticism over Catalonia

SiE Newsdesk / ACN / Catalan News16th January 201918th January 2019

16th January 201918th January 20192243

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez spoke at the European Parliament on Wednesday, sparking protests by a group of MEPs who condemned the prosecution of Catalan...

Brexit deal defeat: EU reactions

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies16th January 201917th January 2019

16th January 201917th January 20192342

The EU and European governments have warned that the British parliament’s rejection of a Brexit deal heightened the risk of a disorderly withdrawal from the...

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