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Spanish minister Teresa Ribera gets top EU role steering climate transition

News Desk17th September 202424th September 2024

17th September 202424th September 20242420

Spain’s current ecological transition minister, Teresa Ribera, was named on Tuesday as executive vice president in the next European Commission, tasked with overseeing the bloc’s...

Spain & EU pay tribute to victims of terror on 20th anniversary of Madrid train bombings

News Desk11th March 202418th March 2024

11th March 202418th March 20241988

Spain and officials from the European Union paid tribute on Monday to the 192 victims of the 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings that marked...

Spain’s constitutional court finally rejects abortion law challenge, from 13 years ago

News Desk10th February 202316th February 2023

10th February 202316th February 20231825

Spain’s Constitutional Court on Thursday rejected a challenge lodged more than a decade ago by the right-wing People’s Party (PP) against a law allowing abortions...

More death threat letters received as Madrid elections approach

News Desk2nd May 20213rd May 2021

2nd May 20213rd May 20212647

Yet another threatening letter containing bullets and addressed to a Spanish politician was discovered on Wednesday – this time intercepted after security checks by Spain’s...

Spain hosts event for European Day of Remembrance of Victims of Terrorism

Catherine Howley13th March 202115th March 2021

13th March 202115th March 20212379

On Thursday, Spain hosted an event to mark European Day of Remembrance of Victims of Terrorism, also coinciding with the 17th anniversary of the train bombings...

All Spain’s regional presidents attend conference – except Quim Torra

News Desk2nd August 20208th August 2020

2nd August 20208th August 20203907

The 21st Conference of Regional Presidents of Spain was held in situ in the town of San Millán de la Cogolla (La Rioja) on Friday –...

Supreme Court initiates proceedings to ask EU court about Junqueras immunity

Newsdesk / ACN25th June 201913th August 2020

25th June 201913th August 20202795

The Spanish Supreme Court has opened the door to asking the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) whether Oriol Junqueras, one of the jailed...

Madrid train bombings remembered, 15 years on

News Desk11th March 201913th March 2019

11th March 201913th March 20191818

Monday was the 15th anniversary of the Madrid train bombings, the deadliest terror attack in the history of Spain, in which Al Qaeda terrorists attacked...

Calls for national unity on ‘Constitution Day’

News Desk6th December 201811th December 2018

6th December 201811th December 20182298

‘Our democracy is firm and consolidated,’ Spain’s King Felipe VI stated during his address on Thursday to mark the 40th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution....

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