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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 20192311

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 20192483

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...

Spain rescues three men from boat loaded with drugs

AFP2nd February 20194th February 2019

2nd February 20194th February 20192294

Spain’s maritime rescue plucked three men from a boat loaded with three tonnes of cannabis resin which had run into trouble in choppy waters, officials...

Banking & Finance Business

Banco Santander post 18% rise in profit

Ben Norman / AFP30th January 2019

30th January 20192609

Spanish banking giant Banco Santander on Wednesday posted an 18% rise in 2018 net profit as revenue growth in Spain offset the negative impact of...

Drug smuggling ring used drones to ‘monitor’ police

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies28th January 201930th January 2019

28th January 201930th January 20192603

Spanish police have smashed a drug smuggling ring which used drones to ‘monitor’ police and ensure the coast was clear when they unloaded shipments of...

Pope Francis fears of Venezuela ‘bloodbath’

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies28th January 201930th January 2019

28th January 201930th January 20192368

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...

Venezuela’s Maduro rejects call for elections

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies27th January 201928th January 2019

27th January 201928th January 20192432

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has rejected a European ultimatum that he call elections as opposition rival Juan Guaido stepped up appeals to the military to...

EU nations give ultimatum to Venezuela’s Maduro

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies26th January 201927th January 2019

26th January 201927th January 20193160

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...

Spain prosecutors to file fraud complaint against Shakira

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies7th December 201810th January 2019

7th December 201810th January 20192686

Spanish prosecutors are poised to file a court complaint against Shakira for allegedly evading 14.5m euros in taxes, which the superstar singer’s defence lawyers deny,...

Sánchez: Franco mausoleum cannot be ‘place of reconciliation’

AFP30th August 201815th November 2018

30th August 201815th November 20183378

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has ruled out transforming dictator Francisco Franco‘s controversial mausoleum into a place of reconciliation, going against suggestions by an expert commission...

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