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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 20242625

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...

Mauritania and Spain pledge cooperation on migration and to combat people smuggling

News Desk28th August 20245th September 2024

28th August 20245th September 20242210

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced a series of agreements with the West African nation of Mauritania to stem a surge in migrants making the dangerous...

Spain and Ireland seek economic sanctions if Israel breaching obligations

News Desk14th February 202419th February 2024

14th February 202419th February 20241523

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar have written to the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, expressing deep...

EU scraps pesticide proposal, as farmers continue to protest

News Desk6th February 202412th February 2024

6th February 202412th February 20241809

The European Commission shelved an anti-pesticide proposal on Tuesday in yet another concession to farmers after weeks of protests that blocked many capitals and economic...

Over 1,000 migrants reach the Canary Islands in 18 boats over the past 3 days

News Desk5th February 202412th February 2024

5th February 202412th February 20241998

Over 1,000 migrants from sub-Saharan countries arrived in the Canary Islands in 18 boats over the past three days, Spain’s marine rescue service said on Monday....

Pedro Sánchez hails EU migrant deal, ‘key’ for Spain’s border management

News Desk20th December 202329th December 2023

20th December 202329th December 20232759

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez praised the decision taken on Wednesday by the EU to reform its migration laws, saying it was key for Spain’s...

EU president calls Hamas attack an ‘ancient evil, terrorism and an act of war’

News Desk11th October 202316th October 2023

11th October 202316th October 20231530

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement on Wednesday that the terrorist group Hamas’s killing of over 1,000 Israeli civilians in...

Migration paragraph left out of EU statement at end of summit in Granada

News Desk7th October 202311th October 2023

7th October 202311th October 20232061

A planned section on migration was finally left out at the conclusion of the European Union’s informal summit in Granada (Andalusia) on Friday, after Poland and Hungary...

Sánchez reiterates that the EU wants a deal on migrant policy by end of 2023

News Desk4th July 202313th July 2023

4th July 202313th July 20232663

The EU wants an agreement in place by the end of 2023 on how to handle the thousands of migrants heading for the continent, despite...

Sánchez kicks off Spain’s EU presidency with visit to Ukraine to show ‘unequivocal support’

News Desk2nd July 20234th July 2023

2nd July 20234th July 20231746

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Saturday that his visit to Kyiv on the first day of Spain’s EU presidency showed the bloc’s ‘unequivocal’...

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