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Spain's Brexit Commission to Meet Weekly to Discuss Strategy

SPAIN'S government is working hard to ensure the country, its British nationals and its citizens in the UK will suffer as few ill-effects as possible after Brexit, and especially in the event of a no-deal scenario – which is technically still possible, even though British Parliament intends to push through a law ruling this out. President Pedro Sánchez had already enacted a law last November...

Spain Top in Europe for Electric Car Sales

SPAIN is leading the way in Europe in electric car sales, with a total of 166,905 new registrations in the first six months of 2019 – representing a growth of 88.5%. The Association of European Automobile Constructors (ACEA) says in 2018, Spain showed the greatest growth in new electric car sales out of Europe's top five markets, with 5,452 vehicles, or an increase of 141.5%. By contrast,...

Sánchez's Revised Programme: What it Includes

FREE nursery school places, a clampdown on rocketing rent and a new labour reform are among the 370 points on acting president Pedro Sánchez's new programme plan, which he hopes will seduce left-wing Podemos into voting in his favour when he attempts to become invested as president. The plan comes in six blocks and runs for 75 pages – 'Fair employment and pensions', 'Feminism, the fight...

Alicante Swimmer Completes Scotland-Ireland Sea in 13 hours

AN ALICANTE swimmer has achieved his goal of crossing the sea between Ireland and Scotland - the equivalent distance to that of a marathon. After 13 gruelling hours in waters with a temperature of under 13ºC, Jorge Crivillés is one step further towards his target of completing the Seven Oceans title - an achievement that no Spanish swimmer has ever managed to date. So far, he has crossed the...

Roman Around: Why Spain is Celebrating its Ancient History

WE KNOW it wasn't built in a day, that all roads lead to it and that when you're there, you should do as its people do. But otherwise, it's hard to believe that once, Rome was the seat of Europe's most powerful empire and that almost anyone born in the wider continent hails from a country that was once under its influence, or that most of us probably share DNA with the Ancient Romans. But...