Tag: Spain

Spain Restores Power Supply After Major Blackout
By midnight, 61.35 percent of energy demand had been restored in the affected regions, and 78 percent of the 680 impacted substations were operational again. The autonomous communities affected by Monday’s massive power outage have begun restoring service, according to data from Spain’s Electricity Network (REE) and user reports. RELATED: Spain and Portugal Hit by […]
April 28, 2025

Power Slowly Return in Spain and Portugal
Power started returning to parts of the Iberian peninsula late on Monday after a huge outage brought most of Spain and Portugal to a standstill, grounding planes, halting public transport, and forcing hospitals to suspend routine operations. Spain’s Interior Ministry declared a national emergency, deploying 30,000 police across the country to keep order as governments […]
April 28, 2025

Spain and Portugal Hit by Major Power Outage
Blackouts were also reported in France and Belgium. On Monday, a massive blackout swept across Spain and Portugal, leaving large parts of both countries without electricity and causing widespread disruption. Blackouts were also reported in France and Belgium. RELATED: Cuba Work in Sistematically Recovering Energy After Nationwide Blackout Spain’s electricity grid operator, Red Electrica, confirmed […]
April 28, 2025

Spain Becomes a Key Player in China’s Rapprochement With Europe
Getting closer to China would be ‘like slitting one’s own throat,’ the U.S. Treasury Secretary threatened. On Friday, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. RELATED: China Raises Tariffs on U.S. Goods to 125% During the meeting, Xi proposed that the European Union and China work […]
April 11, 2025

Censorship of Venezuelan Films Reveals Fascism at the Malaga Film Festival
‘They are afraid of Venezuela’s truth,’ President Maduro stated. On Monday, President Nicolas Maduro harshly criticized the censorship of three Venezuelan films that will not be screened at Casa de America in Madrid. RELATED: Bukele’s Regime Humiliates Venezuelan Migrants: President Maduro “Fascism has prevailed for now. They censored three Venezuelan films. They are afraid of […]
March 18, 2025

ECHR Upholds Veto on Catalan Independence Debates
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Spanish Constitutional Court’s decisions were legal. On Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) deemed inadmissible the appeals filed against Spain by two members of the Bureau of the Catalan Parliament over the case brought against them for disobeying the Constitutional Court by allowing the […]
February 27, 2025

Patriots Summit Brings Together Europe’s Far Right
The meeting has been convened under the slogan ‘Make Europe Great Again’ (MEGA). On Friday and Saturday, the Spanish party Vox is bringing together around ten European far-right leaders in Madrid for the first summit of “Patriots for Europe” (Patriots). RELATED: Italian Far Right Proposes Banning the Islamic Veil This party was founded by Hungarian […]
February 7, 2025

Spain’s Government Approves Workweek Reduction to 37.5 Hours
Spain’s government, led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, has approved a reduction of the standard workweek from 40 to 37.5 hours following a year of intense negotiations. However, the measure still lacks the necessary parliamentary majority for full implementation. Related:Spain Announces Immediate Humanitarian Aid for Gaza Key Points of the Workweek Reduction Following the approval, […]
February 4, 2025

Spain Announces Immediate Humanitarian Aid for Gaza
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares announced this Friday the immediate dispatch of humanitarian aid to Gaza, alongside two financial contributions totaling 16.5 million euros. These funds are allocated to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and Spanish non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in the region. Related:Two Palestinians Killed in Israeli […]
January 24, 2025

Pedro Sánchez Calls for Measures Against Social Media Threats to Democracy at Davos
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez proposed a series of measures at the World Economic Forum in Davos to address what he sees as a threat posed by social media to democracy. These initiatives include eliminating online anonymity and holding platform owners accountable for violations. Related:General Strike of Transporters in Spain: Demands for Improvement of Labor […]