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Four people died and several more were seriously injured on Thursday when a building collapsed on the island of Mallorca, Spanish emergency authorities said. Emergency services said that seven more people had been very seriously injured while another nine were seriously injured. They were taken to local hospitals. The accident occurred in the city of Palma de Mallorca, on the Mediterranean island popular with tourists. Spanish news agency EFE and other media said the building housed a restaurant called “Medusa Beach Club” located near the beach. Public television for the Balearic Islands, IB3,...
Euronews (English)
Ana Blandiana was announced as the winner of the Princess of Asturias Foundation's top prize at a ceremony broadcast live from the north-western Spanish town of Oviedo. The award annually recognises "the work of cultivating and perfecting literary creation in all its genres". The president of the jury, Santiago Muñoz, declared that Blandiana was selected for being "a radically singular creator", whose writing, "combines transparency and complexity, raises fundamental questions about the existence of human beings in solitude and society in the face of nature and history". Blandiana, according t...
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Europe is on the wrong side of history for failing to do enough to stop the bloodshed in Gaza, according to Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris. “There will be a moment in the future where your children and your grandchildren and great grandchildren will ask, what did you do? What did you do? And did you do enough? And that should keep every single one of us awake at night, because there are children in Gaza, there are children Rafah, who go to sleep at night not knowing if they'll wake”, he told Euronews in an exclusive interview. The Irish government on Wednesday jointly announced to recognise...
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The United States and Spain bagged the top two positions this year, with developing economies such as China, Brazil, Indonesia and Turkey also making significant progress, according to the WEF report. The report, published in conjunction with the University of Surrey, ranked 119 countries according to their policies for supporting travel and tourism. There had been improved demand in developed economies across the world over the past year, especially in traditionally popular tourism destinations such as the United States and Spain, it said. Developing economies such as China have also seen a s...
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Ireland and Spain could formally recognise Palestine as a state on Wednesday, multiple sources say. European Union members Slovenia and Malta have also indicated in recent weeks that they may recognise Palestinian statehood, claiming it is vital to bring peace to the region. The move is opposed by Israel, which has claimed it will "fuel instability" in the Middle East. Three Irish government leaders – premier Simon Harris, deputy premier Micheál Martin and minister Eamon Ryan – are due to hold a press conference on Wednesday morning. Ireland's National public broadcaster RTÉ and the Irish Time...
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Spain's conservative, Christian-democratic Popular Party presented its electoral program in Madrid for the upcoming European elections, scheduled in June. Their policy platform will target four areas spanning democracy, economy, social policies, and geopolitics. But the opposition is framing this as a second round of Spain's general elections and a referendum on the government of socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. Watch the video in the player above to find out more.
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Argentina's populist firebrand President Javier Milei doesn't shy away from loud, attention-grabbing statements — but this time, the Spanish government believes he went too far. Appearing at a far-right rally on the outskirts of Spain's capital Madrid on Sunday, Milei hurled accusations at Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his wife, Begoña Gómez. "When you have a corrupt wife, let's say, it gets dirty, (yet Sánchez) takes five days to think about it," Milei exclaimed in front of the likes of Vox's Santiago Abascal and French National Rally party's Marine Le Pen. Earlier in April, the Spanish PM...
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Spain is preparing a new aid package for Ukraine, Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles announced on May 20 during the U.S.-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting, also known as the Ramstein Format. The new package will contain the second batch of Leopard tanks, which will be delivered by late June, 155mm artillery shells, a new shipment of Patriot anti-aircraft missiles, anti-drone, optronic surveillance and tracking systems, and remote weapon turrets. Robles said that, in the long term, the upcoming signing of a bilateral security agreement will also reinforce support of Ukrain...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Spain is preparing a new aid package for Ukraine, Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles announced on May 20 during the U.S.-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting, also known as the Ramstein Format. The new package will contain the second batch of Leopard tanks, which will be delivered by late June, 155mm artillery shells, a new shipment of Patriot anti-aircraft missiles, anti-drone, optronic surveillance and tracking systems, and remote weapon turrets. Robles said that, in the long term, the upcoming signing of a bilateral security agreement will also reinforce support of Ukrain...
Kyiv Independent
Spain is preparing a new aid package for Ukraine, Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles announced on May 20 during the U.S.-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting, also known as the Ramstein Format. The new package will contain the second batch of Leopard tanks, which will be delivered by late June, 155mm artillery shells, a new shipment of Patriot anti-aircraft missiles, anti-drone, optronic surveillance and tracking systems, and remote weapon turrets. Robles said that, in the long term, the upcoming signing of a bilateral security agreement will also reinforce support of Ukrain...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
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