Tag: EU
Farmer strikes enter third week in Spain: Andalucia, Catalunya and the Balearics are among the targets for tractor road...
FARMER protests in Spain have entered their third week with roadblocks continuing to cause chaos on the nation’s roads.
Protests show no sign of slowing...
Farmer strikes latest: Protests to continue across Spain after meeting between trade unions and government
FARMER strikes across Spain are set to continue despite a meeting between the government and agricultural trade unions.
Representatives from Asaja, COAG, and UPA met...
Farmer strikes in Spain enter a second week: Tractors block a major road in Malaga while Madrid, Alicante and...
FARMERS have blocked off a major road in Malaga province this morning as their anti-EU protest enters a second week.
Tractors cut off traffic...
Farmer strikes latest: These are the roads being targeted in Spain’s Andalucia today
ANGRY farmers are set to cause chaos for the second consecutive day this Wednesday with roads and ports closed across Spain.
Following protests on Tuesday,...
Farmer protests in Spain arrive to the Costa del Sol: Roads and ports are blocked by tractors
FARMERS are blocking access to Malaga port as part of a Europe wide protest against agricultural policies established in Brussels.
READ MORE: Farmers in Spain...
No sign of two young men who vanished while fishing off Spain’s Marbella – as more details emerge
TWO young men who disappeared off the Andalucian coast last Tuesday, January 16, remain unaccounted for as Spanish authorities continue their desperate search.
The European...
Post-Brexit passport database that will clock how many times Brits have visited Spain and elsewhere in the EU ‘is...
A PASSPORT tracking system that will keep tabs on how many days Brits have spent in the EU has reportedly been delayed yet again...
Franco-German plan to woo UK back into the EU could spell end to movement restrictions on Brits abroad
AN exciting plan to reform the EU by France and Germany could see the UK rejoin as an ‘EU lite’ member.
The move would see...
UK hits back at the European Union’s Brit-hitting ETIAS tourist tax with one of its own
THE UK is set to introduce a new requirement for visa-exempt visitors to Britain which will see them fill in an online form and...
‘Leave tourism alone!’ Spanish tourism boss demands compensation over EU’s new Brit-hitting ETIAS tourist tax
Spain’s tourism industry is demanding compensation for the loss of competitiveness once the new European Union’s ETIAS tourist tax comes into effect at the...
Spain falls on corruption ranking for the second year in a row
SPAIN HAS fallen for the second year running on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), put together by an organisation called Transparency International (TI).
According to...
Spain’s Balearic Islands request the EU to grant them exception to ban foreigners from buying second homes in Mallorca...
Officials are calling on the European Union to grant a ‘Balearic exception’ that would limit non-resident Brits and Germans from property purchases on the...
Spain’s microchip plan struggling to attract businesses
THE Spanish government’s plan to invest €12 billion euros is struggling to get off the ground thanks to a lack of chipmakers willing to...
Brussels issues warning to Spain over high debt and unemployment risk
SPAIN has received yet another warning from the European Commission over its high debt and unemployment risk
“Spain is experiencing imbalances,” said the European Commission...
UK govt urged to address problems at Gibraltar’s border with Spain ‘as a matter of urgency’
CHAIR of the European Scrutiny Committee in the UK House of Commons, Sir William Cash MP, has called for Gibraltar border problems to be...
Spain will be using its hospitals to treat wounded victims of Ukraine war
HOSPITALS in Spain will be opening their doors to wounded victims of the war in Ukraine.
Full details of the plan have still to be...
BEING INCLUSIVE: Andalucia scoops European prize for its treatment of Roma community
ANDALUCIA has won the European Commission’s first annual prize for the inclusion of the Roma community.
The region came out on top thanks to its...
ESSENTIALS: What you need to know about Covid travel rules between Spain and the UK over Easter
EASTER is expected to see a return of the sort of numbers that flocked to Spain before the pandemic but for British holidaymakers there...
Ukraine’s Zelensky thanks Spain’s parliament for support but attacks companies still trading with Russia
UKRAINIAN president Volodymr Zelensky addressed Spain's parliamentarians on Tuesday in a special 30-minute session of Congress in Madrid.
He appeared via video-link at the unanimous...
Russians in Spain struggle as sanctions bite over Ukraine invasion
RUSSIANS in Spain are facing a backlash after the invasion of Ukraine, with reports of assaults and blackmail.
And as banking sanctions start to bite,...
How Spain’s Valencia region became the leader in organic farming
ORGANIC farming in Valencia has grown 81.2% in the past five years, more than anywhere else in Spain and exceeding Spain's average which is...
Spain committing ‘harakiri’ over UK tourists and new child COVID-19 vaccine rules
A Spanish tourism group says the country is committing 'harakiri' by requiring proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 for British children aged 12 and...
ANALYSIS: Does Spain have a drinking problem?
Alcohol consumption has plunged over the past 30 years, but Spain still has the second highest rate of daily alcohol drinkers in the EU.
Andalucia-Algarve rail connection still a “dream” says Portugal’s Prime Minister
PORTUGUESE Prime Minister Antonio Costa has said that it is “a dream” of his to be able to unite the regions of the Algarve,...
NHS COVID-19 pass now accepted across EU in move that will ease travel for fully-vaxxed British travellers
THE European Commission has announced that from Friday October 29, the British NHS COVID pass will be accepted as full proof of vaccination, equivalent...
Tourism reboot: Balearics receive millions to develop new tourism strategy
THE Balearics are to get a €233 million tourism boost from the European Union.
The €133 million will come from a €2 billion fund set...