Tag: fernando Lopez Miras
Far-right party Vox agrees power sharing deal with conservative PP in Spain’s Murcia region
MURCIA'S regional assembly has re-elected the Partido Popular's Fernando Lopez Miras as president following an investiture vote on Thursday.
Lopez Miras secured an absolute majority...
Controversy over comedy bullfighting show featuring dwarf matadors as president of Spain’s Murcia region gets asked to block it
AN ANIMAL protection organisation has written to Murcia's acting president, Fernando Lopez Miras, asking him to stop a comedic bullfighting show featuring dwarf matadors.
The...
Spain’s Murcia region takes step closer to repeat elections as Popular Party and Vox fail to reach deal
THE SOUTHEASTERN region of Murcia took a step closer to a repeat election on Monday, after hard-right Vox failed to support the conservative Popular...
Partido Popular strengthens its hold on Murcia region government in Spain
THE PARTIDO POPULAR strengthened its control of the Murcia regional assembly following Sunday's elections, gaining five seats- two short of an overall majority.
It means...
Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon lost €54 million of European funding to fight pollution
SPAIN'S government says that €54 million of European money allocated in 2019 to fight pollution in the Mar Menor lagoon was switched elsewhere.
The admission...
Record Easter for tourist bookings claimed by Spain’s Murcia region
MURCIA is claiming a record high for Easter tourist accommodation bookings, following two years of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions.
Regional President, Fernando Lopez Miras, said: “Preliminary...
COVID passports and virtually all restrictions are scrapped in Spain’s Murcia region
COVID passports will cease to be used in the Murcia region from Wednesday.
There will be no capacity limits for hospitality and nightlife businesses, with...
Health and care workers who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 are called ‘irresponsible’ by top politician in Spain’s Murcia region
MURCIA president Fernando Lopez Miras has branded health and care workers as 'irresponsible' if they've not had a COVID-19 vaccine.
Speaking to Telecinco, Lopez Miras...
Nearly all bar and nightlife COVID restrictions to end this week in Murcia area of Spain
DANCING at nightclubs returns this Wednesday(October 13) to the Murcia region.
In a new relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions, nightlife businesses which currently close at 4.00...
Massive demonstration over Mar Menor pollution sends message to Murcia government in Spain
PROTESTORS hit Murcia City's streets on Thursday evening(October 7) to call for action to stop pollution in the Mar Menor lagoon.
No official attendance figures...
Spain’s government refuses ’emergency’ status for Mar Menor lagoon despite dead fish washing ashore for over a week
SPAIN'S government will not declare the Mar Menor an 'emergency' area as it continues its war of words with its regional counterpart.
Madrid's refusal follows...
Murcia’s leader says ‘nobody knows what will happen’ after State of Alarm ends in Spain next month
MURCIA'S president, Fernando Lopez Miras, has said that Spain's 17 regions don't know what they can do legally once the State of Alarm ends...
‘HASTY’ VERDICT from Spain’s Murcia region over Pedro Sanchez decision to end State of Alarm on May 9
MURCIA'S president, Fernando Lopez Miras, has branded as 'hasty' yesterday's announcement by Spain's Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, that he plans to end the State...
Costa Calida mayor slams €80m flood defence budget as being less than a third of what’s needed in Spanish...
A COSTA CALIDA mayor has pointed out that although the regional government of Murcia is supporting an €80m plan to prevent flood damage in...
Costa Calida mayor blasts president of Spain’s Murcia region over flood solutions, as residents brick up their own doorways
THE mayor of Los Alcazares has publicly lambasted the president of the autonomous region of Murcia, Fernando López Miras.
Mario Pérez Cervera took to social...
Los Alcazares mayor says ‘mud-filled drains’ from September’s gota fria to blame for fresh flash flooding
THE mayor of a Costa Blanca town hit AGAIN by flash floods has blamed mud-filled drains gone neglected since September’s deadly gota fria.
Loz Alcazares’...
Spanish politician announces new flights from Spain to ‘Manchester United’ airport
During a TV interview, the president of the region of Murcia confused the city with the famous football team and said tickets are already available to buy