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Pedro Sanchez announces training base in Spain for Ukraine army will open before end of November
PRIME MINISTER Pedro Sanchez says a new training centre for the Ukraine army will open in Toledo before the end of the month.
Sanchez spoke...
Close to 13,000 Ukrainian refugees granted temporary protection in Spain’s Malaga
SINCE Russia invaded Ukraine, over eight months ago, some 13,000 Ukrainian refugees now have temporary protection in Malaga—about 61% of the total granted in...
Spain and Portugal welcome Ukraine to joint bid to host football’s World Cup finals in 2030
SPAIN and Portugal's football associations have confirmed that Ukraine has been added to their joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup.
The three nations...
German ambassador claims her country is in talks with Spain to create a ‘European missile shield’
THE German ambassador to Spain, María Margarete Gosse, has stated that there are conversations between the two countries to create a European missile shield....
6,613 Ukrainians have registered in Spain’s Andalucia since start of Russia’s invasion
MORE than 6,600 people who have fled the war in Ukraine since March 2022 have been registered ‘empadronado’ in Andalucia.
According to data collected by...
Spain’s national train operator testing freight route to bring Ukrainian grain to Barcelona
SPAIN'S train operator, Renfe, is running an experimental freight train across Europe to import grain from the Ukraine.
Grain exports had until recently come to...
Spain won’t send Leopard tanks to Ukraine due to their ‘pitiful state’
AN offer to send Spanish tanks to Ukraine has been withdrawn because they're not up to the job and would cost too much to...
Spaniards’ support for NATO reinforced since Russian invasion of Ukraine
SUPPORT for NATO has grown among Spaniards since the Russian invasion of the Ukraine in February.
A report from the Elcano Royal Institute revealed that...
Spanish volunteer fighter who went to frontline of Russian invasion dies in Ukraine
A SPANIARD who travelled to Ukraine to join the resistance against the Russian invasion has been killed.
Angel Adrover Martinez, was killed on Saturday, possiblly...
Almost 18,000 Ukrainians have applied for temporary protection in Spain’s Andalucia
ANDALUCIA has a total of 17,824 Ukrainians in the region who have applied for temporary protection, which includes accommodation and a work permit.
As reported...
Ukrainian refugees in Valencia’s beach towns are being told to leave for the summer to make way for tourists
MANY Ukrainians who found refuge in Valencian coastal towns are being asked to leave their accommodation as the summer season arrives, it has emerged.
Refugees...
Police recover over €12,000 of cash and items stolen from Ukrainian refugee in distraction theft on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A Ukrainian refugee had money and personal effects worth around €12,000 stolen in an Alicante City distraction theft.
Two men, both aged 37, have been...
REVEALED: This is the €17million hideaway of blacklisted Russian oligarch and friend of Putin in Spain’s Mallorca
A RUSSIAN oligarch and his artist wife with ties to Putin own an idyllic villa close to Pollença on the Spanish island of Mallorca...
Circus monkey rescued in Ukraine starts his new life in Spain’s Alicante area
A monkey forced to perform in Ukraine circuses and dumped in a dog shelter after his owner died in the war, has started a...
Inflation rate in Spain unexpectedly rises to 8.7%
INFLATION rose in May after falling in April, according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics(INE).
Advanced data showed May's Consumer Price Index(CPI) at...
Spain’s annual food shopping bill predicted to rise by average of €200 this year
ANNUAL food shopping basket costs are expected to rise by €200 in Spain this year according to the latest Allianz European Food Inflation report.
The...
NGO chef seeks volunteers in Spain’s Malaga to help provide hot food for Ukrainian refugees
SPANISH chef Jose Andres has taken his NGO to provide hot food to refugees who have fled the Russian invasion.
Andres, however, needs volunteers to...
Russia expels 27 staff from Spain’s Embassy in Moscow in tit-for-tat diplomacy row
RUSSIA said on Wednesday that it would expel 27 staff from Spain’s Embassy in Moscow in response to Spain kicking out Russian diplomatic staff...
Brewery in Spain’s Valencia produces Ukraine solidarity beer that insults Vladimir Putin
A Valencian microbrewery is selling a new craft beer called 'F---ing Putin' to show its solidarity with the Ukraine people in the wake of...
Pro-Putin Ukrainian journalist accused of treason is arrested in Spain’s Catalunya region
A Ukrainian journalist and blogger accused of treason in his home country has been arrested in Tarragona under an international arrest warrant.
Anatoly Shariya, 43,...
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...
Bogus policeman steals €1,000 from terrified Ukraine refugee in Costa Blanca street search in Spain
A bogus policeman stopped a Ukrainian refugee in the centre of Alicante and accused her of selling cocaine before stealing €1,000 in cash.
The woman,...
Hotels across Spain join scheme to recruit Ukrainian refugees to work in tourism sector
SPAIN’S tourism sector has launched a scheme to recruit Ukrainian refugees to work in hotels and holiday accommodation.
The Confederación Española de Hoteles y Alojamientos...
Reduced power bills coming to Spain after it makes EU deal to slash wholesale electricity prices
WHOLESALE electricity prices in Spain will be capped for a year starting from May.
Based on current wholesale rates, the move would produce an estimated...
FX column: War in Ukraine continues to infuse volatility in GBP/EUR
The Pound Euro (GBP/EUR) exchange rate has traded erratically over the past couple of weeks as events in Ukraine infused the pairing with considerable...
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