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January 17, 2019

Spanish government, Catalan leaders meet in fresh talks

Spain’s deputy prime minister met Catalan separatist leaders Thursday as both sides pursue complex talks on the region’s future initiated by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Despite mutual distrust and radically opposed positions on Catalonia’s right to self-determination, the Socialist executive…

January 17, 2019

Search for Spanish toddler in well runs into problems

The search for a toddler who fell down a well in Spain in a tragedy that has gripped the country ran into problems on Thursday as rescuers raced against time to find the boy alive. Julen Rosello, who is two,…

January 17, 2019

Spain’s tourism growth slows as rivals recover

Spain saw growth in its crux tourism sector slow in 2018 as sun-soaked competitors like Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia recovered, industry lobby group Exceltur said Thursday. The sector ratcheted up 142 billion euros ($162 billion) in sales, 2 percent more…

January 17, 2019

Search for Spanish toddler in well enters fifth day

The search for a toddler who fell down a well in southern Spain in a tragedy that has gripped the country entered its fifth day Thursday, with hopes dwindling he would be found alive. Julen Rosello, who is two, fell…

January 17, 2019

Madrid taxis to strike ahead of global tourism fair

Taxis in Madrid are to go on an indefinite strike Monday against online ride-hailing services like Uber just two days before the Fitur international tourism fair kicks off in the Spanish capital. “We don’t want to hurt our clients but…

January 16, 2019

Brits in Spain see glimmer of hope in UK Brexit vote drubbing

On the sun-drenched eastern coast of Spain where British pensioners and business-owners are uncertain for their futures as Brexit ticks closer, the crushing parliamentary defeat of Theresa May’s EU divorce deal has sparked a glimmer of hope. “This might not…

January 16, 2019

Backed by far right, conservatives take over Spain’s southern region

With far right backing, the candidate of Spain’s mainstream conservative Popular Party (PP) was Wednesday invested as the head of the regional government in Andalusia, a former Socialist fiefdom. The Socialists had ruled Andalusia in the country’s deep south for…

January 16, 2019

Illegal workers in southern Spain: unwanted but indispensable

In southern Spain, the far-right party Vox has drawn farmers’ votes with a pledge to deport illegal workers. “But I don’t know what they would do without us,” an African man remarked as he left a greenhouse in El Ejido….

January 16, 2019

Spanish rescuers find hair of missing toddler in well

Rescuers racing to save a two-year-old boy who fell down a well in southern Spain have found several strands of his hair, authorities said Wednesday, raising hopes of finding the toddler whose fate has gripped the nation for days. It…