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June 17, 2021

Thousands of migrants still in Spain’s Ceuta enclave

A month after more than 10,000 people surged across the Moroccan border into Ceuta, around 3,000 of them are still inside the Spanish enclave, the city’s top official said Thursday. “We calculate that 3,000 people are still here — both…
June 17, 2021

Madrid deaths jumped 41 percent in 2020 as pandemic hit

The number of deaths from all causes in the Madrid region, the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in Spain, jumped 41 percent in 2020 over the previous year, official figures showed Thursday. The region, which is home to around 6.7…
June 16, 2021

EU chief signs off on Spain, Portugal recovery plans

Spain and Portugal became the first EU countries to win Brussels’ approval Wednesday for their recovery plans seeking funding from the bloc’s multi-billion-euro coronavirus rescue fund. “The European Commission has decided to give its green light to Spain’s recovery and…
June 16, 2021

In Portugal, EU chief launches vast Covid recovery fund

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday gave Portugal the first green light for its recovery plan seeking funding from the bloc’s multi-billion-euro coronavirus rescue fund. In visiting Portugal, Von der Leyen began activating the landmark 750-billion-euro ($910-billion)…
June 16, 2021

EU chief in Lisbon to launch recovery fund

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Lisbon Wednesday where she will begin approving recovery plans submitted by nations seeking funding from the bloc’s coronavirus recovery fund. In visiting Portugal, which currently holds the EU’s six-month rotating presidency,…
June 16, 2021

EU chief to launch recovery fund in Lisbon, Madrid

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen visits Lisbon and Madrid Wednesday where she will begin approving recovery plans submitted by nations seeking funding from the bloc’s coronavirus recovery fund. “This is a historic achievement,” von der Leyen told the…
June 15, 2021

First international cruise ship docks in Spain after ban lifted

An international cruise ship carrying German tourists docked Tuesday in Malaga, southern Spain, the first such arrival in more than a year, officials said. On June 7, Spain’s transport ministry lifted a ban on international cruise ships that had been…
June 15, 2021

Spanish man jailed for 15 years for killing, eating mum

A Spanish court on Tuesday sentenced a man to 15 years and five months in prison after finding him guilty of strangling his mother and then eating her. The court ruled Albert S.G. — dubbed the “cannibal of Ventas” after…
June 15, 2021

150 migrants try to cross into Spain’s Melilla enclave

Around 150 migrants tried to cross into Spain’s Melilla enclave early on Tuesday from neighbouring Morocco in an attempt which was thwarted but left nine police slightly injured, officials said. The incident, which involved “a group of 150 people”, took…

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