The government of Spain has listed the Philippines as its priority country in giving institutional support, which includes taking various initiatives to ensure long-term peace in Mindanao. This came as Spanish President Pedro Sanchez Perez-Castejon sat down with President Ferdinand...
DOHA (AFP) — Portugal dismantled Switzerland 6-1 to charge into the World Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday, Dec. 6, as Goncalo Ramos started in place of Cristiano Ronaldo and scored the first hat-trick of the tournament. Portugal's forward Goncalo Ramos celebrates after scoring his team's fifth...
Artworks mirroring the beauty of the past, the magic of nature, and the joy that comes from collaborations Phyllis Zaballero’s 'Romeria a Cuenca I' and 'Romeria a Cuenca II' ONGOING: ‘Fondly Remembering Spain’ WHERE: Instituto Cervantes, 385 Real St, Intramuros, Manila, 1000 Metro...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is retaining veteran diplomat Philippe Jones Lhuillier as the country's ambassador to Spain. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. swears in Ambassador Philippe Lhuillier as the Philippines' Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Spain on...
MADRID, Spain -- Spanish lawmakers on Thursday gave the first stamp of approval to a bill which seeks to rehabilitate the memory of leftwing victims of Spain's 1936-39 civil war and Francisco Franco's dictatorship. The proposed law threatens to fuel tensions in a nation where public opinion is...
BORDEAUX, France - France and Britain were set to suffer soaring temperatures on Wednesday, with a heatwave in Western Europe fuelling wildfires across vast stretches of forestland. A silhouette of a firefighter standing in the forest is pictured during a wildfire at Casais do Vento in Alvaiazere...
PAMPLONA, Spain -- A red-and-white sea of revellers erupted in celebration Wednesday, dousing each other with wine in a packed Pamplona square as Spain's most famous bull-running festival returned after a two-year absence due to the pandemic. Participants wave their red scarves during the...
PARIS, France -- French officials urged caution Thursday as a record pre-summer heatwave spread across the country from Spain, where authorities were fighting forest fires on a sixth day of sweltering temperatures. A plant grows on a dry bank of the Loire River, in Montjean-sur-Loire on June 16,...
MADRID, Spain -- Spanish Catholics want Rome to consider talks on the future of the priesthood including optional celibacy, the ordination of women and also of married men, a key document showed Saturday. The document, a copy of which was seen by AFP, was unveiled by the CEE Episcopal Conference...
Food security, climate change, and renewable energy were among the topics tackled during the courtesy calls of the ambassadors of Spain, Morocco, and Germany to President-elect Bongbong Marcos on Tuesday, June 7. Ambassador Jorge Moragas of Spain (left) receives a memento from President-elect...
The incoming Marcos administration and the government of Germany are on the same page when it comes to the matter of renewable energy (RE). Bangui Wind Farm (Wikipedia) This can be gleaned from the remarks of Germany's Ambassador to the Philippines Anke Reiffenstuel, who faced reporters in a short...
MADRID, Spain -- Spain's plan to become the first European nation to allow women to take "menstrual leave" from work has sparked a debate that has split the country's leftist coalition government and unions. Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government is expected to include the menstrual...
