MADRID, Spain - US carmaker Ford announced Friday it will cut around 1,100 jobs at its factory in the Spanish city of Valencia as it reorganises its operations in Europe. The cuts are due to the halt of the production of the S-Max and Galaxy models at the factory in April, a company spokeswoman...
MADRID, Spain -- Spanish lawmakers approved Thursday a transgender law letting anyone 16 and older change the gender on their ID card, even as similar measures elsewhere have sparked division over the complexities of the issue. The law, which passed by 191 votes in favour against 60 opposed and 91...
MADRID, Spain -- Spain's parliament approved Thursday a law granting paid medical leave to women suffering severe period pain, becoming the first European country to advance such legislation. The law, which passed by 185 votes in favour to 154 against, is aimed at breaking a taboo on the subject,...
MADRID, Spain -- Thieves stole eight deluxe dildos, six of them gold plated, from a Spanish sex-toy company, swiping premium pleasure products worth tens of thousands of euros, a sales executive said Friday. Dreamlove's Idiared Aponte told AFP that thieves forced their way into a warehouse at...
MADRID, Spain -- Spain's government unveiled Tuesday an 8.0 percent rise in the minimum wage, despite the opposition of employer groups, in a context of high inflation and a key election year. The announcement by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez comes just months before municipal polls in various...
MADRID, Spain - Spanish police arrested a suspect Wednesday in the letter bombing campaign that targeted the prime minister and the Ukrainian embassy, authorities said. The Spanish citizen was taken into custody in Miranda de Ebro in northern Spain and police were searching the home of the man, who...
MADRID, Spain -- Spanish lawmakers on Thursday voted through a bill granting paid medical leave to women who suffer from severe period pain, becoming the first European country to advance such legislation. Spain's left-wing government said the legislation -- which passed its first reading by 190...
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary Anna Mae Lamentillo paid a courtesy visit to Spanish Ambassador to the Philippines Miguel Delgado to tackle digital cooperation initiatives between the Philippines and Spain. Among the initiatives particularly discussed...
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...
