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...
Miss Universe Spain 2021 Sarah Loinaz has nothing but good words for matinee idol Alden Richards. On Instagram, the 23-year-old beauty queen was asked if the Kapuso actor is handsome in person. She answered: "Yes, but the best thing about him is he is so humble and I learned that he help many...
BARCELONA, Spain -- Three people were found dead and one was seriously injured in an apartment fire close to Barcelona on Wednesday morning, rescue services have confirmed. The fire took place in a three-story building in the town of Santa Coloma de Gramanet. The fire brigade reported that they...
Photo by Diane Picchiottino from Unsplash A Spanish seafood firm, Grupo Nueva Pescanova, is planning to open the world’s first commercial octopus farm by 2023. The move was met with backlash from animal rights activists, who regard the octopus as a highly intelligent creature. On the other side...
MADRID, Spain – Thousands of demonstrators hit the streets across Spain on Saturday in protest at the soaring cost of food, light and fuel, which have been exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Spanish far-right Vox party leader Santiago Abascal, delivers a speech during a nationwide...
