Posts Tagged ‘Spain’

Juan Carlos I: Former king’s first return to Spain in two years ignites debate

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Records broken as high temperatures hit Spain and France

Both countries have seen above average temperatures for May. Views: 0

Spain approves new law banning harassment of women going for abortions

Spain’s Senate has approved a new law that could see activists convicted for “harassing” women going for an abortion. Citizens will not be able to try and convince women against abortions through “embarrassing, offensive, intimidating or pressurising acts”. The new law — proposed by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialist party — also prohibits the harassment […]

The House of Trastámara: The Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon Take Spain

The House of Trastámara was a royal dynasty that ruled over Spain during the Late Middle Ages. The dynasty was a cadet branch of the House of Burgundy, and initially ruled over the Crown of Castile. In time, however, the dynasty also gained control over Crown of Aragon. Arguably the most famous members of the […]

1600-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck Found in “Perfect” Condition in Spain

In 117 AD, at the time of Caesar Trajan’s death, the Roman Empire had reached its territorial peak, stretching across the Mediterranean Sea to North Africa and Western Asia. And the Romans used ships for much of the things that were sold to or bought from their distant colonies. As a result, shipwrecks in Mediterranean […]

Evidence of Ear Surgery From 5,300 Years Ago Discovered in Spain

Modern science has lent a certain sophistication to human history, allowing for various genetic and acquired deficiencies to be addressed. Today, our eyes and ears can be repaired with simple and effective surgical interventions. What did ancient humans do? Evidence of cranial surgery dating back 2,000 years from Greece and Peru have been found, and […]

Badger Finds Largest Ever Roman Coin Hoard in Northern Spain

A badger desperately hunting for food during the harsh winter of 2021, when Storm Filomena deposited snow across the Iberian Peninsula , has accidentally uncovered a substantial Roman coin hoard in a cave in northern Spain. The cave is located in Berció, a parish in the municipality of Grado in the Spanish province of Asturias, […]

Drug trafficking ring that used helicopters shut down in Spain

Spanish police say they have dismantled a drug-trafficking ring that had was using helicopters to smuggle marijuana from northern Africa. The gang allegedly brought hashish and marijuana from Morocco to southern Spain by helicopter and then transported the drugs to France. Police said the drugs were concealed in trucks and a tour bus with fake […]

Spain, Massive Protest Against Vaccine Passport 01.08.2022

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Over 90,000 Descendants Of Jews Kicked Out Of Spain And Portugal In 1492 Given Citizenship

(Israel National News) At least 90,000 alleged descendants of Sephardic Jews who were expelled during and after the Inquisition have been granted citizenship of Portugal or Spain since 2015, when those countries passed laws offering a naturalization process for such applicants as a form of “reparations” for past wrongs: The laws were meant to atone […]

Thousands protest new virus restrictions in Spain

Hundreds of protesters marched through Barcelona on Saturday voicing their opposition against new holiday season restrictions in Catalonia. The region had reinstated serious limitations which came into effect on Christmas Eve in a bid to slow the spread of the omicron variant. Catalonia’s hospitals are currently caring for one in four of everyone hospitalised in […]

Spain returns smuggled figurines, funeral jars to Egypt

Spain returned 36 stolen antiquities to Egyptian officials on Monday, including figurines of gods and goddesses and ancient jars meant to hold human remains, reports Reuters. The artefacts – among them a granite carving of the lion’s head of the warrior goddess Sekhmet – were taken illegally from archaeological sites, officials said. Smugglers brought them […]

Drone shots of flooding in northeast Spain

Aerial footage showed the extent of the flooding in northern Spain on Sunday as streets in the medieval city of Tudela were left submerged after the Ebro river burst its banks. The combination of a heavy, days long storm and thawing snow brought a surge in the Ebro and its tributaries, Spanish meteorological services said. […]

Quarantine Facility Neglect Being Reported in UK and Spain

British holidaymaker, 22, says Spanish Covid quarantine hotel was ‘worse than a prison’ claiming he was ‘left without food for 24 hours’ and staff ‘RATIONED’ basic supplies including paracetamol and bottled water By Antonia Paget For Mailonline Daily Mail 2021-08-03 A British man says a Spanish quarantine hotel where he had to stay after testing positive […]

Shocking Images Show Ash-Covered Ghost Towns On Spain’s Canary Islands

Shocking Images Show Ash-Covered Ghost Towns On Spain’s Canary Islandsby Tyler DurdenSunday, Dec 05, 2021  The eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma, located off the northwestern coast of Africa, has been erupting for nearly eleven weeks with no signs of abating. Soon the eruption could be La Palma’s […]

Spain-from now on animals are sentient beings by law.

Spain-from now on animals are sentient beings by law. The Free / thefreeonline World Animals Voice Animals in Spain will no longer be considered as “objects” by the law thanks to new legislation passed on Thursday by Spain’s lower house, the Congress of Deputies. From now on, animals will be treated as “sentient beings,” and […]

Serbia Shocks Portugal to Join Spain, Croatia at World Cup

Spain, Serbia, and Croatia are heading to next year’s World Cup. Sweden, Portugal, and Russia aren’t—not yet, anyway. Aleksandar Mitrovic’s 90th-minute header left Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal stunned in a 2–1 win for Serbia in Lisbon, which gave Serbia an automatic qualifying spot at the World Cup in Qatar. Portugal still has a chance to […]

Spain Refunds Fines Issued During ‘Unconstitutional’ Covid Lockdown Rules

The Spanish government announced last week that it had started refunding citizens who paid fines during the unconstitutional state of emergency that was declared last year. All Spanish citizens who paid fines during last years three-month state of emergency will be reimbursed, the country’s Ministry of Territorial Affairs said. USNews reports: The move follows a […]

Lucas Hernandez: French footballer avoids prison in Spain after winning appeal

French footballer Lucas Hernandez has won an appeal against a jail sentence for violating a restraining order. The World Cup-winning defender had been facing six months in prison in Spain over the charge. But the Madrid court turned his prison sentence into a €96,000 fine, one day before Hernandez had to voluntarily turn himself in […]

Spain discovers two mass graves of Civil War victims in Belchite

Spanish authorities have uncovered two graves containing the bodies of dozens of victims from the Civil War. The graves were found after archaeological excavations at a cemetery in Belchite, in the northern province of Zaragoza. The site was one of the bloodiest battlefields during the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939. Officials say fifteen […]

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