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TRADE-MEDITERRANEAN: Development of South Would Benefit Europe
The European Union's support mechanisms for trade and development of the southern Mediterranean countries, agreed this week, will benefit both sides said Spain's Secretary of Trade, Juan Costa, Wednesday.EUROPE: Street Disturbances Form Backdrop to 28-Country Summit
Clashes between police and protesters provided the backdrop Friday to the start of the 28- nation summit in which Europe's leaders are debating the future of the European Union (EU) and increasing development aid to poor countries.EUROPE: Summit to Focus Gaze Across the Atlantic
The heads of state and government of 28 European countries will discuss relations between Europe and the United States, as well as enlargement of the European Union (EU) and other internal matters, on Mar 15-16 in the northeastern Spanish city of Barcelona.SPAIN: Muslims Demand Religious Instruction in Public Schools
Spain's Muslim community, bolstered by the rising inflow of Muslim immigrants, is demanding enforcement of an agreement with the government that would allow their children to receive Islamic religious instruction in public schools.RIGHTS-GUATEMALA: ‘Corporate Mafia’ Controls State, Says Amnesty
Guatemala is controlled by a "corporate mafia state" in which certain transnational firms "collude with the police, military and common criminals," said the human rights watchdog Amnesty International in the Spanish capital Thursday.EU-US: Judicial Cooperation Treaty Must Safeguard European Values
An agreement reached Friday by the European Union justice ministers to negotiate a treaty on judicial cooperation with the United States highlights differences between the EU and US regarding human rights and the fight against terrorism and organised crime.RIGHTS-SPAIN: Gay Priest Stages Rebellion
Roman Catholic priest José Mantera has triggered an avalanche of support for "sexual freedom" in Spain's Catholic Church by coming out of the closet. While the Church hierarchy has threatened to suspend him, he has won the support of his fellow townspeople and a number of church groups.SPAIN: Cela, Literature’s Irreverent ‘Señor’, Dies at 85
Camilo José Cela, Spain's outspoken writer of the 20th century and winner of the Nobel and Cervantes prizes for literature, died of heart failure Thursday in Madrid, where he had been hospitalised for the last week due to cardio-respiratory problems. He was 85.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Spanish and Italian Firms Feel Impact of Crisis
The shares of Spanish firms with major investments in Argentina were down Friday, while the Italian government created a new crisis unit and an office to provide support to Italian companies with interests in the crisis-stricken South American country.SPAIN: Cubans in Search of a Second Miami
The number of Cubans defecting to Spain during stopovers of flights heading to Moscow has risen in the past few months, pointing to a search for "a second Miami," or a place where they have a chance of working and sending remittances back to their families in Cuba.RIGHTS-SPAIN: Double Standards for Sex Trade, a Booming Business
The sex trade is a booming business in Spain, where it involves around 300,000 people - mainly immigrant women - and moves more than 10 billion dollars a year, according to a report presented by police commissioner Manuel Javier Peña. However, activists complain of double moral standards.POLITICS-SPAIN: ETA Slips by Justice, Moves Forward with Attacks
The Basque separatist group ETA continues forward, attacking police in the Basque region, while measures taken to isolate and eradicate the group are on the rise both inside and outside of Spain in the context of the international fight against terrorism.RIGHTS-SPAIN: NGOs Rebel Against Immigration Policy
A majority of Spain's non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are opposed to the immigration policy of the centre-right government of José María Aznar, and have joined together in plans to create an "Alternative Forum" to mobilise public opinion against the tightening of controls on immigration.SPAIN-BRITAIN: A Step Closer to Agreement on Gibraltar
Spain took a giant step towards regaining sovereignty over Gibraltar at a meeting in Barcelona Tuesday between the two countries' foreign ministers, who said they hoped to conclude a "global agreement" by mid-2002.DISARMAMENT-SPAIN: Broad Support for Controls of Arms Exports
All of the parties represented in the Spanish parliament agree with the need to regulate sales and exports of weapons, while the local branches of four leading non- governmental organisations (NGOs) have launched a campaign to that end.POLITICS-SPAIN: ETA, Bodyguards and the Wages of Fear
Representatives from the Spanish Association of Armed Escorts, most of whose 1,500 members serve as bodyguards for people likely to be targeted by the illegal separatist organisation ETA, launched negotiations Monday with the Ministry of Labour for improved working conditions.ECONOMY: Spanish Investors in Argentina Fear Contagion
The decline in European stock markets of the value of the shares of Spanish companies with interests in Latin America has reflected fears that fallout from Argentina's crisis will be felt throughout that region, and especially by the other members of South America's Mercosur trade bloc.ENVIRONMENT: Spain Imports Illegally Logged Wood from Amazon
Around 50 million dollars worth of tropical wood illegally logged in the Amazon jungle was smuggled into Spain in just one year, Greenpeace Spain reported Thursday.ENVIRONMENT: Spain Imports Illegally Logged Wood from Amazon
Around 50 million dollars worth of tropical wood illegally logged in the Amazon jungle was smuggled into Spain in just one year, Greenpeace Spain reported Thursday./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/LANGUAGE-SPAIN: The Academy’s Dictionary ‘Changes Its Leaves’
The latest version of the dictionary of the 'Real Academia Española' (Spanish Royal Academy) has caused a stir due to the great number of 'americanismos' it includes, despite the fact that the tome maintains conceptual and terminological differences with the Spanish spoken in Latin America.TRANSPORT: Good News for Argentine Airline Amidst Turbulence
At one of the darkest moments ever faced by the commercial airline industry, Aerolíneas Argentinas, acquired by a private Spanish consortium, seems to have been snatched from the verge of collapse, where it has been wavering for the past six months.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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