BEIJING (AP) — Spanish King Felipe VI and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed agreements on language exchanges and other areas Wednesday as both sides vowed to strengthen their cooperation. The monarch’s visit comes as Spain, the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy, continues its courtship of China and Chinese investment while the relationship with the United States is…
BEIJING – Spanish King Felipe VI and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed agreements on language exchanges and other areas Wednesday as both sides vowed to strengthen their cooperation. The monarch’s visit comes as Spain, the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy, continues its courtship of China and Chinese investment while the relationship with the United States is strained…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday reiterated his “deep admiration” for pro-Palestinian protesters who forced the final stage of one of the most important international cycling races to be abandoned at the weekend. “Our position is clear and categorical…neither Russia nor Israel should participate in any international competition,” Pedro Sanchez said. (LA MONCLOA /…
The foreign minister also alleged that Sánchez had moved to mobilize demonstrators a few days after the Spanish leader “lamented not having an atomic bomb to ‘stop Israel.’” Sa’ar was apparently referring to a speech on Sept. 8 in which Sánchez emphasized Spain’s small stature on the global stage. Madrid does not “have nuclear bombs,…
MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s lower house has shelved a bill that would have shortened the work week by 2-1/2 hours, dealing yet another blow to the fragile Socialist-led minority government which is struggling to pass the reforms it had pledged through a fragmented parliament. In vote late on Wednesday, opposition lawmakers united with regional Catalan party…
ROME (AP) — Hard-right commentators, politicians and activists in Europe have uncovered a secret to expanding their influence: engaging with Elon Musk. Take the German politician from a party whose own domestic intelligence agency has designated as extremist. Her daily audience on X surged from 230,000 to 2.2 million on days Musk interacted with her…
Spain is opposing NATO’s plans to increase defence spending to 5% of gross domestic product (GDP), public broadcaster RTVE reported on Thursday. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez informed NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte of his country’s opposition to the new target in a letter, according to reports from RTVE and other media outlets that have…