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Lucía Abellán

IMMIGRATION

Italy’s Salvini refuses entry to ‘Open Arms’ despite EU offer of help

Lucía Abellán/El País|Madrid | 15-08-2019 - 08:23 UTC

Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Romania and Luxembourg are willing to welcome some of the 138 people who have been on board a rescue ship for two weeks

IMMIGRATION

France says it is acting to solve ‘Open Arms’ migrant crisis

Marc Bassets/María Martín/Lucía Abellán|París / Madrid | 14-08-2019 - 08:42 UTC

Interior ministry confirms contact with Brussels to find safe port for Spanish rescue ship with 151 aboard

INTERNATIONAL

Spain to complain after Gibraltar seizes Iranian tanker in disputed waters

Lucía Abellán/Agencies/El País|Madrid / Algeciras | 05-07-2019 - 08:29 UTC

Madrid holds US tipped off London about the ship, which was bound for Syria in breach of EU sanctions

SPAIN IN THE EU

Spain returns to the front lines of European politics

Lucía Abellán|Brussels | 03-07-2019 - 08:33 UTC

Josep Borrell will be the new diplomatic chief, although Madrid had been hoping to place a social-democrat in the EU Commission presidency

CATALAN INDEPENDENCE DRIVE

Spanish government files complaint over UN report on jailed Catalan politicians

Lucía Abellán|Madrid | 31-05-2019 - 14:17 UTC

A working group concluded that the detention of three of the defendants in the Supreme Court trial was “arbitrary,” and that the illegal referendum was within Spanish law

SPAIN IN THE EU

Socialist Party wins the European elections in Spain

Lucía Abellán|Madrid | 27-05-2019 - 09:04 UTC

The left-wing group took 32% of the vote, while the conservative Popular Party managed just 20% and far-right Vox gained its own MEPs for the first time

ARMED FORCES

US conveys displeasure over Spain’s decision to withdraw frigate

Miguel González/Lucía Abellán|Madrid | 15-05-2019 - 09:02 UTC

The American embassy in Madrid has informally complained that the move to pull the ‘Méndez Núñez’ from a combat group in the Persian Gulf was communicated through military channels, not diplomatic ones

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Spain will “limit” political activity of Venezuelan dissident in its embassy

Lucía Abellán/El País|Madrid | 03-05-2019 - 13:59 UTC

Leopoldo López, who has taken refuge at the Spanish ambassador’s residence in Caracas, gives Madrid an unexpected new role in the ongoing crisis

CRISIS IN VENEZEULA

Venezuelan opposition leader seeks refuge in Spanish embassy in Caracas

Lucía Abellán/Agencies|Madrid | 02-05-2019 - 09:08 UTC

Leopoldo López’s move poses a diplomatic problem for Spain, which, despite recognizing Guaidó as acting president, has not broken ties with the Maduro government

CATALONIA

Spain’s foreign minister stops interview on German TV over Catalonia questions

Ana Carbajosa/Lucía Abellán | 28-03-2019 - 17:14 UTC

Josep Borrell accused his interviewer of ignorance and bias and briefly walked away from the set

Mexico-Spain relations

Madrid rejects Mexico’s demand for an apology over Spanish conquest

Lucía Abellán/Javier Lafuente|Madrid / Mexico | 26-03-2019 - 10:51 UTC

The Mexican president has sent a letter to King Felipe VI arguing that saying sorry is the only way to achieve complete reconciliation between both countries

FAKE NEWS

Spain launches unit to fight disinformation ahead of elections

Lucía Abellán|Madrid | 11-03-2019 - 11:06 UTC

Group includes experts from National Security Department and seeks to identify cyberterrorism threats

BREXIT

Spain and UK reach deal to curb tax evasion in Gibraltar

Lucía Abellán/J.C.|Madrid | 04-03-2019 - 11:14 UTC

The agreement sets out stricter rules to determine the fiscal residency of individuals and businesses

BREXIT

Spain plans to grant residency to 400,000 Britons in the case of a hard Brexit

Lucía Abellán|Madrid | 01-03-2019 - 09:40 UTC

The contingency plan underscores that concessions will depend on securing similar treatment for Spaniards living and working in the UK

BREXIT

Spain threatens legal action over Gibraltar housing project

Lucía Abellán|Madrid | 26-02-2019 - 10:09 UTC

The Foreign Ministry has sent a letter to London complaining about a scheme that involves land reclamation in disputed waters

IMMIGRATION

Spain and Morocco reach deal to curb irregular migration flows

María Martín/Lucía Abellán|Madrid | 21-02-2019 - 09:50 UTC

Sea rescue services will be able to return some migrants to Moroccan ports instead of taking them to Spanish ones

EU MIGRATION CRISIS

Spain rejects French-German plan to tackle Mediterranean migration crisis

María Martín/Bernardo de Miguel/Lucía Abellán|Madrid / Brussels | 08-02-2019 - 08:59 UTC

Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska expressed veiled criticism for Italy and Malta – who would benefit most from the initiative – for not doing their part

IMMIGRATION

With no EU policy forthcoming, Spain gets tougher on immigration

Lucía Abellán|Madrid | 28-01-2019 - 11:56 UTC

“This is not a retreat. We are under enormous migratory pressure,” says an Interior Ministry source

BREXIT

Spain, UK sign deal guaranteeing voting rights for residents after Brexit

Lucía Abellán|Madrid | 21-01-2019 - 13:30 UTC

The agreement will guarantee the chance for Spaniards and Britons to participate in, and run for, the municipal elections due to be held in May in their adoptive countries

Brexit

Spanish government launches website to warn about effects of Brexit

Lucía Abellán|Madrid | 15-01-2019 - 09:46 UTC

Madrid has drafted a decree with contingency plans in the event of the United Kingdom crashing out of the European Union with no deal

BREXIT

Spanish government finalizing plans ahead of a possible hard Brexit

Lucía Abellán|Madrid | 26-12-2018 - 08:20 UTC

Madrid will launch a battery of measures in January aimed at softening the effects of the United Kingdom crashing out of the European Union in March without a deal

FOREIGN POLICY

Spain working on new Africa policy that looks beyond immigration

Lucía Abellán|Madrid | 18-12-2018 - 11:56 UTC

The first comprehensive plan in five years is seeking to boost Spanish investment in the continent

INTERNATIONAL

UK to protest Spanish naval ship that played national anthem in front of Gibraltar

Lucía Abellán/Jesús A. Cañas/Miguel González|Madrid | 06-12-2018 - 10:22 UTC

London says complaint is over the incursion into Gibraltarian waters, which Spain does not recognize

BREXIT

Spain signs landmark agreements with UK over Gibraltar

Lucía Abellán|Madrid | 30-11-2018 - 12:58 UTC

The four Memorandums of Understanding are aimed at reducing inequality between the Rock and its Spanish neighbor during the Brexit transition period

BREXIT

Spanish PM: “With Brexit we all lose, but on Gibraltar, Spain wins”

Lucía Abellán/El País|Brussels | 26-11-2018 - 09:48 UTC

Pedro Sánchez says the deal gives Madrid a stronger position to negotiate over the British Overseas Territory

BREXIT

Spain still ready to vote against Brexit unless it sees changes on Gibraltar

Lucía Abellán/Rafa de Miguel/Bernardo de Miguel|Madrid / London / Brussels | 23-11-2018 - 10:12 UTC

After a phone conversation with Theresa May, PM Pedro Sánchez says positions remain distant

BREXIT

Spain will veto Brexit deal despite bilateral agreement on Gibraltar

Lucía Abellán|Valladolid | 22-11-2018 - 08:32 UTC

PM Pedro Sánchez telephoned Theresa May to say that “the problem affects the essence of our country, of our nation”

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