News of spain

FIFA: Argentina to host one of 2030 World Cup's opening matches

04-10-2023 12:25 Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay will host opening matches of 2030 World Cup to mark centenary to the first-ever tournament; Spain, Portugal and Morocco to host remainder, confirms FIFA.

Of Mediterranean and other voting

28-07-2023 21:32 If Córdoba’s Peronist government delights in reviling its national comrades, Chubut holding its provincial elections tomorrow goes one better – there the Peronist gubernatorial candidate disowns his own governor despite the common loyalty of both men to Massa.

by Michael Soltys

Brazil, Spain want EU-Mercosur deal by end of the year

26-04-2023 14:04 Leaders of Brazil and Spain hope long-delayed trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur trade bloc can be finalised by the end of the year.

Spain races to fix sex consent law that backfired

13-02-2023 11:49 Spain is backtracking on a sexual consent law just months after it was introduced because it has had the unintended effect of reducing prison sentences for hundreds of convicted sex offenders and has created further disagreements within the coalition government.

UK breaches 40C for first time, heat records tumble in France

19-07-2022 16:01 Western Europe continues to sweat under an intense heatwave: the mercury is rising on heat records across the region, Britain reaching 40C for the first time on Tuesday.

President puts domestic tensions on pause with European tour

09-05-2022 15:39 Argentina’s president flies to the Spanish city of Madrid on Monday ahead of meeting with Spanish leader Pedro Sánchez. Tour also includes a two-day stopover in Germany and possible meeting with Emmanuel Macron in Paris.