A man died from rising floodwaters in Portugal, while a girl remained missing after she was swept away by a swollen river in Spain as Storm Leonardo brought more heavy rain and winds Thursday to the Iberian Peninsula. In Spain’s southern Andalusia region, close to 4,000 people evacuated their homes due to the ongoing storm, […]
Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to deepening economic ties with Spain, describing the country as a strategic partner and an important bridge between Africa and Europe, during an engagement with the leadership of CEOE, Spain’s foremost business confederation. The advocacy and high-level engagement was led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic […]
Spain has emerged as the champions of the Women’s World Cup, defeating England in the final held in Sydney. Despite England’s hopes of winning their first Women’s World Cup title, Spain demonstrated superior play and creativity, leading to their well-deserved victory. The Lionesses, aiming to replicate the success of the 1966 men’s team, suffered a […]
During the opening match of the Tokyo Olympics, Spain and Egypt played to a scoreless tie. Spain chose a strong lineup that included Pedri and Unai Simon, both of whom had played in the European Championships. Meanwhile, Egypt was missing their talisman Mohamed Salah after he was denied entry. In a tense first half, both […]
Ansu Fati became Spain’s youngest ever goalscorer as he scored their third goal against Ukraine on Sunday evening. A Sergio Ramos foul meant that his earlier header in Stuttgart earlier in the week didn’t stand, but the Barcelona forward made sure that he didn’t have much longer to wait as La Roja hosted Ukraine at […]
Spain international and Atletico Bilbao striker Aitz Aduriz has announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 39. Aduriz, whose youthful career was spent at Antiguoko, in a statement said he couldn’t help his teammates as he would have wanted due to a hip injury and it was time to call it quits. […]
In view of falling coronavirus infection numbers in Spain, hundreds of thousands of people once again thanked medical staff and other professional groups with a final nationwide session of applause on Sunday evening. In some parts of Madrid, people clapped and played music for 25 minutes, almost five times as long as on previous occasions. […]
Spain’s unemployment rate rose for the first time in a year on Tuesday, as the reverberations from the Covid-19 pandemic begin to reveal themselves in the data of one of the world’s hardest hit countries. The unemployment rate rose to 14.4 per cent in the first quarter of the year, the National Statistics Institute reported, […]
Since March 12, Spain has been without football two days before the nation went into a strict lockdown, in order to battle a coronavirus outbreak which has claimed more than 22,000 lives in the country. The Spanish league has already said that play will not resume before late May and the government’s health officials, led […]
Ghana’s Spanish-based Yaw Yeboah has closely experienced the Covid-19 pandemic wreaking havoc in the European nation. Yeboah, who plays his football for Celta Vigo’s reserves, says just speaking about the tragedy is difficult enough. READ ALSO: Cristiano Ronaldo breaks coronavirus rules plays football in Madeira “It is very serious, you see every day on the […]
Spain coronavirus death toll slowed on Thursday as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the worst would soon be over. Sanchez was speaking to a near-empty parliament as over 300 lawmakers participated remotely. He also urged all sides in the politically-fractured nation to join an economic revival pact as they did after dictator Francisco Franco’s death […]
The daily pace of new coronavirus infections and deaths in Spain slowed again on Saturday as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was expected to announce a new extension to lockdown measures that have confined most Spaniards to their homes for three weeks. The total death toll rose to 11,744 – the world’s second highest – on […]
Toilet paper is no longer the problem. Spanish supermarket shelves are stocked. Instead, Spaniards are panic-buying beer and wine, olives, potato chips and chocolate. They are consuming more than usual of these key staples amid the nationwide coronavirus lock down in place since March 15, according to market data. Spaniards bought 80 per cent more […]
Confirmed coronavirus cases approached one million around the world on Thursday as Europe reeled from the pandemic and the United States reported record numbers of people out of work. The virus claimed thousands more lives in its relentless march across the globe, with Spain and Britain seeing the highest number of daily deaths yet, despite […]
Spanish media reported that 23 residents in a Madrid retirement home had died from COVID-19 or symptoms related to the new virus, news reports said. The residence hung up when called by The Associated Press, but its management released a statement saying it had been pleading for more staff and supplies, including virus tests, after […]
Spain’s prime minister said Sunday he would ask parliament to extend a state of emergency until April 11 to try to curb the spread of coronavirus after the country recorded 394 new deaths from the disease. A nationwide 15-day state of emergency was first announced on March 14 and it bars people in the nation […]
Spain’s equality minister, Irene Montero, has tested positive for coronavirus and has been quarantined with her partner, deputy prime minister, and Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias, a government statement said on Thursday. “The minister is in a good condition and second deputy prime minister Pablo Iglesias is also in quarantine due to the situation,” the statement […]
India has cancelled all visas granted to nationals from Germany, France and Spain issued on and before Thursday and asked Indian citizens to avoid travelling to these countries affected by the new coronavirus cases in Europe. The new advisory comes as the number of cases showing positive for the virus inched up to 50 in […]
Some Nigerians living in Spain has on Friday, attacked the Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, who was on a national assignment. Amaechi, who disclosed this on his twitter handle said he was attacked by a few misguided Nigerians while on national assignment at a climate change event in Madrid, Spain. I’ve never collected one kobo as […]
Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane wants Gareth Bale to remain at the Bernabeu for the rest of the season – despite reports of a January move away. The Spanish giants have been linked with an audacious bid for Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling with Bale plus £70m the proposed package reportedly to be offered to the […]