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The war in Ukraine has challenged the support network Vladimir Putin has forged in Europe with far-right politicians for years. This is not surprising because Putin considers himself "conservative", and partly critical of the Soviet era he…

As the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine continues to take more devastating turns with recent warnings from the West suggesting that Russia may launch a more severe attack, embattled President Zelensekyy has further urged the global…

The Spanish government on Friday approved the release of two million barrels of oil from its "strategic reserves" as part of a coordinated action with the International Energy Agency (IEA) to support the Ukrainian army. The…

By MIKE CORDER, Associated PressTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has warned fighters and their commanders that he is monitoring Russia's invasion of Ukraine and has jurisdiction to prosecute…

Updated Sun 14:42 Today, police moved in to clear and arrest the remaining protesters near a key border bridge between the United States and Canada, trying to end one of the largest protests to erupt…

The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has invited John Kerry, the United States Presidential Special Envoy for the Climate, to participate in a meeting of the Council of State.Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa made the invitation to…

BERLIN — A headline asked: “Where is Olaf Scholz? A popular magazine has poked fun at the German Chancellor's 'disappearing art'. And its ambassador in Washington wrote that Germany was increasingly seen as an unreliable ally in a leaked…

On Monday, a philo-Trumpist mob burst into the town hall of Lorca, Murcia, when the councilors freely elected by neighbors went to vote on what they considered appropriate on a subject that members of the mob did not like. Let's make…

Alfonso Fernandez Manueco (Salamanca, 1965) attends the regional elections of Castile and León with the aim of making the PP the most voted list and not depending on the support of other parties to govern after having definitively broken…

MIAMI — It was a classic Russian power play with echoes of the Cold War spirit of play.Shortly after commissioning in 2019, Russia's most advanced warship made a goodwill tour of the Caribbean, armed with cruise missiles, air defense…

Many countries use a bicameral political system, which means they have two chambers in their parliament. These parliaments are made up of a lower house where government is formed and day-to-day policy is conducted, like the House…

Thomas Mann became an honorary member of the Academy of Arts of the German Democratic Republic in May 1955 at an event honoring…

Blinken's Ukrainian diplomatic blitz. US and UK diplomats are upping the ante as Russia bolsters its military presence on the border near Ukraine. After defending his boss against Joe Biden's controversial remarks about what, exactly,…

1/3 Representative Bob Ney, R-Ohio, gets into his car after leaving the U.S. District Court after pleading guilty to accepting bribes in Washington, DC October 13, 2006. Ney, the only member of Congress to have…

Declaring that it lacked new and particular means to distract from its failure to plan the Omicron wave of the virus, the government confirmed that it would cancel the visa of…

Novavax CEO Stanley Erck said the company is making "a lot of doses and getting them out" and notes the vaccine will be "very effective" against the omicron strain. Bill Gates, who has donated $1.75 billion to developing the COVID-19…

Security guards guard Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's convoy on a…

Top line The Justice Ministry on Tuesday indicted a former Colombian military officer with involvement in the plot to kill former Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, marking the first US prosecution stemming from the…

AdvertisingMother Nature has suspended operations in Cambodia pending the results of legal proceedings against the environmental group, which outraged human rights activists and urged Western envoys to rethink.At least six court cases are…

Researcher Constantino Xavier considers, in an interview with Lusa, that Portugal's "biggest challenge" is to think of "a long-term strategy for India". "I think the biggest challenge for Portugal will be to think of a long term strategy…

MADRID - A family that took court to ensure that a quarter of their five-year-old's primary school classes were taught in Spanish were offered police protection Wednesday after saying they were harassed and abused. The family, of…

Current events"Wild Webs" free fiber exhibition: Until January 21. ARTfactory, 9419 Battle St., Manassas.…

GUADALAJARA, Spain - Carillets in hand, Julio López del Campo, 94, has come decade after decade to mark the spot where he believes the body of his brother, Mariano, was thrown into a pit with others victims of the brutality of…

The two parties that make up the coalition government in Spain, the Socialist Party (PSOE) and junior partner Unidas Podemos, have tabled an amendment to the Democratic Remembrance Bill which aims to ensure that crimes committed during the…

Today it's Wednesday November 3 the 307th day of 2021. There are 58 days left in the year.Highlight in…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez on the sidelines of the Group of Twenty (G20) summit in Rome, Italy. PM Modi called on Spain to invest in various sectors in India, including…

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The recent global rise in energy prices and the rule of law in Poland were high on the agenda for the two-day European Union (EU) summit concluded in Brussels on Friday.Leaders of EU member states have endorsed a package of measures to…

Much of the debate over the Spanish economy in recent decades has focused on issues such as persistent unemployment. Building on a new book, Oscar Calvo-Gonzalez argues that putting these failures aside and taking a fresh look at…

Today is Thursday, October 21, the 294th day of 2021. There are 71 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On October 21, 1966, 144 people, including 116 children, were killed when a landslide of waste coal engulfed a school…

In the concrete situation of the Philippines at the present time, two main threats to the peace and security of the country are those coming, on the one hand, from the persistent Communist…

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told the Lower House of Parliament that the executive is fulfilling its social commitments in areas such as minimum wages, pensions and scholarships. In addition, he defended the need…

England's King Henry VIII, famous for having married six times and establishing his own denomination by defying the Pope, sent an emissary to the Ottoman Empire during the reign of Sultan Suleiman, says Suleiman the…

Venice has not given up its habit of heroin. Twelve months after having crowned Chloe Zhao queen of the lagoon for Frances McDormand with Frances McDormand Nomadic country and putting them both on the path to Oscar success, the…

Carmen Calvo, the Deputy Prime Minister responsible for Spain's fascist past, still remembers the first time she saw the monumental complex erected by the late dictator Francisco Franco."I saw a place built with forced labor for the glory…

The crucial moment in any debate is when it must translate into a political decision. And there was a time when we had to make a political decision on this issue. That moment has come with the 2018 no-confidence motion . It happened…

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will remove Francisco Franco's remains from the state mausoleum where he rests on Thursday, as the socialist government seeks to end decades of controversy over the dictator's resting place.FILE PHOTO: Former…

José Antonio, a retired mechanic from Granada, in southern Spain, decided this week to say "one last goodbye" to Francisco Franco.So he drove the five and a half hours to the Basilica of the Valley of the Dead, a giant…

An academic recently unearthed a copy of the censorship report on the novel and sent it to Marías. “He was like, 'This book is crap and certainly immoral,'” Marías told me,…

Spain's royal family gathered in force in Madrid today to mark the 40th anniversary of their country's constitution. Queen Letizia, 46, looked radiant in a fitted red dress as she joined her husband, King Felipe, 50, and their two…

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More informationHundreds of people gathered in the Valley of the Dead on Sunday to protest against the Spanish government's plan to remove the remains of former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco from the controversial monument north of…

MADRID (Reuters) - The remains of fascist dictator Francisco Franco may soon be removed from a state-funded mausoleum as part of a plan by Spain's new socialist government to turn the monument into a war memorial civilian rather than…

The President of the Spanish Government, Mariano Rajoy, presented an institutional declaration at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Sunday October 1, 2017 (Works of the Spanish Government, Pool Moncloa / Diego Crespo). "Patriotism is the last…

The European Commission has confirmed that the referendum on the independence of Catalonia was "not legal" under Spanish law.He described the vote, which saw police beat protesters and close polling stations, as an "internal affair" and…

Although it is difficult to predict how the standoff between Catalonia and the Spanish government could play out, following a referendum marred by police brutality, an expert told Sputnik tensions between Madrid and the regions have always…

It started to increase during the 20e century, especially since the dictator Francisco Franco centralized power in Madrid. When Franco died in 1975, one of his ministers, Manuel Fraga, created the Alianza Popular, a conservative party…

On a Sunday morning, at a stall in the crowded Rastro flea market in Madrid, collector and journalist Javier Monjas asked the dealer: “Excuse me. How much do you want for that? »"Let's see," replied the salesman, eyeing the yellowed album…

Sitting outside a bar in central Madrid, a group of middle-aged women sip beers, loudly exchanging jokes to cheer themselves up on a rainy Saturday night.An elegantly dressed young woman approaches to ask them for directions. Stepping…