Tag Archives: Madrid

MADRID: Major companies have pulled their advertising from the Spanish version of worldwide hit reality TV show “Big Brother” over its handling of an alleged rape during the filming of the popular programme. A court is investigating a complaint from one of the participants of the show, Carlota Prado, who ...

MADRID: Defending champion Simona Halep lost her first match at the Madrid Open in three years as Karolina Pliskova produced an inspired performance to reach the semi-finals. Halep had won the title here both in 2016 and 2017 but the world number one struggled to impose her baseline game against ...

MADRID: The Spanish government sought Saturday to use a constitutional power to take control of Catalonia following a movement pushing for its independence. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he is using Article 155 of the country’s constitution to allow central ministers from Madrid to take the reigns from the regional ministers ...

MADRID: Catalonia has failed to clarify stance on independence in Monday’s letter from the region’s leader Carles Puigdemont to Spainish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, according to Spain’s Justice Minister Rafael Catala. Just hours before the deadline to clearly define the region’s position on its bid for independence, Puigdemont sent a ...

MADRID: Spain’s robust three-year economic recovery picked up momentum in the second quarter, notching up its best growth performance since 2014. GDP in the eurozone’s fourth largest economy expanded by 0.9 per cent in the three months to June, up from 0.8 per cent at the start of the year, ...

LONDON: Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is to embark on a “Brexit grand tour” of five European capitals just days after Theresa May triggers Britain’s departure from the EU. The Mayor will visit Brussels, Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Warsaw this spring to make the case for London before the official ...