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The ruling Socialists (PSOE) and far-left Sumar won 153 but have more possibilities for negotiating support from small Basque and Catalan separatist parties, as they did following 2019's election. Sanchez could win over left-wing separatist party Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC). Junts Secretary General Jordi Turull said on Monday he would use the "window of opportunity" created by the election impasse to achieve Catalan independence. Turull was among the nine Catalan jailed separatist leaders pardoned by Sanchez in 2021 for their role in the 2017 independence bid. Puigdemont, who still wields considerable influence within Junts, said in mid-July the party would not support Sanchez because he was unreliable.

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☆ Spain election: Voting starts in poll that could see Socialists lose power
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Voting opened at 9 a.m. (0700 GMT) and will close at 8 p.m. (1800 GMT), when exit polls will be released. The final result is expected to be decided by fewer than a million votes and fewer than 10 seats in the 350-seat parliament, experts say. Opinion polls show the election will likely produce a win for Alberto Nunez Feijoo's centre-right People's Party, but to form a government it will need to partner with Santiago Abascal's far-right Vox. This would be the first time a far-right party entered government since Francisco Franco's dictatorship ended in the 1970s. The postal service reported on Saturday that postal votes had set an all-time record of 2.47 million, as many people choose to cast their ballot from the beach or mountains.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez's, Sanchez, Alberto Nunez Feijoo's, Santiago Abascal's, Francisco Franco's, Feijoo, Jessica Jones, Nick Macfie, Frances Kerry Organizations: Socialists, People's Party, Barclays, Socialist, PSOE, European Union Council, Thomson Locations: MADRID, Catalonia, Galicia

☆ Spectre of far-right hangs over close-run polls
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

MADRID, July 23 (Reuters) - Spain heads to the polls on Sunday in a potentially close-run general election marked by ideological differences, the spectre of the far-right and irritation at being forced to vote during the summer holidays. Voting opens at 9 a.m. (0700 GMT) and closes at 8 p.m. (1800 GMT), when exit polls will be released. The final result is expected to be decided by fewer than a million votes and less than 10 seats in the 350-seat parliament, experts say. It has warned such rights could be stripped back if the anti-feminist, family values-focused Vox is part of the next government. The formation of a new government depends on complex negotiations that could take weeks or months and may even end in fresh elections.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Francisco Franco's, Handsome, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, Jessica Jones, Nick Macfie Organizations: Socialist, Reuters Graphics, People's Party, Reuters, Barclays, PSOE, European Union, Thomson Locations: MADRID, Spain, Catalonia, Galicia

☆ Photos show what it's like to be a clam digger in Spain, a profession that's passed down generations and takes about 3 hours a day, 15 days a month
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Alvaro Barrientos | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Other collectors don neoprene waterproofs or river-fishing clothing and wade waist-deep into the cold waters further out in the inlet. Clam diggers Bea Moledo, Ana Abreu and Marisol Rodriguez, from left, look for clams in the estuary of Lourizan, in Galicia, northern Spain, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. AP Photo/Alvaro BarrientosThey use a rake linked to a metal cage to scrape and sift the sand from the seabed before bringing up the catch.

Persons: neoprene, Bea Moledo, Ana Abreu, Marisol Rodriguez, Alvaro Barrientos Organizations: AP Locations: Lourizan, Galicia, Spain

☆ Why a travel coach is a must-have for some travelers
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Professional guidanceSahara Rose De Vore, founder of the Travel Coach Network, pictured, second from right, with members during an event in Atlanta. Courtesy Sahara Rose De Vore/The Travel Coach Network“It was something new,” explains Ubogagu. Sahara Rose De Vore, founder of The Travel Coach Network, a database of certified travel coaches, defines a travel coach as a “travel expert who helps people bring awareness to why they want to travel and what type of experience they need in order to obtain the transformation, feelings, or outcomes that their urge to travel is calling for.”The types of services provided tend to vary depending on each coach’s “personal interest, background, and passion for travel,” adds De Vore. Certified travel coach and organizational psychologist, Sonia Cruz Oro, founder of travel and personal development service Travel Awakens, has been coaching travelers since 2021. Increasing interestWellness travel coach Dr. Noreen Nguru prescribes travel to her clients.

☆ Major drug busts suggest Russia is becoming a hub for cocaine heading to Europe
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Yago Rosado | Insight Crime | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The bust follows another in St. Petersburg last month and other major seizures in recent years. Police operations indicate that Ecuador is, so far, the main source country for cocaine arriving to Russia by container ship. InSight Crime analysisThe Oktyabrskaya Hotel across from the Moskovsky railway station in St. Petersburg in May 2020. St. Petersburg is the only major maritime port of entry for cocaine into the country, she added. Erdinc said that Russia played a "significant" role as a transit country for cocaine that arrives to Turkey and is then moved to other European markets.

[1/5] Javier Ramiro, Co-Chief Scientific Officer of Spanish indoor hops farming start-up Ekonoke controls the plantation of hops in Alcobendas, Spain, March 23, 2023. "We're on a mission to save the world's beer," Ines Sagrario, chief executive and co-founder of Ekonoke, told Reuters. Strict hygiene measures such as protective clothing for staff ensure the space remains pest-free, taking the pesticides on which traditional farming often depends out of the equation. The most obvious challenge indoor farming faces, he said, is its high energy cost. "Demand from breweries is quite inelastic; you can't make beer without hops and they don't want to produce less," Sagrario said.

[1/6] Spanish Labour Minister and Second Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz applauses as she presents new political platform 'Sumar' in Madrid, Spain, April 2, 2023. REUTERS/Isabel InfantesMADRID, April 2 (Reuters) - Spanish Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz launched her bid to become the country's first woman prime minister on Sunday at a packed event in Madrid, where the absence of two government ministers signalled a deepening rift among the progressive left. Today, I want to become our country's first female prime minister," Diaz told the crowd to a standing ovation. Although she has yet to release a detailed platform, Diaz outlined the broad outline of her manifesto, including a new "bill of rights" and a democratic, economic and social "contract" for the next decade. She also touted her ministry's accomplishments, such as raising the minimum wage and a pro-union labour law reform.

☆ Wildfires ravage Spain's Asturias as temperatures hit record highs
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MADRID, March 30 (Reuters) - More than 100 wildfires broke out in Spain's northern Asturias region on Thursday, most of them started on purpose by arsonists and others, authorities said, as temperatures soared to record highs. Flames raged near a road as cars drove by in Asturias, a lush region with rainy oceanic climate, local TV footage showed. Spain registered its hottest March 29 on record on Wednesday, with temperatures exceeding normal levels by seven to 14 Celsius (44.6-57.2 Fahrenheit), the meteorological agency AEMET said. The Canary Islands registered temperatures more common for the summer, with 37.8C in Tasarte, Gran Canaria. Other regions in the Basque Country and some parts of central Spain also recorded record temperatures for the time of year.

☆ Owner of Spain's Cosentino admits negligence over silicosis in workers - documents
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] The logo of Spain's kitchen worktop manufacturer Cosentino is seen outside its showroom in Madrid, Spain, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Violeta Santos MouraMADRID, Feb 7 (Reuters) - A Spanish businessman has admitted in court that he covered up the dangers of his company's star product, which allegedly led to nearly 1,900 workers contracting the occupational lung disease silicosis, court documents showed on Tuesday. Cosentino, based in the southern province of Almeria, is planning an IPO that could be worth more than 3 billion euros. Cosentino said managers at stone-cutting workshops "are responsible for ensuring that their workers have the necessary means of protection and that they implement them appropriately". "It is entirely incorrect that Cosentino has admitted to having concealed the fact that the handling of Silestone has caused the majority of cases of silicosis that have affected 1,856 workers," it added.

☆ New York AG will seek sanctions on Trump, lawyers over 'false' court filings in fraud suit
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Former US President Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a 2024 election campaign event in Columbia, South Carolina, on January 28, 2023. James is suing Trump, the Trump Organization , three of his adult children — Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump — and others for what she said was widespread fraud involving false financial statements and improper valuation of real estate assets . Trump and the other defendants last week responded to the lawsuit with a court filing that contained so-called verified answers to the allegations. One would be the judge assuming that Trump had effectively admitted the allegations that he and his co-defendants had improperly denied. Wallace pointed to the Trump defendants' denial in James' lawsuit that Trump remained the inactive president of the Trump Organization while serving in the White House.

☆ New York wants Trump sanctioned over his 'meritless' claims, including that Trump Org doesn't really exist
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Trump, his family, and Trump Org made 'meritless' responses to NY's 2022 fraud lawsuit, the AG says. Trump claimed Trump Org can't be named in the AG's suit because it does not exist as a legal entity. On Thursday, Trump objected to the attorney general's use of the words "Trump Organization," and then blanket-denied everything else in the 29th paragraph. The attorney general's demand for sanctions will be heard Wednesday in Engoron's Manhattan courtroom. The second — for allegedly making "frivolous" claims against the attorney general's office — was ultimately rejected by Engoron.

☆ Seventh body found in river after bus accident in Spain
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MADRID, Dec 26 (Reuters) - A seventh body was found in northwestern Spain after a passenger bus careened off a bridge and plunged into an overflowing river, bringing the accident's final toll up to seven dead and two injured, regional authorities said on Monday. The remains were recovered downstream after being spotted by a rescue helicopter, the Spanish government's representative in the Galicia region, Jose Miñones, told reporters. Earlier on Monday, search-and-rescue efforts resumed following a missing person report filed by the victim's son two days after the accident. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Twitter he was "appalled at the tragic accident", expressed his condolences to the families of the deceased and wished the injured a speedy recovery. Reporting by David Latona; Editing by Peter GraffOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ At least 3 dead, 4 missing in Spain after bus plunges off bridge into river
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MADRID, Dec 25 (Reuters) - At least three people died and four were missing after a passenger bus careened off a bridge and plunged into a river in northwestern Spain, local emergency services said on Sunday. The survivors were taken to nearby hospitals with varying degrees of injury, they added. It skidded off the road on the bridge for reasons that remain unclear and plunged into the water at around 9.30 p.m. local time (2030 GMT) on Saturday. According to preliminary data, the bus carried nine people in total, the driver and eight passengers, said regional official Maica Larriba. "There are no more bodies inside the bus, so we are continuing the search for the four missing people," Larriba added, referring to the findings of police divers who inspected the wreckage.

☆ Six dead after bus plunges off bridge into river in Spain
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MADRID, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Six people died and two were injured after a passenger bus careened off a bridge and plunged into an overflowing river in northwestern Spain, emergency services said on Sunday. Two survivors - the vehicle's 63-year-old driver and a female passenger - were pulled out of the river by firefighters with rope and taken to nearby hospitals with varying degrees of injury. The spokesperson added that the search-and-rescue operation around the bridge had now concluded, while engineers attempted to find a way to safely recover the wreckage from the river Lerez. Shortly afterwards, they received a second call from inside the bus as it was filling up with water. The river remained above its overflow threshold throughout the night, forcing emergency rescue workers to suspend the operation for nearly two hours before resuming in the morning.

☆ Dozens of times drought, ice melt, and storm surge unearthed unusual and unsettling discoveries this year
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Among the unearthed finds are old sites, ancient artifacts, rare fossils, and even human remains. This summer, low water levels created an eerie boat graveyard of previously sunken ships and beached boats, the Associated Press reported. The manmade reservoir's plummeting water levels also revealed human remains on at least six occasions since May, The Guardian reported. In Spain's Vilanova de Sau in the Catalonia region, plummeting water levels in a reservoir exposed a 11th century Romanesque church, the Associated Press reported. Switzerland's melting glaciers revealed the remains of a 1968 plane in August.

NEW YORK, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Donald Trump and his namesake company have settled a lawsuit by protesters who said his security guards violently attacked them while they were demonstrating outside Trump Tower in September 2015 over his statements about immigration. Trump, the Trump Organization and the plaintiffs agreed to dismiss the seven-year-old lawsuit over the alleged assault in a joint filing on Wednesday with a New York state court in the Bronx. The Sept. 3, 2015, incident at Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan occurred 2-1/2 months after Trump, while announcing his first White House run, complained about immigrants being sent to the United States by Mexico. "They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists," Trump said. Like some other lawsuits against Trump, the protesters' case was delayed in part because Trump was president.

Keep up to date on the latest of Trump's legal travails, both criminal and civil, with this guide to the ever-evolving Trump docket. The Issues: Trump's real estate and golf resort business is accused of giving its executives pricey perks and benefits that were never reported as income to taxing authorities. The issues: They say Donald Trump sicced his security guards on their peaceful, legal protest outside Trump Tower in 2015. Donald Trump, right, sits with his children, from left, Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Trump International Hotel on July 23, 2014, in Washington. The Issues: Donald Trump is accused of promoting a scam multi-level marketing scheme on "The Celebrity Apprentice."

☆ Europe's severe drought is unearthing ancient artifacts from 'Spanish Stonehenge' to Emperor Nero's bridge
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Receding water levels due to drought in Europe are unearthing old sites and artifacts. Since early 2022, Europe has experienced an extended period of unusually high temperatures and severe lack of rainfall. From megalithic monuments to ancient bridges, sites and artifacts continue to be unearthed by the 2022 drought in Europe. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty ImagesIn late July, receding water levels in Spain's Valdecanas reservoir dropped to 28% percent of its capacity, revealing the Dolmen of Guadalperal, dubbed "Spanish Stonehenge," Reuters reported. In June, receding water levels due to the intense drought resurfaced a sunken shipwreck of a World War II-era barge.

What's next: Court-ordered depositions of Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, and Donald Trump, Jr., were delayed by the death of family matriarch Ivana Trump. But their depositions finally wrapped on August 10, when Donald Trump testified before investigators in James' Manhattan offices. The issues: They say Donald Trump sicced his security guards on their peaceful, legal protest outside Trump Tower in 2015. Donald Trump Jr, Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump during the filming of the live final tv episode of The Celebrity Apprentice on May 16 2010 in New York City. The Issues: Donald Trump is accused of promoting a scam multi-level marketing scheme on "The Celebrity Apprentice."

☆ The world's fastest trains -- from China to France
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-10 | by ( Ben Jones | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Chogo/Xinhua/Getty ImagesAs well as boasting the longest network of high-speed lines in the world, China now has the fastest scheduled trains on the planet. A statement of intent by China’s booming railway technology industry, the Fuxing trains have been developed from previous generations of high-speed trains, which were based on technology imported from Europe and Japan. The design also forms the basis of the Siemens “Velaro” family of high-speed trains, which has been sold to Spain, Russia, Turkey, China and to Eurostar for its second generation international trains. Europe’s first dedicated high-speed network is still its best known and most successful, reaching out well beyond France’s borders. Frecciarossa services operate across Italy’s T-shaped high-speed network, linking Turin, Milan and Venice in the north with Bologna, Florence, Rome and Naples.

Persons: Germany's, Philipp von Ditfurth, Thomas Coex, Europe’s, Kiyoshi Ota, Al Boraq, Morocco's Al Boraq, ‘ Al, Boraq, Oriol, Iryo, Frecciarossa, Ed Jones, Alessandro Rota, sandstorms don’t, HHR Organizations: CNN, Japan’s, Vitesse, Getty, Germany's Inter, City Express, Express, Siemens, Eurostar, Bloomberg, JR, Japan Railways, Tohoku, TGV Euroduplex, Alstom, Flickr, Images Spain, Alta Velocidad, Ouigo Espana, Italian State Railways, Alitalia, Arrows, Spanish National Railways, Railway, Haramain, Speed Railway Locations: Scandinavia, Europe, Asia, France, China, Spain, Germany, Italy, Belgium, England, Africa, Morocco, Egypt, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, India, Thailand, Russia, United States, Shanghai, Shanghai’s Pudong, Hangzhou, Chogo, Xinhua, Japan, Beijing, Hong Kong, Harbin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Turkey, AFP, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Nantes, Strasbourg, Lille, London, Switzerland, Tokyo, Shin, Aomori, Hokkaido, Honshu, Tsugaru Strait, Tangier, Casablanca, Kenitra, Rabat, Oriol Paris, Madrid, Seville, Malaga, Valencia, Galicia, Barcelona, Alta Velocidad Espana, Korea, South, Seoul, Busan, Gwangju, Mokpo, Pyeongchang, Turin, Milan, Venice, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Naples, Saudi, Bandar Aldandani, Mecca, Medina

☆ Focar major de Covid în Mallorca. Hotelul în care sunt izolați sute de tineri e păzit non-stop de poliție după ce câțiva au fugit
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-29 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Aproape 300 de tineri sunt ținuți în izolare la hotelul Palma Bellver, care este păzit non-stop de poliție. Ei făceau parte din grupul care era ținut în izolare la hotelul Palma Bellver, cunoscut acum ca hotelul Covid. Tinerii au fugit din izolare și au plecat la aeroport. În urma acestei situații, hotelul a ajuns să fie păzit 24 de ore din 24 de cinci polițiști. Guvernul din Mallorca cheltuie 99.988 de euro pentru a acoperi costurile cu cazarea turiștilor la hotelul Palma Bellver.

Persons: Aeroportul Son, Aeroportul Son Sant Joan, Patricia Gómez, Gómez Organizations: Aeroportul Locations: Mallorca, Spania, străinătate, Insulele Baleare, Mrea Britanie, Aeroportul Son Sant, Palma, Andaluzia, Madrid, Țara Bascilor, Galicia

☆ Focar major de Covid în Mallorca; Hotelul în care sunt izolați sute de tineri e păzit de poliție după ce câțiva au fugit
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-29 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesFocar major de Covid în Mallorca; Hotelul în care sunt izolați sute de tineri e păzit de poliție după ce câțiva au fugitUn focar major de Covid-19 a izbucnit în Mallorca după ce sute de tineri au sărbătorit admiterea la facultate fără să țină cont de reguli. Aproape 300 de tineri sunt ținuți în izolare la hotelul Palma Bellver, care este păzit non-stop de poliție. Ei făceau parte din grupul care era ținut în izolare la hotelul Palma Bellver, cunoscut acum ca hotelul Covid. În urma acestei situații, hotelul a ajuns să fie păzit 24 de ore din 24 de cinci polițiști. Guvernul din Mallorca cheltuie 99.988 de euro pentru a acoperi costurile cu cazarea turiștilor la hotelul Palma Bellver.

Persons: Aeroportul Son, Aeroportul Son Sant Joan, Patricia Gómez, Gómez Organizations: Hotelul, Aeroportul Locations: Mallorca, Spania, străinătate, Insulele Baleare, Aeroportul Son Sant, Palma, Andaluzia, Madrid, Țara Bascilor, Galicia

Capacitatea unui râu de a curge într-o direcție a fost tot timpul exploatată de om. Apa râurilor, mai ales a fluviilor, a fost utilizată tot mai des odată cu construcția morilor de apă. Ca urmare a construcției hidrocentralei, a fost format un lac de acumulare (principal), poreclit „Marea Galicia”. Scandalul centralelor hidroelectriceÎn 2016, în Ucraina a fost adoptat Programul guvernului de dezvoltare a energiei hidroenergetice până în 2026. În acel moment, nu a existat disponibilitatea Moldovei și a fost corect asta.

Persons: ., Valeriu Munteanu, Ilia, Munteanu, Filat, Maia Sandu, Volodimir Organizations: Hidrocentrala, Novodnestrovsk, Convenția Europeană, Comisia, Organizației Națiunilor Unite, Convenția, Uniunea Europeană, Uniunii Europene Locations: URSS, Republica Moldova, Ucraina, Moldova, Ucrainei, Republicii Moldova, Ucrainean, omonim, Cernăuți, Galicia, Novodnestrovsk, Nistru, . Nahoreanî, Vinița, Dubăsari, Ivano - Frankivsk, Ternopil, Hotin, Moldovei, Kiev, Suediei, Ilia Trombițchi, Naslavcea

Capacitatea unui râu de a curge într-o direcție a fost tot timpul exploatată de om. În perioada sovietică, a fost planificat un complex de hidrocentrale, menit să regleze debitul apei pentru a preveni inundațiile, dar și de a produce energie electrică. Ca urmare a construcției hidrocentralei, a fost format un lac de acumulare (principal), poreclit „Marea Galicia”. Scandalul centralelor hidroelectriceÎn 2016, în Ucraina a fost adoptat Programul guvernului de dezvoltare a energiei hidroenergetice până în 2026. În acel moment, nu a existat disponibilitatea Moldovei și a fost corect asta.

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