Showing posts with label Spain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spain. Show all posts

US military operation in the Red Sea sparks tensions between Madrid and Washington


Joe Biden and Pedro Sánchez addressed the issue on Friday after Spain vetoed a plan for the EU to help with the mission via Operation Atalanta

 Dec 24, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

MIGUEL GONZÁLEZ

The military operation launched by the United States to protect ships sailing in the Red Sea from attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has caused unexpected tension between Madrid and Washington. 

Spain donates medical equipment to Egyptian hospitals treating Palestinian injured


Dec 3, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

In light of the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza Strip, the Humanitarian Action Office of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID) donated a shipment of medical supplies to Egyptian hospitals where a number of Palestinian injured are receiving treatment.

President Sisi Urges International Recognition of Demilitarized Palestinian State

 


Nov 24, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

Cairo.

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi called on the international community to recognize the Palestinian State and admit it to the United Nations, during a press conference with the Prime Ministers of Spain and Belgium on Friday 24/11/2023.

Spain to Push EU to Recognize Palestinian State, Says Sanchez

 


Nov 23, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

On Thursday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that it will push the European Union to adopt new policies to support the Palestinians' hopes to have a state.

Protests mount in Spain against Sánchez’s amnesty deal

 


Some 80,000 people march in Madrid against agreement for Catalan separatists

 

Nov 12, 2023.  Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

Tens of thousands of people across Spain demonstrated on Sunday against Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s plans to grant amnesty to Catalan separatists in order to secure support for another term in office.