Tag: Spain

Catalan independence vote begins, Spanish police seize ballot papers

Barcelona: Catalonia’s disputed independence vote has quickly descended into chaos on Sunday as Spanish national police entered polling stations, seizing ballot boxes and voting papers, the media reported. In the town of Girona, where the regional President Carles Puigdemont was due to vote, the police smashed their way into a polling station by breaking a […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Thousands take to Barcelona streets ahead of Catalonia referendum

Madrid: Tens of thousands of Catalan separatists took to the streets in Barcelona in a final rally ahead of Sunday’s planned referendum on independence from Spain. Seven and a half million people in Catalonia will head to the polls in a vote which has been condemned as illegal by Madrid. Regional President Carles Puigdemont told […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Axelsen, Marin claim singles titles at Japan Open

Tokyo: Denmark’s reigning world champion Viktor Axelsen and 2016 Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain clinched the men’s and women’s singles titles respectively at the $325,000 Japan Open Superseries badminton championships here on Sunday. Third seeded 23-year-old Axelsen fought past Malaysian veteran and three-time Olympic silver medallist Lee Chong Wei 21-14, 19-21, 21-14 in an […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Spain expels North Korean ambassador

New York: The Spanish government has informed North Korea’s ambassador to Madrid, Kim Hyok Chol, that he must leave the country before the end of the month, officials said. Spanish Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis announced that the North Korean diplomat was called to the Foreign Ministry on Monday to be informed of Madrid’s decision to […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
74th National Open Water Swimming meet in Murshidabad from August 27

Kolkata: Competitors from Bangladesh, Spain and Thailand, alongside India, will take part in the 74th edition of the National Open Water Swimming Competition slated to get underway in Bengal’s Murshidabad district from August 27, it was announced on Saturday. Organised by the Murshidabad Swimming Association, and recognised by the Swimming Federation of India (SFI), the […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
'GoT' episode accidentally aired in Spain

Madrid: An upcoming episode of the seventh season of popular fantasy drama TV series was accidentally broadcast in Spain four days before its original scheduled telecast. The sixth episode of the season was reportedly available on-demand to subscribers by HBO Spain for one hour before being removed, reports independent.co.uk. Footage from the episode was posted […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Spain's Alonso chases his dreams at Indy 500

Los Angeles: Spain’s Fernando Alonso, who is on a quest to be the world’s best all-around driver and eventually complete the “Triple Crown,” will compete next weekend in the Indianapolis 500 at the legendary “Brickyard”. The 35-year-old driver will try to win at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a track that has played a leading role in […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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La Liga title to be decided on dramatic last weekend in Spain

Madrid: The La Liga title is up for grabs along with two places in next season’s Europa League as the season in Spain’s top-flight football league comes to an end on a weekend that also sees Atletico Madrid say goodbye to the ground that has been their home for the past 50 years. The title […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Barcelona beat Real Madrid in clash of former stars

Beirut: A team comprising former star footballers of multiple European champions FC Barcelona beat ex-players of fellow Spanish giants Real Madrid 3-2 here in a game billed as the “Classico of Legends”. In front of over 30,000 spectators at the Cite Sportive on Friday evening, 36 former Barcelona and Real Madrid players entertained their overseas […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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200 rescued from Spain's highest peak after cable-car failure

Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain): Over 200 persons were evacuated on Thursday from Mount Teide in the Canary Islands, where they spent the night after the peak’s cable-car broke down, media reports said. Another 70 were rescued throughout Wednesday afternoon after the only cable-car on the 3,718-meter (12,000-foot) volcano, the highest peak in Spain, had an […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Srikanth enters pre-quarterfinals of World Championship

Nanjing: India ace Kidambi Srikanth struggled past Spain’s Pablo Abian in a three-game match to enter the men’s singles pre quarterfinals at the BWF World Championship here today. The fifth seeded Indian recovered from a slump during the hard-fought contest to see off Pablo 21-15 12-21 21-14 in a second-round match that lasted 62 minutes. […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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England wins FIFA U-17 World Cup

Kolkata: England swaggered their way into the FIFA U-17 World Cup triumph and the invigorating final against Spain was as much a celebration of attacking football as it was about an incredible turnaround here tonight. The Three Lions colts hammered The La Rojas juniors 5-2 in the highest-scoring final in the history of this age-group […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
PM embarks on 4-nation tour
PM embarks on 4-nation tour

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today embarked on a four-nation tour of Germany, Spain, Russia and France with the aim of boosting India’s economic engagement with these nations and inviting more investment. Modi will first visit Germany, where he will hold talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel under the framework of India- Germany Intergovernmental Consultations […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
Wikipedia: Receiving Spanish award an honour

Washington: Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, said it was an “incredible honour” to receive Spain’s 2015 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, a prize that is at the “nucleus” of its existence. It also said that it would use the award to explore new opportunities regarding free access to information in Spanish. “Cooperation is the […]

  • Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Jihadi cell dismantled in Spain, two arrested

Two people have been arrested in a Spanish enclave as security forces dismantled a jihadi cell, according to media reports

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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