Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Sunday that Spain would formally ask the European Union to break its Association Agreement with Israel. “A government that violates international law, and therefore violates the principles and values of the European Union, cannot be a partner of the EU. It’s that simple,” he said at a campaign […]
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Spain calls for end to UNSC veto power, slams US over conflicts
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday called for reforms to the United Nations system, including eliminating veto power in the Security Council to make it more representative. “We must end the right of veto in the United Nations,” he said during an interview published by Spanish digital newspaper El Diario. The prime minister said […]
Anti-Israel protests turn Spanish Vuelta cycling race into a diplomatic battleground
On the 15th stage of the Spanish Vuelta, protesters with Palestinian flags positioned themselves for maximum visibility Some even disrupted the race, causing crashes. Protests have targeted an Israeli-owned team, with over 20 people detained in recent days As an alderperson in northwestern Spain, Rosana Prieto tends to the running of her tiny village and […]
Pakistani-Spanish sisters’ murder case: All suspects arrested
KARACHI: The Gujrat police claimed to have arrested all of the suspects, including a brother and uncle of the victims, involved in the murder of two Pakistani-Spanish sisters killed for honor. The police claimed to have caught all of the suspects within 48 hours, including the mastermind, who confessed to having been involved in the […]
Spanish envoy discusses inter-university collaborations with CM Shah
Spanish Ambassador to Pakistan, Manuel Duran Gimenez-Rico, on Monday, called on Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah. The two discussed matters of bilateral interests, including a liaison between universities in Sindh and Spain. CM Shah noted that the provincial university was establishing Sindh Sufi University at Bhit Shah. They further agreed to work together […]
Nation remembers Shair-e-Mashriq on his 81st death anniversary
Pakistan, on Sunday, observed the 81st death anniversary of poet and philosopher, Allama Muhammad Iqbal. Born in Sialkot, the widely-acclaimed Shair-e-Mashriq (Poet of the East) is considered among the most important figures in South Asian literature. He has published works in both Urdu and Persian. Iqbal also rose to surface as an advocate of Muslim […]
Spanish election campaign cut short by Holy Week
Just days before Spain’s general election, the palm-tree lined streets of the centre of Malaga are almost devoid of posters. The southern city, like others across Spain, has banned political advertisements for the April 28 polls from the routes of the hundreds of Easter processions featuring penitents in cone-shaped hoods that take place round-the-clock in […]