spain

American Airlines is Ready to Connect Leisure Travelers with Spain on June 7

May 29, 2021

British Reporter — Spain opens its borders to fully vaccinated visitors beginning June 7. American currently offers daily flights to Barcelona from Miami and Madrid from Dallas-Fort Worth. Additional flights to Madrid are scheduled to begin June 17 from Miami and New York’s JFK. Proof of vaccination will be required for visitors, American Airlines notes.

Weak and declining government effectiveness contributed to UK, Spain, Belgium and Italy being ravaged by first wave of COVID-19

The FINANCIAL -- Weak and deteriorating government effectiveness in the UK, Spain, Belgium,

by The FINANCIAL

December 14, 2020

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More Spanish beauty shoppers despite lower spending

The FINANCIAL — One sector that has already begun to notice the

by The FINANCIAL

November 9, 2020

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Banco de España and IMF modify agreement to expand lending to low-income countries

The FINANCIAL — The International Monetary Fund (IMF), as Trustee of the

by The FINANCIAL

October 29, 2020

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Finance

EIB and IFD finance elderly care infrastructure upgrade with €200 mln

The FINANCIAL — The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento (IFD) have joined forces to finance a €400 million investment programme aimed at upgrading infrastructure for long-term and elderly care across Portugal, involving approximately 150 projects. The funds

by The FINANCIAL

October 26, 2020

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Tech

Accenture acquired cloud-native provider Enimbos

The FINANCIAL — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Enimbos, a Madrid-based provider of cloud migration and related services, enhancing its Amazon Web Services (AWS) capabilities, multi-cloud strategy and cloud migration services in Spain and Portugal. The acquisition follows Accenture’s recent announcement of a US$3 billion investment

by The FINANCIAL

October 26, 2020

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Europe

Spain launches programme on fighting racism, homophobia, xenophobia, and transphobia

The FINANCIAL — On 8 October, FRA gave a presentation drawing from its research on the fight against Homophobia and Transphobia at the launch of the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) Programme in Spain. It spoke about FRA’s Handbook

by The FINANCIAL

October 16, 2020

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WORLD

OECD unemployment rate down to 7.4% in August 2020

The FINANCIAL — The OECD unemployment rate fell by 0.6 percentage point in August, to 7.4%, but remained 2.2 percentage points above the level observed in February, before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the labour market. 48.4 million persons were unemployed in the OECD area, 13.5

by The FINANCIAL

October 13, 2020

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Business

FMCG is forecasted to grow in Spain

The FINANCIAL — FMCG is continuing to record double-digit growth so far this year in Spain, with an increase of 13.7% compared to the same period in 2019. This is all the more significant compared to the growth of 1.03% in 2019 vs

by The FINANCIAL

October 8, 2020

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Georgia

Spanish-made unmanned aerial vehicles will equip Georgian Defence Forces

The FINANCIAL — The Ministry of Defense of Georgia bought Spanish-made unmanned aerial vehicles. The purchase of drones follows recently announced defence projects under Garibashvili’s initiative, for update and modernisation of various assets of the defence forces. Defense Minister visited the Marneuli Air

by The FINANCIAL

September 29, 2020

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Georgia

Georgian Interior Minister Meets The Director-General of The Spanish Guardia Civil

The FINANCIAL — Yesterday on September 15, Georgian Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri held a meeting where he hosted the Director-General of Spanish Civil Guard Maria Gámez Gámez. The meeting where parties discussed bilateral cooperation, work is done by police attaches of the two

by The FINANCIAL

September 16, 2020

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Georgia

Georgian Basketball National Federation and President of Georgia responded to Tornike Shengelia’s decision on moving to CSKA Moscow

The FINANCIAL — Russian basketball powerhouse CSKA Moscow has officially announced the signing of Tornike Shengelia to a three-year deal. Georgian national basketball team player left the Spanish team Baskonia after 6 years. Georgian Basketball National Federation has echoed Tornike Shengelia’s decision and wished

by The FINANCIAL

July 9, 2020

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Tech

Microsoft Teams goes down as people start working remotely

The FINANCIAL — Microsoft’s chat and communications tool, Microsoft Teams, is down as thousands of workers started to sign into the service in an attempt to work remotely due to coronavirus pandemic. Connectivity issues affected people in the UK, Spain, France and

by The FINANCIAL

March 16, 2020

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WORLD

Hundreds of tourists are placed in quarantine in Tenerife

The FINANCIAL — Hundreds of holidaymakers, mainly from northern Europe, are placed in quarantine as a result of an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Tenerife which is the most populated island of Spain. Authorities in Tenerife said Wednesday that 106 of the

by The FINANCIAL

February 27, 2020

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