Posts Tagged ‘madrid’

Rumblings point to impending San Andreas earthquake – is New Madrid next?

“The big one” is soon to come in the state of California as scientists warn that the infamous San Andreas fault line is waking up. Right on schedule after the second Great American Eclipse, the San Andreas, for which Hollywood movies have been made, is showing signs of an upcoming “tremor,” as Metro (United Kingdom) […]

Spanish Right-Wing Politician Shot In Face In Madrid, Shooter Escaped On Motorbike

Police said he was shot around 1:30 p.m. local time and was conscious when taken to a hospital. Source

UEFA Champions League draw: Real Madrid face Chelsea in quarter-finals

Real Madrid will play Chelsea in the quarter finals of this season’s Champions League, with the Spaniards looking for their 15th title.  The draw took place Friday at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyom, Switzerland. In the other quarter finals, Manchester City will face Bayern Munich; Inter Milan will face Portugal’s Benfica; and Napoli will play AC […]

‘White Tide’ of 30,000 take to the streets again in Madrid in defense of Public Health

‘White Tide’ of 30,000 take to the streets again in Madrid in defense of Public Health from thefreeonline on 16th Jan 2923 by elcomunista.net Some 30,000 people, according to data from the Government Delegation in Madrid, have attended the demonstration. Through chants and banners we have shown our anger over the health conflict that the Community […]

1 Injured By Apparent Letter Bomb At Ukrainian Embassy In Madrid

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said the embassy received the exploding envelope as part of a mail delivery. Source

Is The New Madrid Seismic Zone about to have a Massive Earthquake?

Is The New Madrid Seismic Zone about to have a Massive Earthquake?Date: September 15, 2022Author: Nwo Report Posted BY: Billy | NwoReportA pair of relatively weak earthquakes rattled portions of northern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri today, where dozens of seismic events have unfolded in recent weeks near the heart of an area known as the […]

Champions League: PSG face Juventus while Real Madrid take on Celtic

PSG come into their game amid backlash over Head Coach Christophe Galtier and forward Kylian Mbappé’s response to questions over sustainable travel

Smell of Portugal’s forest fires reaches Madrid 300 kilometres away

The Spanish capital’s emergency services received hundreds of calls about the smell of burning, while a satellite image shows a column of smoke spreading from Portugal. Source

Thousands Take To Streets Against Upcoming NATO Summit In Madrid

Thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid, Spain, on Sunday, June 26, in opposition to the upcoming summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the city. Protesters called NATO a threat to global peace and demanded its dissolution. The organizers stated that close to 30,000 people participated in the protest, holding banners and […]

One of Europe`s biggest and oldest lottery draws kicks off in Madrid

Spain’s traditional Christmas lottery draw has kicked off. A live audience has been authorised once more to attend the draw at the Royal Opera House in Madrid, after a one-year impasse due to the strict anti-COVID measures last year. The traditional Spanish Christmas Lottery ‘El Gordo’ (The Fat One) will see a total of 2.38 […]

Lights festival in Madrid celebrates UNESCO recognition

Spain’s capital Madrid was lit up for LuzMadrid, part of the International Festival of Light. The city’s most famous sites were transformed by light-related art installations. It celebrates UNESCO’s decision to declare the city’s 16th-century El Retiro Park a World Heritage Site and features more than twenty innovative works by national and international artists. Source

76,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Hunting Camp Discovered In Madrid

A 76,000-year-old hunter’s camp has been discovered and examined beneath the Spanish capital of Madrid. Here, in blood-soaked times of glory when the hunting was good, Neanderthals butchered and prepared large bovids and deer for returning to their hungry families in distant caves. European Neanderthal History Deepens Earlier this month researchers from the Barcelona University […]

Madrid heatwave reaches over 40º

Madrid seared in temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) as the Spanish capital felt the dangerous heatwave affecting Southern Europe. Spain’s state meteorological agency forecast the hot conditions to stay through and said areas in the south could reach 47 Celsius (116.60 F). That would break a national record of 46.9 C (116.4 F), […]

EU has just paid lip service to JCPOA, says Iranian envoy to Madrid

TEHRAN – Iran’s ambassador to Spain has said although the European Union has always been supporting the 2015 nuclear deal it has done nothing tangible in the face of repressive U.S. sanctions, IRNA reported on Sunday. In line with his “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran, former President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the nuclear […]

Row between Madrid and Rabat heats up over Western Sahara rebel leader

The leader of Western Sahara’s independence movement, whose presence in Spain has angered the Moroccan government, will appear via video link before a Spanish court today to answer allegations of torture and genocide. Brahim Ghali’s treatment for COVID-19 at a hospital in Spain has soured relations between Madrid and Rabat. Ghali heads the Polisario Front, […]

Madrid election centers on virus response, rise of far right

Madrid residents are voting Tuesday for a new regional assembly in an election that tests the depths of resistance to virus lockdown measures and the divide between left and right-wing parties. Polling stations opened at 9 a.m. with strict requirements to prevent the spread of the coronavirus: double masks, separated entrance and exit paths for […]

Concerns about radical, anti-Zionist parties ahead of Madrid elections

Concerns are being raised about the possible ascent to power in the Spanish region of Madrid of far-left, anti-Zionist parties who have a history of ardent support for boycotting Israel and whose leaders have made troubling comments about Israel and the Holocaust. The regional elections for Madrid which has a population of 6.6 million people including between […]

Real Madrid beats FC Barcelona to take La Liga lead

Real Madrid beat rivals Barcelona 2-1 at home in an entertaining, rain-soaked ‘Clasico’ on Saturday to stretch their winning run to six games in all competitions and go top of La Liga for the first time in three months.Karim Benzema put the champions in charge at a soggy Alfredo di Stefano stadium with a delightful […]

Spain’s deputy PM resigns in high-stakes Madrid presidency bid after local govt calls snap election to avoid no-confidence vote

The left-wing deputy prime minister of Spain, Pablo Iglesias, has resigned and thrown his hat in the ring for the presidency of Madrid after the region’s government was forced out last week in a dramatic day for Spanish politics. On Monday, the Madrid-born leader of the Podemos party announced his resignation and intention to replace […]

Madrid will not shut its borders for Easter, region’s president says, defying Covid measures adopted by rest of Spain

The Madrid region will be the only one in Spain without a Covid-19 border shutdown for Easter, its President Isabel Diaz Ayuso said on Wednesday following a meeting of top-level health chiefs. Spain’s Interterritorial Council of the National Health System (CISNS) met to approve a number of health measures for Spanish regional and national holidays, […]

Madrid set for early elections after regional government collapses

Spain’s political landscape has been shaken after the regional government in Madrid split and called an early election. The region’s president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, announced on Wednesday the right-wing coalition in the Spanish capital — consisting of the liberal Ciudadanos (Citizens) party and the conservative Partido Popular (PP) — had been dissolved, less than two […]

Jewish Youth in Spain Urge Madrid University to Expel Neo-Nazi Activist Who Delivered Antisemitic Rant at Far Right Rally

Antisemitic graffiti at the Jewish cemetery in Hoyo de Manzanares, near Madrid. Photo: Twitter. Jewish students in Spain this week demanded the expulsion from a Madrid university of a neo-Nazi activist who delivered a viciously antisemitic speech at a rally earlier this month. The Federation of Jewish Youth in Spain (FEJJE), supported by the European […]

Madrid RUNS OUT of Covid-19 jabs, halts vaccinations for two weeks

Spain’s capital region of Madrid has halted new inoculations against Covid-19 as it is running out of vaccine doses, its deputy president has revealed, adding that immunization goals are unlikely to be met due to low supply. The region has stopped administering vaccines to new recipients, and is instead keeping a small stockpile of doses […]

Madrid declared a ‘disaster zone’ after storm Filomena hammers the Spanish capital

The Madrid area has been declared a “disaster zone” by the national government after extreme weather and snowstorms left the city crippled. The move means the affected areas can receive financial aid to alleviate the storm damage. On Tuesday, Spain’s Council of Ministers approved the disaster declaration for the Community of Madrid and Castilla-La Mancha, […]

Spaniards SKIING & dog-sledding on Madrid streets as freak blizzards kill 3 (VIDEOS)

Scores of people in Madrid neglected calls by the authorities to stay home and flocked outside to engage in winter activities, as the Spanish capital was paralyzed by the biggest snowfall in half a century, leaving three dead. Storm Filomena, which buried Madrid under a record 50 centimeters of snow on Friday, became a disaster […]

Madrid Enforces Emergency Measure Even After Court Rejects Lockdown

Sam JonesThe Guardian © Manu Fernández/APA customer sits inside a bar in Madrid on Friday. The Spanish government has declared a state of emergency to keep Madrid in partial lockdown as countries across Europe struggle to deal with the continuing surge in new coronavirus cases. The move came as Italy logged more than 5,000 new […]

Madrid clashes with central government over tougher COVID restrictions

Madrid is clashing with Spain’s central government over whether to impose tighter COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. Spain’s health ministry on Thursday gave regions two days to implement strict new limits. They include limits on social gatherings and shop opening hours and restricts trips in and out of any large cities that have recorded a two-week infection […]

Shoplifting scandal forces Madrid premier to resign

CCTV footage published by OK Diario Wednesday showed Cristina Cifuentes emptying her handbag in front of a supermarket security guard after being accused of taking two pots of anti-aging cream worth €40 ($50). The 53-year-old politician from the ruling People’s Party (PP) said taking the cream was an “involuntarily error.” The incident took place in […]

Deepening Tehran-Madrid ties beneficial to both nations

president.ir- President of the Islamic Republic of Iran referred to the ample opportunities and potentials for deepening ties between Iran and Spain and stressed efforts to develop and cement relations between the two countries in all fields of mutual interest. President Hassan Rouhani met with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain Alfonso Dastis […]

Catalonia Defies Madrid – Goes to Polls to Vote for Independence

Despite various efforts by the Spanish central government in Madrid, Polls opened in the province of Catalonia. Prior to the opening of the polls today, fears were palpable that the vote could lead to confrontations between demonstrators and an estimated 5 million – with some 17,000 police deployed to “maintain public order.” Madrid opposed election […]

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