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Helping women lead across the Mediterranean
Female unemployment rate remains well below the global average. More than half of working women are employed informally, with low-wage jobs and fewer rights than men.
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Could there be dark days ahead for buyers of solar panels?
A landmark ruling is casting a shadow over Europe’s booming solar industry with manufacturers and buyers of solar panels facing a potential stand-off over...
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Spanish scheme to support intelligent transportation systems gets EU nod
A €20 million Spanish scheme made available through the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) supporting the deployment of intelligent systems that will provide enhanced...
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European Parliament lifts immunity of Carles Puidgemont and other Catalan separatists
The European Parliament has voted to lift the parliamentary immunity from prosecution of three Catalan separatist MEPs, including Carles Puidgemont, which Spain has charged...
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Spain unveils aid package for people and businesses hit by coronavirus crisis
The Spanish government approved a €700 million aid package of economic and social measures to assist those affected by the almost total shutdown of...
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Spain toughens restriction measures as coronavirus cases surpass China's
As of March 30, all workers in "non-essential" sectors in Spain need to stay at home until April 9, as the country enters a...
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Public opinion in Italy, Spain, France in favour of lockdown measures
Italian, Spanish and French citizens are in their vast majority supportive of the heavily restrictive measures imposed by their countries to contain the spread...
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Elderly found dead and abandoned in care homes in Spain
Elderly people were found abandoned and in some cases dead at nursing homes in Spain, during disinfection operations carried out by soldiers, in response...
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Spain in lockdown, puts private hospitals into public control
Following a dramatic increase in COVID-19 cases, Spain on Monday put all of its private hospitals and healthcare providers into public control, as the...
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Spain to introduce law that would define non-consensual sex as rape
A bill that would define all non-consensual sex as rape was approved by the Spanish government. The country’s parliament now has to examine the...
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Sánchez wins parliamentary vote, Spain gets coalition government
Spain's caretaker Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, narrowly won on Tuesday a second investiture vote by a simple majority of 167 to 165 votes with 18...
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