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Government allocates aid to eight regions to alleviate effects of Storm Filomena

Tuesday 19 January 2021

The government also approved a solidarity plan on universal access to vaccinations and maintains its forecast that between 15 and 20 million people will be vaccinated against COVID-19 in Spain by June. It also stepped up the protection of the most vulnerable consumers.

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Pedro Sánchez states that recovery of tourism depends on complete and mass vaccination

Tuesday 19 January 2021

The President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, took part in the 113th meeting of the Executive Council of the UNWTO, held in Madrid, which addressed, among other issues, the candidatures to become Secretary-General of the UNWTO for the period 2022-2025.

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"2021 must be the year of the great recovery and the great economic transformation of Spain", says Pedro Sánchez

Monday 18 January 2021

The President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, inaugurated the Conference of Ambassadors - a two-day event held at America House which gathers together, for the first time since 2008, the Spanish ambassadors accredited in countries on all continents.

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President of the Government visits control centre that managed to resume high-speed trains in record time

Friday 15 January 2021

The President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, attended the central ADIF Traffic Regulation Centre (Spanish acronym: CRC) on Thursday morning, accompanied by the Minister for Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, José Luis Ábalos, at Madrid-Puerta de Atocha train station, where railway traffic that runs on the high-speed network is controlled from, which managed to restore practically all services barely 24 hours after the snowstorm.

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Spain calls for certainty from European Commission in setting final fishing quotas with United Kingdom for 2021

Wednesday 20 January 2021

The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, stressed that Spain will work to forge the greatest possible collaboration between the European Commission and the Council in the development of negotiations and the positioning of the European Union in this process.
Number of applications for national patents due to COVID-19 shoot up

Wednesday 20 January 2021

In 2020, the number of applications for national patents rose for the first time since 2017: a total of 1,479 patents were applied for to the Spanish Patents and Trademarks Office, attached to the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism.
Luis Planas meets with European Commissioner for Fisheries to analyse implementation of Brexit agreement

Wednesday 20 January 2021

The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, the European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, and the EU Chief Brexit Negotiator, Michel Barnier, analysed the implementation, in the fisheries sector, of the agreement for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) in its first few weeks of application.
King closes off 6th Conference of Ambassadors by acknowledging work of all personnel posted abroad

Tuesday 19 January 2021

The King highlighted the sacrifice made by all personnel posted abroad since, in his words, diplomacy on behalf of Spain is key "to enhancing the stability and progress of the world as a whole" and is essential in the transformation process of our country.
Government agrees with social stakeholders to extend Temporary Lay-off Plans to 31 May

Tuesday 19 January 2021

This is the third extension through consensus with the social stakeholders. The flexibility of the current model of Temporary Lay-off Plan (Spanish acronym: ERTE) due to COVID-19 is maintained and it has been made easier to process. The safeguarding of jobs is extended in the terms that govern at present.

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