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Government of Spain offers Algeciras as destination port of 'Open Arms'

Sunday 18 August 2019

The Acting President of the Government has taken the decision following the refusal by Matteo Salvini to allow the vessel to dock in Italy and the impediments expressed by other Mediterranean countries.

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Government allocates 20 million euros to local councils to combat gender-based violence

Friday 9 August 2019

The government also announced two new plans to combat fraudulent temporary employment and abusive part-time contracts.

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Pedro Sanchez receives trade union and business leaders at Moncloa Palace

Thursday 8 August 2019

The Acting President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, accompanied by the Acting Minister for Work, Migration and Social Security, Magdalena Valerio, met with the social stakeholders to discuss the challenges facing Spain at an employment level. He conveyed to them the need to unblock the stalemate in order to tackle these challenges urgently.

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Pedro Sánchez conveys to King Felipe VI the need to form a government in Spain as soon as possible

Wednesday 7 August 2019

The Acting President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, expressed his desire to avoid fresh elections and the urgent need to tackle the major challenges facing Spain.

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Spanish fishing marine reserves: 11 priority destinations to practise diving in unique habitats

Friday 16 August 2019

Nowadays marine reserves are an example of sustainable fishing, due to the regeneration of species - of fishing interest and others - since their rich bio-diversity has made them a priority destination for divers. The first of these protected spaces, created 33 years ago in 1986, was Tabarca Island Marine Reserve (Alicante).
WHO verifies state of elimination of measles and rubella in Spain again this year

Friday 16 August 2019

Spain has once again verified this year the state of elimination of measles and rubella, meaning we are a country without the endemic transmission of these viruses.6
Spain sends an amphibious aircraft to aid Greece in fighting wildfires

Wednesday 14 August 2019

On Wednesday, the Government of Spain sent a Canadair amphibious aircraft with a capacity of 5,500 litres to Greece, in response to the request received through the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) of the European Commission, to support the country in putting out wildfires that have broken out on several islands.
Carmen Calvo praises navigators of first voyage around the world, "Spain owes them a great debt of admiration and respect"

Saturday 10 August 2019

The Acting Vice-President of the Government, Minister for the Presidency, Parliamentary Relations and Equality, Carmen Calvo, highlighted during the events to commemorate the 5th centenary of the first voyage around the world, that Spain "owes a great debt of admiration and respect to the 239 men that set out on an adventure to try and discover the world".
IPCC calls for land protection strategies as key to feeding growing global population and combating climate change

Thursday 8 August 2019

The United Nations International Panel of Experts on Climate Change (IPCC) has published its special report on "Climate Change and Land" in Geneva (Switzerland), in which it calls on countries to develop strategies capable of guaranteeing land protection in the short term as key to feeding and dressing the growing global population, as well as combating climate change.

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