Mushy Wording Lets NATO Commit to Trump’s Military Spending Demand
President Trump has pressed allies to spend more on defense. Leaders agreed that “allies” — but not “all allies” — would meet the objective.
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The Gibraltar-Spain Border Deal: The Last Piece of the EU Exit Jigsaw?
Several Brexit-related issues concerning the British Overseas Territories remain unresolved and, hopefully, will soon be addressed.
‘My grandmother never used yuzu’: global gastronomy is out as Catalan chefs celebrate tradition
Top chefs in this year’s World Region of Gastronomy are looking back as they shift from avant-garde cuisine to something more homespun They revolutionised cooking worldwide with radical techniques and a highly technical cuisine of playful trompe l’oeil…
Spain rejects Nato plan for member states to spend 5% of GDP on defence
PM Pedro Sánchez says he wants a ‘more flexible formula’ that would make target optional or allow Madrid to opt outSpain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has rejected Nato’s proposal for member states to increase their defence spending to 5% of their G…
Spanish PM rejects Nato’s ‘unreasonable’ 5% GDP target for defence spending – as it happened
This blog is now closed, you can read more of our European news coverage hereEarlier today, I cheekily suggested that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is probably wondering how to persuade US president Donald Trump to stay at the Nato summit in …
Spain Blames Planning Missteps and Technical Problems for Huge Power Outage
The Spanish government ruled out a cyberattack, saying that a series of failures led to the nationwide blackout in April.
Spanish minister rules out cyber-attack as cause of April blackout, after expert report
System failure caused by network’s inability to control grid voltage said to be behind outage in Spain and PortugalThe unprecedented blackout that brought the Iberian peninsula to a standstill at the end of April was caused by surging voltages triggeri…
UK bank TSB could be sold off by Spanish owner Sabadell
Owner says it has received expressions of interest as it battles £9.4bn hostile approach from local rival BBVABusiness live – latest updatesThe Spanish bank Sabadell has said it has received interest from prospective buyers of its UK division TSB, and …
Campaigners mount coordinated protests across Europe against ‘touristification’
Protesters take to streets in a dozen cities to march against an industry they say is wrecking communitiesCampaigners in at least a dozen tourist hotspots across southern Europe have taken to the streets to protest against “touristification”.It is the …
Weather tracker: Europe and China in midst of record-breaking heat
Temperatures over 40C recorded in Portugal and Spain, while China endures heatwave conditions in high 40sTemperature records for early June are being broken across large parts of Europe, with the mercury reaching 40.5C (104.9F) in Mértola, Portugal, on…