BARCELONA, Spain—Ford said on Wednesday it is delaying its production investments in Spain, citing a “revised outlook for Europe” but said it remained committed to its plant in Valencia, where it announced plans in June to produce electric vehicles (EVs). The U.S. carmaker said in a statement it will not ask for a share of…
Ford Delays Spanish Investments, Citing ‘Revised Outlook for Europe’
Starry Skies: A Journey to Find Stars, and Healing, in La Palma, Spain
I’ve always loved looking at the night sky. When I was a child growing up in Cyprus, I would count stars when I couldn’t sleep. Lying in bed, I turned the deep black above me into a stage, and found men on the moon and horses dancing across the galactic plains surrounding it. The marina…
One Killed, Dozens Injured as High Winds Cause Stage Collapse at Spain Festival
CULLERA, Spain—One person was killed and dozens were injured when high winds caused part of the main stage to collapse at a dance music festival near the Spanish city of Valencia early on Saturday, emergency services said. Other infrastructure was also damaged when gusts battered the Medusa Festival, a huge electronic music festival held over…
Spain Reports 2nd Monkeypox-Related Death in Europe
MADRID—Spain reported its second monkeypox-related death on Saturday, in what is thought to be Europe’s second death from the disease and only the third outside of Africa in the current outbreak. Spain had reported its first death as recently as Friday, shortly after Brazil reported the first monkeypox-related death outside the African continent in the…
Spain Confirms Case of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever
MADRID—A middle-aged man has been admitted to hospital in Spain’s Castile and Leon region after being diagnosed with Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF), authorities said on Thursday. The disease, which has a fatality rate between 10n percent and 40 percent according to the World Health Organization (WHO), was first detected in Crimea in 1944. It is…
Mercedes Benz to Invest 1.2 Billion Euros in Spain After Unions Back New Plan
MADRID—German automaker Mercedes-Benz plans to invest 1.2 billion euros in its Vitoria plant in northern Spain after workers backed a new labor agreement, unions UGT and CCOO said on Tuesday. About 57 percent of the plant’s nearly 5,000 workers voted in favor of a deal that defines working conditions and pay raises until 2026, allowing…
France, Spain Fight Spreading Wildfires as Europe Swelters
LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France—France scrambled more water-bombing planes and hundreds more firefighters to combat spreading wildfires that were being fed Monday by hot swirling winds from a searing heat wave broiling much of Europe. In Spain, two people have been killed in blazes there. With winds changing direction, authorities in southwestern France announced plans to evacuate…
4 Shot, 1 Stabbed at Spanish Nightclub
MADRID—Four people were shot and another was injured by a knife at a nightclub in southern Spain, police said Monday. Two people have been arrested. Two of those shot were in serious condition, police said in a statement. They are an Irish man and a woman. The person who was stabbed is thought to have…
Pamplona Says No One Gored After All on 3rd Day of Bull Run
PAMPLONA, Spain—Thousands of thrill-seekers avoided getting gored Saturday during the bull run of Pamplona’s San Fermín Festival, officials said, revising an early report saying bull horns stabbed two men. Officials in the Spanish city officials corrected the preliminary report by Pamplona’s hospital to state that a man was scratched on the buttocks but not pierced…
Spain’s Pamplona Bull-Running Fiesta Back With a Bang After COVID Ban
PAMPLONA, Spain—Thousands of revellers wearing white clothes and red scarves filled the streets of Spain’s Pamplona on Wednesday as the bang of a firecracker kicked off the first San Fermin bull-running festival since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. A light rain did nothing to dampen the spirits of a sea of people packing the northern city’s…
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