The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Zunder, an operator of independent electric vehicle (EV) ultrafast charging infrastructure in Spain, have signed a EUR 40 million loan to finance the installation of a network of fast and ultrafast chargers along the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) in Spain. The project complies with the EU’s sustainable transport and […]
European Commission signs agreement with ICO to invest €150 million in sustainable infrastructure in Spain
The European Commission and the Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO) signed an agreement under the InvestEU guarantee scheme for up to €75 million. The guarantee package will help leverage ICO funding of up to €150 million to invest in sustainable infrastructure in Spain and other Member States. This public investment is expected to mobilise an […]
European Comission publishes the Winter Economic forecast for Spain
Spain weathered relatively well the negative shocks unleashed by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine in 2022. The resilience of the economy was underpinned by the strong rebound in tourism over the summer season and dynamism of private consumption, also supported by positive labour market developments. Compared to the Autumn Forecast, growth for 2022 is […]
Computer programmer(s) position for data processing and software development in Spain
Offer Description The Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) is a cutting-edge institute addressing global public health challenges through research, translation into policy and education. ISGlobal has a broad portfolio in communicable and non-communicable diseases including environmental and climate determinants, and applies a multidisciplinary scientific approach ranging from the molecular to the population level. Research […]
23 arrested in Spanish football match-fixing probe
A total of 23 members of an alleged betting syndicate have been arrested on suspicion of fixing football games in the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the Gibraltar National League and the Andorra League. Among those arrested are several footballers who are suspected of having used their position to steer the outcome of games in which […]
CJEU: Belgian courts cannot refuse to execute a European Arrest Warrant and upholds Llarena’s ruling
An executing judicial authority may not, in principle, refuse to execute a European arrest warrant on the basis that the court called upon to try the requested person in the issuing Member State does not have jurisdiction to do so. That authority must, however, refuse to execute that European arrest warrant if it finds that […]
January infringement procedures for Spain
Brussels, 26 January 2023. The following are the main decisions taken by the Commission in its infringement package. The Commission will also close 221 cases that the Member States concerned have settled without the Commission having to pursue the procedure further. 1. Environment and fisheries (For more information: Adalbert Jahnz – Tel. +32 229 53156, […]
The President of the European Parliament begins a two-day official visit to Spain today
The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, will travel to Madrid on January 26 and 27, on an official visit in which she will be received by HM King Felipe VI, and will meet with the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, among other authorities. In 2022, Metsola also made two trips to Santander […]
Parliament’s Petitions Committee looks at complaints in Spain: Madrid, Catalonia and Elche
This week’s meeting of the European Parliament’s Petitions Committee will vote on whether to keep open a complaint about insecurity in neighbourhoods in Catalonia and debate a petition calling for compensation for those affected by the works on line 7 of the Madrid metro and another on the employment situation of shoe workers in Elche. […]