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The European holiday hotspots REJECTING plans for Brexit tourist tax introduced in France - and inviting Brits to spend their money there instead

Several European holiday hotspots have rejected plans to introduce a tourist tax for non-EU visitors like France. The new tax could be imposed as soon as 2026 Bruges' mayor Dirk De fauw told the Telegraph: 'We will never make a difference between European inhabitants and non-European inhabitants' Meanwhile in Madrid, the city's right-wing regional president Isabel Diaz Ayuso said she …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

King Felipe and Queen Letizia endure being pelted with mud and objects by anguished locals as they try to 'calm tensions' in aftermath of Valencia floods while Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez fle

Daily Mail

Spain's King Felipe and Queen Letizia have endured being pelted with mud and objects by anguished locals as they tried to calm tensions in the aftermath of the deadly floods in Valencia. Spain's Queen Letizia consoles a woman during her visit to Paiporta, eastern Spain, November 3, 2024 Spain's Queen Letizia speaks to people as she has mud on her …

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6 months ago

Argentina’s Milei meets German officials in controversial lap around Europe

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Argentina’s self-described anarcho-capitalist President Javier Milei met with German officials on Sunday in Berlin, part of his ongoing lap of Europe which has been greeted with both celebration and outrage. In a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday, the two leaders discussed Argentina’s radical economic shifts and “the importance of having critical minerals” — likely …

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6 months ago

Madrid leader accused of ‘deep disloyalty’ to Spain for hosting Javier Milei

The Telegraph

The leader of Spain’s Madrid region has been accused of “deep disloyalty” to the country for hosting Argentina’s controversial leader, Javier Milei. Isabel Díaz Ayuso received Mr Milei on Friday despite him recently launching a tirade against the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, calling him “totalitarian” and a “coward”. Mr Milei’s current visit to Spain was initially scheduled so that he …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Madrid to be added to F1 calendar. AP sources say official announcement set for next week

Associated Press

MADRID — Madrid will be added to the Formula One calendar, multiple sources told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The official announcement will be made next week in the Spanish capital, according to the sources familiar with the deal, which will bring the series back to the Madrid region more than 40 years after it last hosted an F1 race. …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Kuss secures Spanish Vuelta victory to become first American to win a Grand Tour race in a decade

Associated Press

MADRID — A decade later, the United States has a Grand Tour winner again. Sepp Kuss won the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday to become the first American to win one of cycling’s top races since Chris Horner earned the Vuelta victory in 2013. Kuss had effectively secured the victory ahead of Sunday’s largely ceremonial stage, when rivals in the Spanish …

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1 year, 5 months ago

A Honduras mayor gambled on a plan for her town. She got 80 guitars ... and a lot more

NPR

A Honduras mayor gambled on a plan for her town. Enlarge this image toggle caption Tomas Ayuso for NPR Tomas Ayuso for NPR "When you get to a community and see a dignified house, you know they have a family member in the U.S.," Trejo says in Spanish as she gives reporters a walking tour of downtown, "because with the …

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1 year, 5 months ago

How climate change is reshaping migration from Honduras : Up First from NPR : NPR

NPR

Uprooted: How climate change is reshaping migration from Honduras Enlarge this image toggle caption Tomas Ayuso for NPR Tomas Ayuso for NPR LAGUNAS LA IGUALA, Honduras — To reach the Pérez family's farm, you have to drive on miles of narrow dirt roads in the mountains of western Honduras, up and down steep slopes lined with row after row of …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Maeder honoured as Skjelmose wins Tour of Switzerland

The Hindu

Denmark’s Mattias Skjelmose won the Tour of Switzerland on Sunday, two days after the event was plunged into mourning following the tragic death of Swiss rider Gino Maeder. Team Bahrain Victorious rider Maeder, 26, crashed into a ravine in the downhill finale of Thursday’s fifth stage and was found motionless. Ayuso of UAE Team Emirates came second overall thanks to …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Spain: Conservative party rift grows into all-out battle

Associated Press

MADRID — Months of simmering tensions within Spain’s conservative main opposition party came to a head Friday, amid fresh allegations that Popular Party members tried to launch a smear campaign against a rising star from the party’s ranks. Party members were accused of trying to hire detectives to investigate a facemask-supplying contract brokered during the worst of the coronavirus pandemic …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Be aware of freedom populism

Al Jazeera

As the pandemic slowly comes to an end, a new and deadly form of populism is rising. Incumbent Madrid Community President Isabel Diaz Ayuso of the right-wing Popular Party, who ran on a promise to “liberate” the people of Madrid from the COVID-19 management restrictions of Spain’s socialist government, won the regional election in a landslide. When the pandemic hit, …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Diego Simeone Never Stopped Believing in Atletico Madrid's La Liga Title Pursuit

News 18

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone said he never stopped believing they would win the La Liga title, even in the midst of a stuttering run of results in April, after his side lifted the trophy on Sunday. “With four games to go I knew it wasn’t going to slip away from us, even though others were still struggling to believe.” …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Lockdown skeptic looks to eclipse far right in Madrid vote

Associated Press

MADRID — Hailed as a flag-bearer of Spain’s anti-lockdown movement, the chief of the country’s capital region turned Madrid this year into a European exception, where bars, restaurants, museums and concert halls remained open even as contagion rates strained hospitals. Madrid President Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s resistance to sweeping closures and preference for treating COVID-19 patients in cavernous venues have constantly …

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3 years, 10 months ago

PHOTOS: The Pandemic Sends A Single Mom In The Big City To A Simpler, Happier Life

NPR

PHOTOS: The Pandemic Sends A Single Mom In The Big City To A Simpler, Happier Life Enlarge this image toggle caption Tomas Ayuso for NPR Tomas Ayuso for NPR In late July, the first waves of COVID-19 were cresting in Honduras, and Tegucigalpa, the capital, was the epicenter. Enlarge this image toggle caption Tomas Ayuso for NPR Tomas Ayuso for …

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4 years ago

Without patients or staff, Madrid opens new $119M hospital

Associated Press

MADRID — Authorities in Spain’s capital on Tuesday held a ceremony to open part of a 1,000-bed emergency hospital for COVID-19 patients that critics say is no more than a vanity project, a building with beds not ready to receive patients and unnecessary now that the virus resurgence and hospitalizations are waning. Madrid’s regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, said the …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Madrid orders partial lockdown for 850,000 people in poorer areas hit by Covid

Live Mint

Madrid: The regional government of the Spanish capital Madrid ordered a lockdown from Monday in some of the poorer areas of the city and its outskirts that are home to about 850,000 people, after a surge in coronavirus infections there. Regional leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso said on Friday movement between and within areas in six districts would be restricted, but …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Madrid to unveil fresh restrictions as Covid-19 resurges, asks for urgent help from Spain government

Hindustan Times

Once again at the centre of a major coronavirus outbreak, the Madrid region admitted Thursday it was overwhelmed, calling for “decisive” central government action on the eve of unveiling fresh restrictions. Madrid to unveil fresh restrictions as COVID-19 resurges In a country where public health services are left in the hands of Spain’s 17 autonomous regions, senior official Ignacio Aguado …

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The European holiday hotspots REJECTING plans for Brexit tourist tax introduced in France - and inviting Brits to spend their money there instead

King Felipe and Queen Letizia endure being pelted with mud and objects by anguished locals as they try to 'calm tensions' in aftermath of Valencia floods while Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez fle

Argentina’s Milei meets German officials in controversial lap around Europe

Madrid leader accused of ‘deep disloyalty’ to Spain for hosting Javier Milei

Madrid to be added to F1 calendar. AP sources say official announcement set for next week

Kuss secures Spanish Vuelta victory to become first American to win a Grand Tour race in a decade

A Honduras mayor gambled on a plan for her town. She got 80 guitars ... and a lot more

How climate change is reshaping migration from Honduras : Up First from NPR : NPR

Maeder honoured as Skjelmose wins Tour of Switzerland

Spain: Conservative party rift grows into all-out battle

Be aware of freedom populism

Diego Simeone Never Stopped Believing in Atletico Madrid's La Liga Title Pursuit

Lockdown skeptic looks to eclipse far right in Madrid vote

PHOTOS: The Pandemic Sends A Single Mom In The Big City To A Simpler, Happier Life

Without patients or staff, Madrid opens new $119M hospital

Madrid orders partial lockdown for 850,000 people in poorer areas hit by Covid

Madrid to unveil fresh restrictions as Covid-19 resurges, asks for urgent help from Spain government