Shorouk Express Two Spanish basketball teams decided they will face Israeli clubs behind closed doors this week for safety reasons. La Laguna Tenerife and Baxi Manresa put out a joint statement late on Sunday explaining the decision regarding matches against Bnei Herzliya and Hapoel Jerusalem respectively. Tenerife are set to host Herzliya on Tuesday in…
Shorouk Express Applications for Spanish citizenship through the Grandchildren’s Law are nearing one million as the deadline approaches this month, with experts suggesting the bureaucratic process could take years to finally finish. With the final deadline fast approaching, almost 900,000 people around the world have already applied for Spanish citizenship through the Grandchildren’s Law. The…
Shorouk Express During its heyday, it steered the eurozone through the rumble-tumble of the sovereign debt crisis, but lost influence as the euro area stabilized and a more inclusive EU-wide group of 27 finance ministers gained power. The Eurogroup has become a “bland working group” or a “think tank,” according to two EU diplomats, who,…
Shorouk Express Clad in a traditional white tunic and purple sash, four-year-old Thiago could barely contain his excitement before taking part as a drummer in a Spanish Easter procession thronged by thousands. He and other members of the younger generations belie the belief that the elderly are custodians of the centuries-old rite, defying a secular…
Shorouk Express Spanish police said Wednesday they have uncovered an illegal underground firing range they suspect was operated by a weapons trafficking ring that supplied assault rifles and other arms to drug gangs. Officers raided a house in the southern province of Granada and found the site, which was located three stories underground, said a…
Shorouk Express Spain’s justice minister said Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s wife Begoña Gómez broke no rules in hiring an assistant as he testified on Wednesday in a corruption investigation against her, legal sources said. The year-long saga is one of several graft probes involving Sánchez’s family and allies that have embarrassed his leftist government, although…
Shorouk Express Spain’s public broadcaster said on Friday it had called for a “debate” over Israel’s participation in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland due to “concerns” over the situation in war-torn Gaza. RTVE has sent a letter to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which manages the event, “requesting a debate on the participation…
Shorouk Express It’s common for trees and hedges to grow between terraced properties in residential complexes in Spain, but what happens if they start to become an issue? What does the law in Spain say about this? If you live in the countryside in Spain or in a residential neighbourhoods on the outskirts of a…
Shorouk Express Spanish police on Saturday said they had busted a Hell’s Angels-linked gang smuggling cocaine through the eastern port of Valencia and seized 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds) of the drug. Spain is one of the main entry points for cocaine into Europe from Latin America. An operation led by the European Union’s law enforcement…
Shorouk Express Today’s Spanish Word of the Day is on everybody’s lips, especially Donald Trump’s. Aranceles means tariffs in Spanish. The singular version is arancel, but you’ll usually see it written in the plural form – los aranceles. The word is of Arabic origin, from either the word ‘alinzál’ or the phrase ‘alam elacer’, meaning…
