Tag: #PedroSanchez
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Coronavirus: First Lady of Spain tested positive
Madrid, 15th March: According to the reports, the First Lady of Spain María Begoña Gómez Fernández has been tested positive for the coronavirus, raising alarms among their government. The government of Spain has confirmed the detection of coronavirus in the wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez yesterday. The tests of two of Sanchez’s cabinet…
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Spain imposes near total lockdown to fight virus
Madrid, March 15 (AFP/APP): Spain on Saturday banned people from leaving home except to go to work, visit a doctor or buy essential supplies, in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced the restrictions on movement following a huge spike in the number of infections in this nation of…
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Coronavirus: Europe is the new epicentre
BaaghiTV: According to the recent reports, the head of the World Health Organization has declared Europe as the epicentre of the pandemic now. More than 132,500 people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in 123 countries around the world, according to the WHO. The total number of deaths has reached about 5,000 – a figure Dr…
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In Spain, toll rises to nine dead as Storm Gloria ebbs
Barcelona, Jan 23 (AFP/APP): The death toll from a violent storm which has wrought havoc on huge swathes of Spain’s eastern and southern coastline rose to nine on Thursday as rescuers pressed the hunt for at least five missing people. The latest death was that of a man whose body was found in a flooded…
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Spain’s Sanchez faces tight parliament vote to remain PM
Madrid, Jan 7 (AFP/APP): Spain’s parliament will vote Tuesday on whether to confirm Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez as prime minister at the helm of the country’s first-ever coalition government. Sanchez, who has stayed on as a caretaker premier since inconclusive elections last year, is seeking to be reappointed for another term. He wants to form…
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Spanish king asks Sanchez to form new government
Madrid, Dec 11 (AFP/APP): Spain’s King Felipe VI on Wednesday tasked acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez with forming a new government even though he lacks support from other parties to form a workable majority in parliament. After meeting party representatives at the royal palace since Tuesday, as is the norm after an election, the king…
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Socialists win Spain vote, far-right Vox surges to third place
Madrid, Nov 11 (AFP/APP): Spain’s Socialist premier Pedro Sanchez emerged as winner but weakened from Sunday’s repeat election that propelled the far-right Vox into third place in a result set to deepen years of political turmoil. The ballot, the fourth in as many years, failed to draw a line under months of parliamentary deadlock following…
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Conservative Spanish party leader tries moderate reboot
Madrid, Nov 7 (AFP/APP): The young leader of Spain’s conservative Popular Party, Pablo Casado, has toned down his harsh rhetoric ahead of Sunday’s repeat general election after leading the PP to its worst ever results with an aggressive campaign the last time around. Before the April polls he regularly lobbed insults at his main rival,…