Miguel Arias Cañete trusts that the new fisheries agreement with Morocco will be completed ?within a reasonable time-frame?
03/02/2012. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, Miguel Arias Cañete, announced that COREPER (Committee of Permanent Representatives in the EU) has approved the mandate to negotiate the fisheries More...
Wildfires prompt evacuations in eastern Spain
More than 600 people were Tuesday combating three wildfires which forced the evacuation of eight areas in eastern Spain, officials said. Most of the evacuations were in Valencia province. They were taken as a precaution, More...
Europe wide weather warnings
Weather forecasters have issued extremely hot weather warnings for seven western European countries this week, with the heatwave potentially straining electricity supplies as air conditioning use soars. Eumetnet, More...
Earthquake – Granada
Summary: Magnitude ML 2.7 Region SPAIN Date time 2010-05-09 at 02:28:57.2 UTC Location 37.18 N ; 3.73 W Depth 2 km Distances 12 km W Granada (pop 238,248 ; local time 04:28 2010-05-09) 1 km SW Santa fé (pop 14,119 More...
Turtle swims 6,000 kilometres across the Atlantic in five months
A loggerhead sea turtle has crossed the Atlantic in five months, a Spanish nature foundation said Wednesday. The turtle, named Aurora, was captured in the Canary Islands and a signal transmitter was placed on its More...
Spain warming faster than rest of northern hemisphere
Spain has warmed at a faster rate than the rest of the northern hemisphere over the past three decades, according to a study prepared for the environment ministry that was published Tuesday. The country has experienced More...
Spain committed to supporting the electric car
At the presentation of the Comprehensive Strategy for Supporting the Electric Car, which was officially brought to a close on Tuesday in Madrid, the President of the Government underlined the innovative, ambitious More...
Earthquake: Galicia
Summary: Magnitude ML 2.2 Region SPAIN Galicia – Tras-os-montes Date time 2010-04-06 at 10:14:48.0 UTC Location 42.75 N ; 6.78 W Depth 4 km Distances 101 km W León (pop 136,227 ; local time 12:14 2010-04-06) 27 More...
Renault-Nissan in deal with Spain’s Acciona for electric cars
Automakers Renault and Nissan signed a deal with Spanish energy and infrastructure group Acciona on Tuesday to market electric cars in the country, the three companies announced. Under the agreement signed in Madrid, More...
Tesla Delivers First Car in Spain
Tesla Motors has delivered its first car to a customer in Spain, and the new owner charges his Roadster exclusively with renewable energy. Amsterdam native Otto Poldermans is a founding investor in Solar Hydro Solutions, More...
Cuttlefish seen laying eggs on a seahorse off Spain
It is the curious incident of the cuttlefish and seahorse in the daytime. Biologists diving in the seas off Spain witnessed a European cuttlefish laying its eggs on a passing seahorse, which then swims away, eggs More...
Spain’s electric car plan drives into opposition
Some member states concerned that Spain is placing too high a priority on electric cars. The Spanish presidency of the EU is facing resistance from national governments in its attempt to boost the development of More...
Putting waste to work could generate 7% of Spain’s electricity
Urban solid waste, sludge from water treatment plants and livestock slurry could be used to generate up to 7% of Spain’s electricity, say researchers. The team from the University of Zaragoza say that incinerating More...
Earthquake – Redonela
Summary: Magnitude ML 2.2 Region SPAIN Northwest Iberia Margin Date time 2010-02-18 at 22:24:30.0 UTC Location 42.33 N ; 8.58 W Depth 18 km Distances 16 km NE Vigo (pop 292,745 ; local time 23:24 2010-02-18) 6 km More...
Earthquake: Galicia
Summary: Magnitude ML 2.0 Region SPAIN Galicia – Tras-os-montes Date time 2010-02-16 at 09:33:18.0 UTC Location 42.82 N ; 6.57 W Depth 1 km Distances 84 km SW Oviedo (pop 211,398 ; local time 10:33 2010-02-16) 26 More...
Earthquake – Santisteban del puerto
Summary: Magnitude ML 3.1 Region SPAIN Date time 2010-02-13 at 22:16:57.0 UTC Location 38.32 N ; 3.19 W Depth 11 km Distances 81 km NE Jaén (pop 116,400 ; local time 23:16 2010-02-13) 24 km NW Villacarrillo (pop More...
Iberdrola Renovables Buys Spain’s Largest Wind Park
Iberdrola Renovables SA, the world’s largest operator of wind parks, agreed to buy Spain’s largest wind farm from Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica SA. Renovables, based in Valencia, paid Gamesa 320 million euros More...
Spain pushes for common strategy on electric cars
EU industry ministers on Tuesday (9 February) discussed plans to establish a common strategy for electric cars, a pet project of the Spanish EU presidency. Following the informal talks in the northern Spanish city More...
Spain helps beekeeping project get buzzing in Akkar
Spanish and Lebanese officials celebrated on Saturday the launching of an apiculture (beekeeping) project in Akkar. The center in Deir Dalloum, Akkar, was opened in the presence of Spanish Ambassador to Lebanon More...
Greenhouse gas emissions fall by 7.7%
This fall has been produced against a background of economic growth of the GDP of 0.9%, falling from 438,677 kt in 2007 to 405,048 kt of CO2e in 2008 Forecasts estimate that Spain would be placed at 34.45% on the More...
