On March 23, Shen Yun Performing Arts arrived at the Palacio Euskalduna in Bilbao, the last stop of its tour in Spain. The venue was fully booked, and the performers received three curtain calls. Parliament member Amaya Martinez was among the audience members. “I thought it was wonderful. Spectacular,” she said. “And the truth is […]
BANGKOK—Thailand’s court began a trial Tuesday of the son of Spanish actors accused of killing and dismembering a Colombian surgeon on a popular tourist island. Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, 29, was indicted by prosecutors in October over the death of Edwin Arrieta Arteaga, whose remains were found stuffed in plastic bags at a landfill on Koh […]
Shen Yun Performing Arts marked its first performance at the Cartuja Center CITE in Seville, Spain, on March 19. Taking the stage before a fully booked venue, Shen Yun’s artists received three curtain calls. Former congressman Pablo Cambronero, praised Shen Yun for its extraordinary art and the connection it makes with contemporary China. “It’s a […]
On the evening of March 13, Shen Yun Performing Arts appeared on stage for its first performance in Logrono, Spain. The venue was fully booked and among the audience members were politicians from Spain’s La Rioja region. They described Shen Yun as an audio-visual feast that promotes traditional Chinese culture. María Teresa Antoñanzas Garro, a […]
On the afternoon of March 10, Shen Yun Performing Arts raised the curtain on a second performance in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain. Theatergoers praised the artists for their skill and professionalism. Paloma Botejara, an official for the Ministry of Culture in Madrid, said: “I’m loving it, it is spectacular. I think the stage […]
On the evening of March 9, Shen Yun Performing Arts premiered at the Teatro Auditorio in San Lorenzo de El Escorial in Spain. Audience members said that the performance was unique and that watching Shen Yun brought them into a state of peace and tranquility. “I think it’s a wonderful show, fascinating. It delves into […]
Farmers in Spain demonstrated in front of the Ministry of Agriculture building in Madrid on Wednesday to express their displeasure with some of the Spanish government’s policies—and the EU’s policies—that they say are negatively affecting their ability to make a living.
MADRID—Ana Maria Knezevic traveled from South Florida to Spain in December to get away for a while. Her family and friends say the naturalized American originally from Colombia has been going through a nasty divorce from her Serbian husband, but the trip was also a chance to explore new places. Then, she vanished—two weeks ago, […]
Farmers in Poland, Spain, Italy, and Hungary demonstrated Friday as part of ongoing protests against European Union farming policies and demanded measures to combat production cost hikes, reduced profits, and unfair competition from non-EU countries. Farmers complain that the 27-nation EU’s environmental and agriculture policies related to the European Green Deal are a financial burden […]
Farmers blocked the Dutch-Belgian border and occupied roads in Greece on Feb. 2, while a Polish union announced plans to shut border crossings with Ukraine as European protests over prices and red tape spread. At one roadblock, Dutch pig farmer Johan Van Enckevort, 25, warned the European Union and Dutch politicians holding cabinet formation talks […]
LE PECQ, France—The vehicle’s headlights silhouetted the exhausted teenager walking alone in the rain in deepest rural France, with a skateboard tucked under his arm. “I said to myself, ‘That’s strange. It’s 3 am in the morning, it’s raining, he’s all by himself on the road between two villages,” delivery driver Fabien Accidini recounted. From […]
MADRID—Four illegal migrants have died close to shore in southern Spain after being forced out of the boat they were traveling in, officials said Thursday. The Spanish government press office in the southern Province of Cadiz said that 31 other people from the boat, including six children, survived and four were taken to a hospital. […]
BARCELONA, Spain—After having maintained her innocence for nearly five years, pop star Shakira struck a last-minute deal to avoid the risk of going to prison on the opening day of her tax fraud trial in Barcelona on Monday. Shakira told the presiding magistrate, José Manuel del Amo, that she accepted the agreement reached with prosecutors. […]
MADRID—Spanish police said Monday they have confiscated 11 pieces of ancient gold jewelry that were taken out of Ukraine illegally in 2016. A police statement said five people who were attempting to sell the pieces in Spain have been arrested in recent weeks. Those arrested included two Ukrainians, one of them an Orthodox Church priest, […]
MADRID—Some 314 illegal migrants arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands in two boats early Monday, bringing to more than 1,600 the number of illegal migrants to reach the islands since Friday, emergency services said. The service said one boat carrying 229 migrants was escorted to El Hierro island while another with 85 was taken to Tenerife […]
MADRID—Bleating sheep replaced beeping cars on Madrid’s streets on Sunday, as shepherds guided their flocks through the city center following ancient herding routes to southerly pastures for the winter. The annual event was revived in 1994 as part of Madrid’s annual Fiesta de la Trashumancia, after the Spanish parliament recognized the traditional routes used to […]
MADRID—At least 13 people have been killed in a fire in a nightclub in Murcia in southeast Spain, emergency services said on Sunday, adding that rescuers were still searching for people unaccounted for after the blaze. Outside the club, young people hugged, looking shocked as they waited for information after the fire that broke out […]
BARCELONA, Spain—Spanish prosecutors have charged pop star Shakira with failing to pay 6.7 million euros ($7.1 million) in tax on her 2018 income, authorities said Tuesday, in Spain’s latest fiscal allegations against the Colombian singer. Shakira is alleged to have used an offshore company based in a tax haven to avoid paying the tax, Barcelona […]
