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Amadeus IT Group has forecast a decline in air travel bookings during the second quarter of the year as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and airline strikes across Western Europe continue to affect passenger demand. The Spanish travel technology company stated that booking activity remains under pressure despite signs of gradual improvement......
The World Health Organization moved Wednesday to contain alarm over a hantavirus outbreak detected aboard the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius, with Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stating in Geneva that the situation does not resemble the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic and that the risk to the wider world remains limited. The......
Health authorities in at least three American states are monitoring residents who were aboard the MV Hondius, the Dutch expedition cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has killed three passengers and left several others seriously ill during an Atlantic crossing. None of the individuals under surveillance are showing......
Moroccan and Spanish officials held a joint meeting in Tangier on Wednesday to coordinate preparations for Operation Marhaba 2026, the annual large-scale transit operation that facilitates the return of Moroccan citizens living abroad. The meeting was co-chaired by Khalid Zerouali, Wali and Director of Migration and Border Surveillance in......
Spain has agreed to receive the MV Hondius, a luxury expedition cruise ship struck by a fatal hantavirus outbreak, at the port of Granadilla in southern Tenerife, from where all passengers and crew will be repatriated to their home countries. Spanish Health Minister Mónica García announced Wednesday that everyone remaining on......
Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to celebrate a mass at Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia basilica on June 10, according to the official itinerary of his visit to Spain released by the Vatican and the Spanish Episcopal Conference. Major religious event in Barcelona The mass at the Sagrada Familia, one of the most famous landmarks of the......
Electric vehicle registrations rose sharply across Western Europe in April 2026, with several countries recording record or near-record battery electric vehicle market shares as consumers increasingly turned away from combustion-engine cars amid fuel price surges driven by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Norway set a new monthly......
A hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius has been identified as the Andes strain, the only known hantavirus capable of spreading from person to person, as the Dutch-flagged vessel sailed from Cape Verde toward Spain's Canary Islands on Wednesday amid a growing international health response. Three passengers have died and......
The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, has rejected plans for a cruise ship reportedly affected by hantavirus concerns to dock on the archipelago’s shores, citing public health risks and lack of information. Clavijo stated that local authorities had not received sufficient details to reassure residents or guarantee safety,......
BMW Group announced Tuesday that it had produced its two millionth fully electric vehicle, a Tanzanite Blue BMW i5 M60 xDrive sedan assembled at its Dingolfing plant in Germany and destined for a customer in Spain. The milestone marks a dramatic acceleration in the company's electrification trajectory and underscores how quickly its manufacturing......
Morocco's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Hakim Hajoui, traveled to Manchester on Friday to present the country's investment opportunities to a broad audience of British business leaders, in a meeting designed to deepen economic ties between the two nations. The event reflected a deliberate effort to extend Morocco-UK engagement......
Spain is expected to push for continued representation on the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) following the upcoming departure of Vice-President Luis de Guindos. As one of the eurozone’s largest economies, Spain considers its presence on the ECB’s top decision-making body essential for maintaining balanced economic......
The judicial authorities in Spain have approved the extradition of a Moroccan national to Morocco in connection with allegations of involvement in irregular migration networks, despite his previous conviction for similar offenses in Spain. The decision was issued by the country’s high criminal court, the Audiencia Nacional, which ruled......
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