Spanish government referred hostile banking bid for full cabinet review
Also in this newsletter: why ratifying the Mercosur trade deal hangs in the balance
Madrid’s stance threatens alliance unity amid preparations to meet Trump’s military spending demand in June
Some large electricity generators were not doing their job to help control voltage, claims parent company’s chair
Companies will be given 18-month window for shares to start trading, after several eleventh-hour IPO cancellations
Andriy Portnov was ally of ex-president Viktor Yanukovych and fled to Russia during Ukraine’s 2014 revolution
The supermarket chain offers its employees benefits such as flexible hours and a profit sharing scheme
Put down that heavy leather tote and try this season’s fun styles in fresh new materials — even in the office
A new collection of villas offers a perfect base to explore a rural enclave often referred to as the ‘Cotswolds of Spain ’
Madrid says ‘everything remains on the table’ as it seeks to identify the cause of massive April 28 outage
Socialist premier suggests judges colluded with rightwing politicians to go after his wife and brother
Lisbon paused imports from its neighbour ‘as a precaution’ after catastrophic blackout on April 28
Opposition parties have questioned government’s commitment to wind and solar power
Widespread outage on the Iberian peninsula exposed vulnerabilities in telecoms
If governments want to decarbonise while maintaining public trust, they will need to invest in the right infrastructure
Botín has been going strong for 300 years — but can it avoid being a tourist trap?
‘They sold us the dream but the reality was much more different,’ said one employee
Spain’s blackout serves as a reminder of the fragility of power systems in the age of green energy
Electricity experts point to dangers of grid instability when renewables dominate output
Government will now have final say on deal that could make banks a force in Spanish loan market
Governments must invest in electricity resilience alongside the green transition
Opposition parties demand more transparency from government over collapse of country’s electricity system
PM Pedro Sánchez vows to hold energy companies to account as recriminations fly
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Many face night without electricity after train network, traffic lights and mobile connections shut down by mystery blackout
