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July 7th, Durban (South Africa), the octopus Paul predicts that Spain is about to win in match with Germany and, for the first time, achieve the final game at a World Cup of FIFA. Is not only Paul that is predicting about the match – Queen Sofía, very optimistic, also predicted that the Spanish team would win, a very simple “Vamos a ganar”. In fact, Spain won by a goal … Continue reading
Posted in Spain | Tagged Audience, Felipe VI of Spain, FIFA, Football, Infanta Elena Duchess of Lugo, Infanta Sofía of Spain, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Queen Letizia of Spain, Queen Sofia of Spain, South Africa, The Princess of Asturias | Leave a commentNo to Terrorism!
On June 27th, for the very first time in the Congress of the Deputies, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía presided over a ceremony in remembrance and tribute to the victims of terrorism. The reason of this date? On this same day, in 1960, the terrorist group ETA killed someone for the first time, a 22 month old baby, Begoña Urroz Ibarrola. So, after last March 11th, for the 6th … Continue reading
Posted in Spain | Tagged Anniversary, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Queen Sofia of Spain, Terrorism | 2 CommentsRoyals Support Their National Teams at the World Cup In South Africa
Last Saturday the World Cup Soccer has started in South Africa. Five monarchies are participating in the tournament: Denmark, England, Japan, The Netherlands and Spain. Royals from most of these countries wasted no opportunity to travel to South Africa to support their national teams. On Monday Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and the Prince of Orange attended the match between Denmark and the Netherlands in Johannesburg. Both princes were seated … Continue reading
Posted in Denmark, Spain, The Netherlands, The United Kingdom | Tagged Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, Felipe VI of Spain, FIFA, Football, King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands, Prince Harry of Wales, Queen Letizia of Spain, South Africa, Sport, The Duke of Cambridge | Leave a commentArchaeological Team, 2010 Prince of Asturias Award
The archaeological team who discovered the Terracotta Army has been laureate with the 2010 Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences. The Jury for the Award, which announced its decision today in Oviedo, believes this archeological project is a multidisciplinary research project which allows studying an important period of formation of the Chinese Empire. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qinshihuang in Xi’an, is part of the mausoleum of Emperor … Continue reading
Posted in Spain | Tagged Princess of Asturias Awards, Science, Terracotta Army | Leave a commentRichard Serra, 2010 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts
Today is the day when the 2010 Prince of Asturias Awards, annually granted by the Prince of Asturias Foundation, will gradually made public. First of them has been the award for the Arts which it has been bestowed to the American sculptor Richard Serra. The Jury has decided to confer the 2010 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts on the American sculptor Richard Serra for his “audacity in structuring” … Continue reading
Posted in Spain | Tagged Princess of Asturias Awards, The Arts | Leave a commentKing Juan Carlos Leaves Hospital
It was yesterday when the King of Spain left the hospital to continuing his recovery at home three days after the lung surgery. At the outside of Barcelona Clinic hospital, looking relaxed the king had a short meeting with the press where he said he is in good form and thanked the doctors and nurses who treated him. King Juan Carlos also had praised words to the Spain’s public health … Continue reading
Posted in Spain | Tagged Health, Hospital, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Surgery | 2 CommentsKing Juan Carlos received Family visit
Since his admission in the Clinic Hospital of Barcelona last Saturday for a lung surgery, King Juan Carlos is receiving numbers of family visits and also institutional visits. The Prince of Asturias arrived yesterday from San Jose (Costa Rica), where he attended the Presidential Inauguration of Laura Chinchilla, and joined Princess Letizia to visit his father. At the end of the visit they had an informal meeting with the press … Continue reading
Posted in Spain | Tagged Felipe VI of Spain, Health, Hospital, Infanta Cristina of Spain, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Queen Letizia of Spain, Queen Sofia of Spain, Surgery | Leave a commentKing Juan Carlos undergoes Lung Surgery
Early in the morning, the official site of the Spanish royal house informed that His Majesty King Juan Carlos of Spain was under a surgery to remove a small growth that was located at right lung. The surgery was scheduled and because of that the King was admitted in a Barcelona Hospital yesterday night. On April 26-27 King Juan Carlos underwent a routine checkup where the nodule was found. In … Continue reading
Posted in Spain | Tagged Health, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Surgery | 1 CommentMicrocredit in Kenya – Cooperation Aid in Ethiopia
Early this week, Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain travelled to Nairobi, Kenya to attend the Africa-Middle East Regional Microcredit Summit, an international meeting organized by the Microcredit Summit Campaign which took place from April 7th to 10th. More than 2,000 people from 40 countries worldwide were present at the meeting, whose main goal is to spread the use of the microfinance in order to eradicate poverty, especially in Africa … Continue reading
Posted in Spain | Tagged Audience, Co-Operation Trip, Ethiopia, Health, Kenya, Microcredit, President Kibaki of Kenya, President Wolde-Giorgis of Ethiopia, Queen Sofia of Spain | Leave a commentLetizia: One Day in Berlin to Support Research on Rare Diseases
The news today should be that the Princess of Asturias attended as guest of honour, upon invitation of Eva Luise Koehler First Lady of Germany, the presentation ceremony of the third edition of the Prize Eve Louise Köhler of Research on Rare Diseases, an issue (rare diseases) which the Princess is quite involved in. But it isn’t. The great news is that Letizia is for the first time travelling alone; … Continue reading
Posted in Spain | Tagged Awards, Germany, Health, Official Visit, Queen Letizia of Spain | Leave a commentInfanta Cristina opens Spanish Exhibition in Washington
Yesterday Infanta Cristina of Spain officially opened the exhibition “The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture, 1600-1700” at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. The exhibition is presented on the occasion of the Spanish Presidency of the European Union and it’s organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the London National Gallery, with the support of the Spanish Minitery of Culture and the USA-Spain Foundation. … Continue reading
Posted in Spain | Tagged Culture, Exhibition, Infanta Cristina of Spain, United States of America | Leave a commentHow the Royals Spent the First Week of Vancouver 2010
A number of royals are currently in Vancouver, Canada for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Those who are members of the International Olympic Committee had already been out and about in Vancouver before the Games started. Here is how they all spent the first week of the Games. Friday February 12th – Opening Ceremony Royals are a regular fixture at opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games, beginning their support of … Continue reading
Posted in Denmark, Germany, Greece, Monaco, Norway, Spain, The Netherlands, The United Kingdom | Tagged Albert II of Monaco, Constantine II of Greece, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Infanta Pilar Duchess of Badajoz, International Olympic Committee, King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands, Olympic Games, Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Princess Charlène of Monaco, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, Sport, The Princess Royal, Vancouver 2010 | 2 CommentsKing Juan Carlos meets President Obama
On Wednesday, His Majesty the King of Spain travelled to attend a private meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House. President Obama hosted a lunch in honour of King Juan Carlos that was attended by the State Secretary Hillary Clinton, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Angel Moratinos, US National Security Advisor General James L. Jones and the Head of the Household of His Majesty, Alberto Aza. According … Continue reading
Posted in Spain | Tagged Bilateral Relations, Juan Carlos I of Spain, President Obama of the United States, United States of America, Working Visit | Leave a commentKing Juan Carlos Pays an Official Visit to Lebanon
Following an official visit by the President of Lebanon to Spain in October 2009, this week King Juan Carlos arrived at Rafik Hariri’s Beirut International Airport to start a two-day visit to Lebanon. The King, accompanied by the Spanish Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence, was welcomed by H.E. the President of Lebanon, Michel Suleiman. King Juan Carlos and President Suleiman went to the Baabda Presidential Palace in order to … Continue reading
Posted in Spain | Tagged Bilateral Relations, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Lebanon, Military, Official Visit, President Suleiman of Lebanon | Leave a commentConcert in Memory of Queen Victoria Eugenia
Yesterday, Queen Sofia of Spain, accompanied by the Prince of Asturias, attended a tribute concert in memory of the late Queen of Spain, H.M. Queen Victoria Eugenia, mostly know as Queen Ena, nee Princess Victoria Eugénie of Battenberg. The concert was held by the British Hispanic Foundation on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the death of Queen Ena. This foundation is a non-profit, private and cultural foundation, founded … Continue reading
Posted in Spain | Tagged Anniversary, Concert, Death, Felipe VI of Spain, Infanta Margarita Duchess of Hernani and Soria, Queen Sofia of Spain, Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg | Leave a commentPrincess Letizia returns to her Old School
Two days ago, on January 28, the Princess of Asturias returned to the Ramiro de Maetzu School, where she studied a bachelor, to commemorate its 70th anniversary. After a short visit through the school facilities, the Princess watched a musical show performed by the school’s orchestra. Letizia unveiled a commemorative plaque and signed the honour book on the occasion. During the visit, she had the opportunity to meet with some … Continue reading
Posted in Spain | Tagged Education, Queen Letizia of Spain | Leave a commentInfanta Cristina Visits Guttmann Institute
Although Infanta Cristina currently lives in Washintong D.C.,where she and her family moved after the summer, she returns from time to time to Spain in order to attend her official engagements related to the Spanish Crown. On January 27, Cristina was in Barcelona to visit the Guttmann Institute. This institute is a neuro-rehabilitation hospital that was the first in Spain dedicated to the treatment of patients suffering of paraplegia or … Continue reading
Posted in Spain | Tagged Health, Hospital, Infanta Cristina of Spain | Leave a commentKing Abdullah in Spain, then to attend WEF
His Majesty King Abdullah is scheduled to visit Spain today and meet with Spain’s King Juan Carlos, as well as with Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. King Abdullah is to hold talks on developments in the Middle East and efforts to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. King Abdullah will then leave for Switzerland, where he and Queen Rania will participate in the annual World Ecomonic Forum in Davos.
Posted in Jordan, Spain | Tagged Abdullah II of Jordan, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Spain, Switzerland, Working Visit, World Economic Forum | Leave a commentSpanish millionaire leaves fortune to Felipe and Letizia
We could say that the Prince and Princess of Asturias are quite fortunate. Not only because they are royals (which sometimes can be an advantage), and because they love their work and their family, but also because they are quite wealthy. Now, that wealth might get even greater as a Spanish tycoon, Juan Ignacio Balada Llabrés, who died last year, left his fortune which is valued in almost 30 million … Continue reading
Posted in Spain | Tagged Felipe VI of Spain, Finances, Inheritance, Queen Letizia of Spain | 1 CommentFirst Award Named Princess of Asturias
The Spanish National Council for Sports, who annually organise the National Sports Awards, announced today that this year’s edition will have a new addition, the Princess of Asturias Prize, which will be awarded to the most outstanding sportsmen or sportswoman with less than 18 years of age of the past year. The Award’s principal intention is to reward the more outstanding Spanish sportsman, sportswoman, associations and sports institutions of the … Continue reading
Posted in Spain | Tagged Awards, Queen Letizia of Spain, Sport | 1 Comment