Day: December 22, 2015

Hated Morocco tariff agreement partially overturned

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A 2011 EU trade agreement with Morocco which lifted import restrictions upon foodstuffs from that country has been partially overturned by the EU Supreme Court after local farmers contested the treaty in court. Almería’s farming union COAG had filed the complaint after realising that one of the included areas of Morocco able to produce fruit and vegetables for EU consumption was the Western Sahara area. This area, abandoned by Spain in 1975 and claimed by Continue reading Hated Morocco tariff agreement partially overturned→

Goldman convicted of fraud and Spanish press wring hands over conviction

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Costa wealth pundit “Sir” Nigel Goldman has been found guilty of two counts of fraud in a UK court and is to be sentenced in January, causing soul searching from Spanish columnists who are comparing the rapid UK conviction with the stalled Spanish investigation which has yet to get going. “Sir” Nigel, as he styled himself with no apparent reason to, was previously well known for his columns in the “Euro Weekly News” and his Continue reading Goldman convicted of fraud and Spanish press wring hands over conviction→