Bob James’ Spanish News Headlines – Visual format – Dateline: 17/04/25 – Latest
Finance ministers from Spain and Lithuania plan to challenge Ireland’s Paschal Donohoe’s attempt to secure a third term as the leader of the powerful group of eurozone countries.
Carlos Cuerpo and his counterpart are gauging support among their peers ahead of a secret vote that will likely take place in July.
With three months to go, political plotting is underway to end Irish Finance Minister Donohoe’s five-year stint as the head of the Eurogroup, a club of 20 eurozone ministers who meet every month, usually in Brussels, to coordinate economic policy.
The presidential role has considerable clout as it chairs the meetings, steers the agenda and is part of international gatherings such as the G7 and G20.
After more than two decades without significant advances, Europe has given the green light to Leqembi the first drug that promises to slow deterioration from Alzheimer’s disease.
The European Commission’s decision, based on a new positive report from the European Medicines Agency, allows the first phase of the drug’s financing in Spain.
Lequembi is not a cure for Alzheimer’s, but it is capable of slowing cognitive decline in patients in the early stages of the disease.
A 75-year-old woman injured in a brown bear attack while walking in her home village in Asturias has been awarded €83,000 in compensation.
The region’s top court ruled that the Principality of Asturias was liable, after a prolonged legal dispute. The case has also reignited discussions around the risks of increasing bear populations in rural areas.
Back in May 2021, Carmen Suárez was walking along a village road when a brown bear appeared without warning. The animal struck her, causing a broken hip and serious injuries to her face.
Brown bears were once rare in the Cantabrian mountains. But conservation efforts have reversed their decline. From an estimated 50–80 in the 1990s, today there are believed to be around 370 across the region.
Bukayo Saka scored a goal and missed a penalty as Arsenal beat Real Madrid to reach the Champions League semi-finals last night.
Going into the match, Arsenal had a 3-0 head start after they won the first quarter-final tie last week.
But no-one was ruling out a comeback by Real Madrid, the 15-time winners, before this second round.
But, in the end, Arsenal scored two goals to seal the deal and put Madrid out.
Real scored one of their own but it wasn’t nearly enough as the Gunners won the tie 5-1 on aggregate.
Arsenal will play Paris Saint Germain next, after the French team beat Aston Villa earlier in the week.
That’s the latest from TRE, I’m Bob James.
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