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Princess Leonor to start military training
law would continue to allow police to use rubber bullets. the two parties also objected that the law would still allow pushbacks of migrants at spain’s borders by security forces.
Bildu lawmaker Jon inarritu told spanish press his party voted against the proposed reform because it maintains “the repressive corpus of the previous ‘gag law’”.
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it seems difficult for the government to propose another reform of the security law and get it approved by parliament before a general election, which is expected in december.
“this reform would have been desirable,” government spokeswoman isabel rodriguez told a news conference following a weekly cabinet meeting. “it is a shame that a law that was expected by citizens could not be adopted,” she added.
thousands of spanish police officers protested in Madrid earlier this month against the planned to reform the security law. they were especially angered that under the proposed reform, the taking of photographs or making of recordings of police at demonstrations would no longer be classified as a serious offence.
spain’s crown Princess Leonor will begin three years of military training in september as she prepares to one day take the throne, the government has announced.King Felipe Vi’s oldest daughter, who turns 18 in october, will attend the spanish army’s General Military academy in the north-eastern city of Zaragoza during the 202324 academic year, defence Minister Margarita robles said.
the heir to the spanish throne will then spend a year at a navy school in the north-western region of Galicia and a year at an air force school in the south-eastern region of Murcia, the minister told a news conference.
the royal Palace believes she “must receive military training, as her father his majesty the king did, and as is done in other parliamentary monarchies,” robles said.
“in recent years we have made a significant effort to incorporate women
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“What are my options if I sell my house in the UK?” in the armed forces,” she added. if she follows in the footsteps of her father, she will attend university in spain once she finishes her military training and then complete a masters abroad.King Felipe studied law at Madrid’s complutense University then obtained a masters in international relations at Georgetown University in Washington. spain’s royal Palace said: “it is a widely observed and shared tradition in european parliamentary monarchies that future heads of state develop a miliary career.” it recalled in a statement that under spain’s constitution, Princess Leonor will become the head of the armed forces when she ascends the throne. the company said it plans to undertake “at least” 30 new projects in the United states between 2023 and 2025 in cities such as Boston, chicago, Los angeles and new York.the projects include enlargements of existing stores, opening new stores and relocations. online sales hit 7.8 billion euros, a 4.0 percent rise over the previous record set in 2021.the company said it plans to improve its online shopping experience by introducing tools such as a new size recommender and better search tools.
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Princess Leonor is expected to complete two years at the UWc atlantic college boarding school in Wales at the end of May, graduating with her international Baccalaureate.
“the excellent results of 2022 show the strength of our business model,” said inditex chief executive oscar Garcia Maceiras. inditex, like many other Western companies, closed shop in russia last year following the invasion of Ukraine and sweeping Western sanctions against Moscow.the group shut its 514 stores in russia, its second biggest market after spain.the shops were sold to emirati group daher, which has business interests in retail and real estate, in october.inditex said strong sales in other markets such as the United states - now its second largest market - as well as online made up for its exit from the russian market.
“We see significant long-term growth opportunities in the United states,” the company said.