Spain

King Felipe holds audience with President Luis Abinader of the Dominican Republic

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26th April 2021
This week, King Felipe carried out a series of engagements related to the 27th Annual Iberoamerican Heads of State and Government Conference, which took place on 21 April in Andorra. For 2021-22, the Dominican Republic has assumed the Presidency of the Iberoamerican Conference. The King received President Abinader of the Dominican Republic at the official guest house of the Spanish government…
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King Felipe praises the power of Spanish language

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7th October 2020
King Felipe has affirmed his belief in the power of the Spanish language at the annual meeting of the board of the Cervantes Institute. In his speech at the meeting on October 6th 2020, the King said that “Spanish is an undoubted cultural and economic engine, not only because of its potential as a learning language in the world, but also because of the values ​​that it embodies and…
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King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain end their tour urging unity

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31st July 2020
The King of Spain has called for unity and solidarity across the country as his tour of different regions comes to an end. Speaking in Asturias, the principality held by the heir to the Spanish throne, King Felipe urged everyone in Spain to come together as the coronavirus pandemic continues. Felipe VI, along with Queen Letizia, has spent the past month visiting every region of Spain to show…
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Spain's Royal Family attends memorial service for COVID-19 victims

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7th July 2020
The Spanish Royal Family have attended a memorial service for Spain’s victims of coronavirus at the Cathedral Santa María la Real de la Almudena in Madrid. King Felipe, Queen Letizia, Princess Leonor, and Infanta Sofía attended the service on the evening of July 6th 2020 alongside other Spanish dignitaries in honour of the 28,385 people who have died of COVID-19 in the country. The…
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