Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Announces Government Reshuffle sputniknews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sputniknews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Bullets in the mail: death threat sent to another candidate in Madrid election Reuters 2 hrs ago
MADRID, April 28 (Reuters) - Spanish postal workers intercepted a death threat letter with two bullets enclosed that was mailed to the conservative head of the Madrid region, the Interior Ministry said late on Tuesday, just days after her hard-left rival in an election for the regional assembly received a similar threat.
The ministry said the threat against regional chief Isabel Diaz Ayuso was discovered in a mail processing hub in Catalonia. Another letter, also containing bullets, was sent to the chief of the Guardia Civil police, the ministry s statement said.
Spanish postal workers intercepted a death threat letter with two bullets enclosed that was mailed to the conservative head of the Madrid region, the Interior Ministry said late on Tuesday, just days after her hard-left rival in an election for the regional assembly received a similar threat.
The ministry said the threat against regional chief
Isabel Diaz Ayuso was discovered in a mail processing hub in Catalonia. Another letter, also containing bullets, was sent to the chief of the Guardia Civil police, the ministry s statement said.
Election frontrunner Ayuso played down
the threat, telling the 13 TV channel on Tuesday night: These things must be faced with the importance they have: none .
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Spanish PM appoints new health minister amid worsening pandemic
01/26/2021 | 12:56pm EDT
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MADRID, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro
Sanchez appointed Regional Policy Minister Carolina Darias as
the new health minister on Tuesday after her predecessor
resigned to run in an election in a move criticised by the
opposition amid rising COVID-19 infections.
In her previous job, the 55-year-old lawyer-turned-
politician from the Canary Islands has helped coordinate Spain s
response to the pandemic, overseeing weekly meetings of regional
health chiefs.
Former health minister Salvador Illa, who like Darias is
from Sanchez s Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), stepped