YOUR FULL WHAT´S ON GUIDE OF LOCAL EVENTS: SEE INSIDE hires more staff at drug agency to prepare for Brexit

Madrid.—Spain posted 40 drugs across Europe, to leave comes after the European vacancies at its National London after Brexit. The agency initiated a business DrugAgency yesterday to re- health ministry plans to hire continuity plan earlier this inforce evaluation and 40 staff this year to reinforce month to deal with the un- monitoring of medicines the 493 employees who certainty and workload im- ahead of Britain’s exit from monitor medicines in Spain, plications linked to Britain’s the European Union which it said. More staff would also withdrawal from the EU. will likely lead to the - allow to better The pean regulator leaving Lon- compete as one of 19 Euro- will assess the European city don. pean cities that have lodged candidates to host the EMA The European Union wants official applications to host by September but the final Thursday, August 31 2017 the European Medicines the EMA, the ministry decision rests with EU lead- Agency (EMA), which is a added. ers who will try to reach a 1.10€ · Founded 1962 · N.16370· Passeig de Mallorca 9 A, Palma 07011 one-stop shop for approving Spain’s decision to boost consensus deal at their next and monitoring the safety of staff at a national level summit in October. PM challenges opposition to vote him out at Spanish graft hearing

PAIN´S prime minister cate time when he no longer has a cases on 52 occasions and two com- challenged lawmakers to majority in parliament. missions had been set up to look table a no confidence vote “You are a prime minister under into accusations. “Reforms count S in his government as he suspicion,” Socialist party spokes- more than reproaches in the fight answered questions over alleged il- woman Margarita Robles told the against corruption,” he said. legal financing of his conservative special session - though Rajoy him- Underlining his fragile position, People’s Party. de- self is not accused of wrongdoing. the special session was called by fended his record on fighting cor- Rajoy did not directly address the the opposition and Rajoy only ap- ruption during testy exchanges allegations about his party, saying peared after former political allies with lawmakers at the hearing yes- he had already given explanations joined with left-wing parties to de- Spanish PM in parliament yesterday. terday, called at a politically deli- to parliament related to corruption mand he answer questions.

Spanish archaeologists dig Revellers hurl up more civil war dead from mass tomatoes in graves rchaeologists in Spain have un- festival amid earthed more bod- A ies from mass graves dating back to the higher security 1936-1939 civil war and the ensuing dictatorship of Gen- eral , includ- in Spain ing some still wearing rotting leather boots. The digs in a local cemetery in Valladolid, central Spain, Madrid.—More than 20,000 revellers threw 160 ton- come amid renewed efforts nes of over-ripe tomatoes at each other in Spain yes- by volunteer associations and terday in an epic, annual food fight known as the “To- victim campaign groups to matina”. Amid higher security measures after the shed a light on the bloody recent Islamist attacks in Catalonia, partygoers from past and bring closure for Spain and abroad gathered for the messy battle in the relatives still searching for town of Bunol in eastern Spain, held every year on family members. the last Wednesday of August. Inside The battle of the over-ripe tomato. bGolf Comp. 5 b Beaches 7 b What’s On 8-9 b Weather 10 b World News 18-21