Gustavo de Arístegui

 Possibly the funniest and most charming documentary of the year Gustavo Salmerón presented his directorial feature debut, Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle , in the documentary films competition of the 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. For his feature, Salmerón turned the camera towards his mother, as well as his family as a whole, whom he filmed for 14 years. The result of this lengthy filming process was 400 hours worth of material, which was then shaped into possibly the most charming and funniest documentary of the year. Indeed, the film is so funny that in his introduction to the movie of this interview, Salmerón calls it a “comedy” before mentioning the word “documentary.” In this interview, Salmerón talks in detail about the production, and what his mother’s reaction to this movie has been (“she doesn’t understand why this film has been selected for festivals,” he tells us). Salmerón also tells us about his background as an actor and why he decide...

Delhi- Make In India’ initiative presents the European country with an additional opportunity to strengthen its economic ties with India. Ambassador of Spain in India, Gustavo De Arístegui , took one step further and is of the view that they want to not only transfer tech, but develop it together. Spanish companies are pitching in sectors like infrastructure, transport and energy, areas in which Spain has proven prowess. Spanish investment in India has been over $1.3 billion. India’s total investment in Spain is valued at around 605 million euros. Seeking to give a strategic cast to bilateral ties, the two countries have inked a defense pact that entails, among other things, exchanging defense-related experience, information, encouraging visits of personnel, collaboration in the defense industry and other similar areas of cooperation. Gustavo de Aristegui Gustavo de Arístegui is excited and had done the planning very carefully. It is not only about transferring technology and buil...

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades told UN Member States on Friday that he is determined “to set the negotiation process” with Turkey “back on track”, on the basis of the UN framework and the agreement reached in 2019.  President Nicos Anastasiades of the Republic of Cyprus addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session. Cyprus has been divided for more than four decades, and leaders from its Greek and Turkish communities last met in 2019 at an UN-facilitated conference in Berlin.  He stressed that there is only one plan: to reach a settlement on the basis of a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation with political equality, as set out in relevant UN Security Council resolutions and in line with the principles on which the EU is founded.   “A settlement that will lead to a functional and viable State, without the obsolete System of Guarantees...

 Two decades after the 11 September terrorist attacks in New York, terror networks Al-Qaida and Islamic State – also known as Da’esh – continue to pose a grave threat to peace and security, adapting to new technologies and moving into some of the world’s most fragile regions, the top UN counter-terrorism official told the Security Council on Thursday.  A herder leads his livestock away from fighting between Iraqi forces and ISIL in southern Mosul, Iraq. UN counter-terrorism chief Vladimir Voronkov presented the Secretary-General’s latest report on the threats posed by terrorist groups, saying that Da’esh continues to exploit the disruption, grievances and development setbacks caused by the pandemic to regroup, recruit new followers and intensify its activities – both online and on the ground.     Ever-evolving threat   “Today, we face transnational terrorist threats like Da’esh and Al-Qaida ...

Delhi: Make in India initiative presents the European country with an additional opportunity to strengthen its economic ties with India. Ambassador of Spain in India, Gustavo de Aristegui , took one step further and is of the view that they want to not only transfer tech, but develop it together.    Gustavo de Arístegui | Gustavo Manuel de Arístegui y San Román Spanish companies are pitching in sectors like infrastructure, transport and energy, areas in which Spain has proven prowess. Spanish investment in India has been over $1.3 billion. India’s total investment in Spain is valued at around 605 million euros. Seeking to give a strategic cast to bilateral ties, the two countries have inked defense pact that entails, among other things, exchanging defence-related experience, information, encouraging visits of personnel, collaboration in the defence industry and other similar areas of cooperation. Gustavode Arístegui is excited and had done the planning very carefully. It i...

He served in the European Division, in the Africa and Middle East Division as Deputy Head of Middle East Affairs in the time of the first Gulf War (1990-91), as Deputy Chief of Mission of the Spanish Embassy to Libya (1991-1993) where he was Charge D’Affaires (Acting Ambassador) for well over a year, and as Deputy Chief of Mission of the Spanish Embassy to Jordan (1993-96).   Gustavo de Aristegui | Gustavo Manuel de Arístegui y San Román    The lecture "TERRORISM AS A SECURITY CHALLENGE FOR THE EU" was organized in cooperation with the Asociación Popular Española de Bélgica and took place in the European Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation (KAS) on March 19th 2007. It featured Mr. Gustavo Arístegui - Member of the Spanish Parliament and spokesman in the Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Commission for the Partido Popular- who presented his view on the topic. Mr. Arístegui is the author of the books El islamismo contra el Islam, published in 2004, and La yihad en Españ...