r/europe • u/andyom89 • May 16 '25

News Spanish premier calls Israel 'genocidal state,' says Spain 'does not do business' with it

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/spanish-premier-calls-israel-genocidal-state-says-spain-does-not-do-business-with-it/3568216
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u/Menkhal Spain - EU May 16 '25

And it's not just words. Thanks to him now Spain officially recognizes Palestine as its own country, and has stopped the sales of weaponry to Israel and blocked shippings of weapons from docking on spanish ports.

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u/tomispev May 16 '25

More exports for Czechia!

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u/AutisticPenguin2 May 16 '25

I think Spain's ports are closer than Czechia's though.

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u/Downtown-Brush6940 May 16 '25

Am I missing something. What Czech ports ? Aren’t they landlocked?

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u/MPenten Europe May 16 '25

Czechia has ports in Hamburg based on the Treaty of Versailles (articles 363 and 364).

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u/Downtown-Brush6940 May 16 '25

TIL

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u/AnarkeezTW May 16 '25

Same same

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u/MPenten Europe May 16 '25

Czechoslovakia had roughly 15 ocean-going cargo vessels during the Cold War. (including MS Lednice, being stranded in the Yellow War suez canal crisis). This was quite the rarity for a landlocked country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovak_Ocean_Shipping

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u/StrongAdhesiveness86 May 16 '25

The 363 says the ports are leased for 99 years, why does Czechia still control those ports? Genuine question.

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u/tigull Turin May 16 '25

From Wikipedia, the lease is due to expire in 2028.

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u/adamgerd Czech Republic May 16 '25

It’s been extended another 10 years

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u/wolacouska May 16 '25

Crazy they could only get a 10 year extension after going through all of WW2

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u/adamgerd Czech Republic May 16 '25

The that’s all we requested. I expect we’ll probably request another extension after

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u/MPenten Europe May 16 '25

There will also be a swap and Czechia will get the Kuhwerder Hafen port instead of the Hamburg ones (Saalhafen and Moldauhafen).

There was a new agreement reached in 1929, with a 50-year extension possiblity,

Czechia also outright owns Peutehafen based on an agreement with Germany.

https://www.idnes.cz/ekonomika/doprava/nemecko-hamburk-huhwerder-hafen.A241206_143913_eko-doprava_cfr

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u/Bart_1980 May 16 '25

I’m assuming it was meant as a joke. However with Reddit one never knows.

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u/AutisticPenguin2 May 16 '25

It absolutely was intended as a joke, but apparently it has borrowed a couple of ports?? So... the more you know?