Netflix wars at Berlinale as lesbian drama premieres
The first Netflix movie in competition at the Berlin film festival, telling the extraordinary true story of a gay marriage in Spain a century ago,...
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Trial focus: Spanish judiciary also on defensive
As 12 Catalan independence leaders prepare to go on trial in Madrid, Spain has been forced to defend the independence and impartiality of its courts....
Trial focus: ‘popular prosecution has no equivalent elsewhere in EU’
Far-right Spanish party Vox is on track to get a global soapbox as it takes part in the much-hyped trial of Catalan pro-independence leaders as...
Catalan trial focus: ‘In the end, they are judging all of us’
With vigils and concerts outside prisons, Catalan independence supporters for months have shown their backing for 12 leaders who go on trial on Tuesday over...
Women join ‘rock star’ male world of ham-cutting
In Spain, cutting ‘jamon’ is a fully-fledged job that brings prestige and money, a man’s world which women are only just starting to take on....
Suspect Polish beef destroyed as scare spreads
Several EU countries have seized and destroyed suspect beef from a Polish slaughterhouse where allegedly sick cows were butchered, as French authorities said some of...
Spain rescues three men from boat loaded with drugs
Spain’s maritime rescue plucked three men from a boat loaded with three tonnes of cannabis resin which had run into trouble in choppy waters, officials...
King of Spain visits Iraq, first in 40 years
Spain’s King Felipe VI has arrived in Iraq for the first visit there by a Spanish monarch in four decades. The king, whose country is...
Unemployment drops in Spain, yet still at 3.3m
Spain’s unemployment rate dropped in 2018 as the country’s services sector, which includes all-important tourism, generated more jobs, official figures showed Tuesday. At the end...
EU fights US import duties on Spanish olives
The European Union on Monday said it would launch proceedings at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against US import duties on Spanish olives. ‘Tomorrow, we...
