News Desk, Author at Spain in English

Protests against amnesty turn ugly as police use tear gas and smoke canisters

News Desk7th November 202313th November 2023

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Three people were arrested late on Monday in Madrid in an on-going protest against negotiations between Spain’s acting government and Catalan pro-independence parties over a

Spanish judge now wants to question Puigdemont as part of terrorism investigation

News Desk6th November 202314th November 2023

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A judge at Spain’s National Court now wants to question former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont as part of a terrorism investigation into the activities of the Tsunami

32,000 migrants have reached the Canary Islands this year, a new record

News Desk6th November 202313th November 2023

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A record number of migrants – 32,000 – have managed to make the treacherous boat journey on the Atlantic Ocean to the Canary Islands this year,

Spain’s opposition parties condemn amnesty plan, as protests against PSOE increase

News Desk6th November 202313th November 2023

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Spain’s right-wing and far-right opposition parties, as well as members of the country’s judiciary, have stepped up criticism of acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s plans

Puigdemont keeps Sánchez waiting on investiture deal

News Desk5th November 20239th November 2023

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The bid by Spain’s acting socialist (PSOE) Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, to form a new government needs the backing of the former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, who

Winds from Storm Ciarán stoke a wildfire in Valencia, with 850 evacuated

News Desk3rd November 20236th November 2023

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A wildfire stoked by storm winds in the Valencia region has burned some 2,000 hectares of land and forced the evacuation of over 850 people from

Woman dies in Madrid from fallen tree, as Storm Ciarán sweeps across Western Europe

News Desk2nd November 20239th November 2023

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With Storm Ciarán sweeping across Western Europe and battering parts of Spain with heavy rains and gale force winds of up to 150kmh, emergency services in

PSOE preparing draft Catalan amnesty bill ahead of Sánchez investiture vote

News Desk1st November 20237th November 2023

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Spain’s acting Prime Minister, socialist (PSOE) Pedro Sánchez, and the Catalan president, Pere Aragonès of the pro-independence Esquerra Republicana (ERC) party, have agreed on the terms of a

Sitges News

Sitges ‘Children’s Clothes Exchange Market’, as part of EU waste prevention week

News Desk1st November 20231st November 2023

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Sitges is organising a Children’s Clothes Exchange Market as part of the European Waste Prevention Week. The Mercat Drapaire event will take place on Sunday

Sitges News

Third ‘Vila del Llibre’ literary festival takes place in and around Mercat Vell

News Desk1st November 20231st November 2023

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The third edition of the Sitges, Vila del Llibre literary festival is being held over this weekend, from 3-5 November, in and around the Mercat Vell. The first

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