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Possible Iran link, after Spanish right-wing politician shot in the face in Madrid

News Desk9th November 202314th November 2023

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Update: Spanish police are investigating a possible Iran link after the Spanish right-wing former politician, Alejandro Vidal-Quadras, was shot in the face on a central Madrid street

The PSOE and Junts sign a pact that will guarantee investiture of Pedro Sánchez

News Desk9th November 202314th November 2023

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Spain’s PSOE socialist party has signed a controversial pact with the Catalan pro-independence Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) party that will enable acting Prime Minister Pedro

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Classic vehicles return to the Autòdrom Terramar to mark its centenary

News Desk7th November 20237th November 2023

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On 28 October 1923, the Autòdrom Terramar racetrack was inaugurated in the municipal area of Sant Pere de Ribes. It was the last missing piece

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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