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Jailed Catalan leaders can apply for privileges only after serving quarter of sentences

News Desk11th December 201916th December 2019

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A provisional decision was made on Wednesday to categorise the nine jailed Catalan leaders as ‘Medium’ inmates, meaning the prisoners will be able to apply for certain privileges

PSOE and ERC meet for 3rd time – one month after election

News Desk10th December 201913th December 2019

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Negotiations to form a new Spanish government have seen another inconclusive meeting between the Socialists (PSOE) party and the Catalan pro-independence Esquerra Republicana (ERC) party

Greta Thunberg joins climate protestors in Madrid

News Desk7th December 201912th December 2019

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Greta Thunberg, the 16 year old Swedish climate activist, joined thousands of protestors in Madrid on Friday to demand urgent action on climate change from

British hiker resuscitated in Catalonia after 6-hour cardiac arrest

News Desk5th December 201912th December 2019

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A British hiker has been resuscitated in Catalonia after suffering a six hour cardiac arrest, one of the longest ever recorded according to health officials.

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COP25 focus: travel and tourism must transform to survive and thrive

News Desk4th December 201916th February 2021

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The travel and tourism sector, with its significant economic and social benefits, has no choice but to transform to survive and thrive in the face of climate

NATO’s 70th anniversary overshadowed by rows and ‘brain dead’ strategy

News Desk4th December 201912th December 2019

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NATO leaders met in different groups in London on Tuesday before having dinner with The Queen at Buckingham Palace in a 70th anniversary show of unity –

Spanish Parliament reconvenes, yet still no government

News Desk3rd December 201911th December 2019

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The Spanish Parliament reconvened on Tuesday, with MPs who won seats in the general election of 10 November taking the oath – yet still without a majority

UN Climate Change Conference (COP 25) kicks off in Madrid

News Desk2nd December 201910th December 2019

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This year’s UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP25, started in Madrid on Monday. The Spanish government offered to host the event after its original host Chile

Two arrests so far as details of ‘narco-sub’ in Galicia emerge

News Desk28th November 201916th March 2023

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Further details have emerged of the ‘narco-sub’ intercepted by police off the northwestern region of Galicia in Spain – and reportedly carrying around 3,500kg of cocaine worth

Constitutional Court finally rejects Junqueras appeal, yet not unanimously

News Desk28th November 20194th December 2019

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The Spanish Constitutional Court has finally rejected the appeal from the jailed former Catalan vice president Oriol Junqueras, against the pre-trial and pre-verdict detention that he underwent from November

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