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Pedro Sánchez and Pablo Iglesias reach pre-agreement for coalition government

News Desk12th November 201915th March 2021

12th November 201915th March 20212712

Acting Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE) and Pablo Iglesias, leader of Podemos, have reached a pre-agreement to form a coalition government in Spain, following...

Police start to clear AP-7, as protestors call to block Basque border route

News Desk12th November 201918th November 2019

12th November 201918th November 20192899

Early on Tuesday morning, French police used pepper spray to start removing protestors who had been blocking the AP-7 motorway at the French border, after the...

Oriol Junqueras should be allowed to be MEP, states EU Advocate General

News Desk12th November 201918th November 2019

12th November 201918th November 20192755

Oriol Junqueras should have been allowed to take up his position as an MEP, according to the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of...

Lluís Llach performs on stage on AP-7 motorway, blocked at French border

News Desk11th November 201915th November 2019

11th November 201915th November 20193132

The AP-7 motorway at the border with France remains blocked in both directions after the Tsunami Democràtic group of Catalan activists occupied the road near La...

Albert Rivera resigns as leader of Cs, and quits politics

News Desk11th November 201914th November 2019

11th November 201914th November 20192792

Albert Rivera resigned as leader of Spain’s Ciudadanos (Cs) party on Monday, following the disastrous results for the party in Sunday’s general election. He has also...

Tsunami Democràtic block AP-7 motorway at French border

News Desk11th November 201912th November 2019

11th November 201912th November 20192894

The Catalan pro-independence protest group Tsunami Democràtic has blocked the AP-7 motorway near the French border. It forms part of their protest aimed to ‘call...

Final results: PSOE win, far-right Vox 3rd largest party, Cs party decimated

News Desk10th November 201910th October 2022

10th November 201910th October 20223416

The Socialists (PSOE) led by Pedro Sánchez won Spain’s fourth General Election in four years on Sunday, winning 120 seats (compared to 123 won in the April election), but...

EU Commission answers questions regarding Josep Borrell tweet

News Desk9th November 201912th November 2019

9th November 201912th November 20193488

The European Commission had to respond to questions on Friday regarding its next High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the current acting Spanish Foreign...

The far-right and Catalonia mark the end of the election campaign

News Desk9th November 201912th November 2019

9th November 201912th November 20192598

Spanish political parties concluded a short but intensive campaign on Friday in preparation for the country’s general election on Sunday 10 November – the fourth...

Catalan president denies any link to activists held on terrorism charges

News Desk8th November 201911th November 2019

8th November 201911th November 20192002

Catalan president Quim Torra has denied ‘any link’ with detained activists held on terrorism charges and who have implicated him in testimonies regarding a plan...

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