Mexico demands apology from Spain for colonial ‘abuses’
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has written to Spain’s King Felipe VI and Pope Francis demanding an apology for the ‘abuses’ of colonialism and the...
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Trial begins of Catholic school sex abuse
The trial has started in Barcelona of a Catholic school’s former gym teacher accused of sexually assaulting students, as further allegations of abuse shake the...
A million march in London to demand ‘people’s vote’
Organisers estimated a million opponents of Britain’s departure from the European Union joined the Put it to the People March in London on Saturday, as the...
Franco’s remains to be exhumed in June
Spain has said that the remains of the late dictator Francisco Franco will be moved from the opulent Valley of the Fallen mausoleum to a state-run pantheon...
UK Parliament rejects Theresa May’s Brexit deal – again
The UK Parliament has overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May‘s Brexit deal for a second time, just 17 days before it is due to split from the...
48 hours to remove ‘esteladas’ and yellow ribbons from public buildings
Spain’s electoral authority has ordered Catalan president Quim Torra to remove all independence flags and yellow ribbons from public buildings within 48 hours. Following a...
Madrid train bombings remembered, 15 years on
Monday was the 15th anniversary of the Madrid train bombings, the deadliest terror attack in the history of Spain, in which Al Qaeda terrorists attacked...
Carles Puigdemont to run in European election
Carles Puigdemont, former Catalan president, is to run for election as an MEP in the 26 May European Parliament election. Puigdemont will head the pro-independence...
Barcelona files complaints against ‘feminazi’ bus
Barcelona City Council has filed two complaints against the ultra-conservative catholic Hazte Oír (Make Yourself Heard) association, that could incur fines of up to 61,000 euros. They...
Junqueras chosen as EFA candidate to head EU Commission
Former Catalan vice president, Oriol Junqueras, one of the pro-independence leaders now on trial in Spain’s Supreme Court, has been chosen by the European Free...
