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Catalan police fail to detain Puigdemont, despite him giving public speech in Barcelona

News Desk8th August 202413th August 2024

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The Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, are under the spotlight after failing to detain former Catalan president and fugitive Carles Puigdemont, who made a pre-announced return...

Spain’s Rodri and Morata banned for singing ‘Gibraltar is Spanish’ at Euro celebrations

News Desk7th August 202416th August 2024

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Spanish internationals Rodri and Alvaro Morata were banned on Wednesday for Spain’s first match as the new European football champions, after singing about a sovereignty...

Puigdemont announces ‘return journey from exile’ for Catalan investiture debate

News Desk7th August 202410th August 2024

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Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has announced that he is taking his ‘return journey from exile’ in order to attend the investiture debate taking place...

Messi’s mansion in Ibiza targeted by climate activists

News Desk6th August 202414th August 2024

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Climate activists on Tuesday spray-painted a mansion on the island of Ibiza belonging to Argentina football star Lionel Messi to highlight what they called the...

Guardia Civil investigate five youths over ‘deepfake’ pornography of underage girls

News Desk5th August 202412th August 2024

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Spain’s Guardia Civil police said on Monday that they were investigating five youths suspected of using Artifical Intelligence (AI) to generate hyper-realistic nude images of 20...

Alcaraz has to settle for Olympic silver, after losing to Djokovic in epic final

News Desk4th August 20249th August 2024

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Novak Djokovic, aged 37, finally won an Olympic gold medal for Serbia on Sunday, the last significant accomplishment missing from his glittering resume, after beating Spaniard Carlos...

Pro-independence ERC party backs socialists to form government in Catalonia

News Desk3rd August 20247th August 2024

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The Catalan pro-independence party Esquerra Republicana (ERC) agreed on Friday to support efforts by Spain’s socialists (PSOE) – and specifically the Catalan Socialists (PSC) –...

Spanish reporter freed as part of prisoner swap between Russia & western nations

News Desk2nd August 20248th August 2024

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A Spanish reporter of Russian origin held in Poland suspected of spying for Moscow is among 26 prisoners released on Thursday in Ankara in a...

Sánchez invokes his right not to testify in wife’s corruption probe, and files complaint against judge

News Desk30th July 20247th August 2024

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez invoked his right not to testify before a judge who went to his official residence in Madrid, Moncloa, for a scheduled...

Spain urges ‘total transparency’ in vote count after Venezuela election

News Desk29th July 20246th August 2024

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Spain’s Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares called on Monday for Venezuela to ensure ‘total transparency’ in the vote count after President Nicolás Maduro was re-elected in...

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