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Sánchez a ‘felon, illegitimate, traitor’ for Catalan ‘rapporteur’

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7th February 201910th February 20192917

Spain’s prime minister has been called a ‘felon,’ ‘illegitimate’, ‘traitor’ and ‘compulsive liar’ by the opposition head Pablo Casado after the government’s concession to Catalan pro-independence parties....

Right and far-right to jointly protest against Sánchez

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies6th February 20198th February 2019

6th February 20198th February 20192378

Accusing him of ‘high treason’, Spain’s right-wing and far-right parties have said they will protest together for the first time against Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez...

656 municipalities ordered to remove Franco symbols

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies6th February 201910th February 2019

6th February 201910th February 20194022

Spain’s justice ministry has ordered more than 600 municipalities across the country to remove symbols honouring the dictatorship of Francisco Franco which are still on display...

Spain breaks up jihadi prison recruiting network

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies5th February 20199th February 2019

5th February 20199th February 20191977

Spain has broken up a jihadist group which was trying to radicalise prisoners to carry out attacks when they left jail. Eight inmates were arrested,...

Italian mafia arrests on Costa del Sol

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Spain’s Guardia Civil police have broken up a violent branch of Italy’s Camorra crime group, which they believe stole hashish from rival drug traffickers in...

Spain, UK now also recognise Guaido as Venezuela leader

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Spain, Britain and France, alongside other EU nations, have now also recognised Venezuela’s opposition chief Juan Guaido as the country’s interim leader, after President Nicolas Maduro defiantly rejected an...

Maduro rejects European ultimatum on elections

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4th February 20195th February 20192292

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro rejected Sunday an ultimatum by European countries to call snap elections after opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself the Latin American...

Quim Torra: ‘they have not committed any crimes’

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies1st February 20194th February 2019

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A dozen Catalan pro-independence leaders will go on trial on 12 February over their bid to make the region independent from Spain, the Supreme Court...

UK outraged at EU’s Gibraltar ‘colony’ reference

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies1st February 20195th February 2019

1st February 20195th February 20192735

Britain and Gibraltar reacted with fury to a European Council document published today that described the British overseas territory as a colony. The document, laying out...

Catalan trial to start 12 February

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies1st February 20192nd February 2019

1st February 20192nd February 20192345

The trial of 12 Catalan pro-independence leaders involved in a bid to secede from Spain will start on 7 or 12 February, Supreme Court president...

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