Pedro Sánchez: suspending Catalonia’s self-rule still an option
Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s acting prime minister, has insisted that suspending Catalonia‘s self-rule is still on the table. This comes in the wake of the failed...
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Spain to hold 4th general election in 4 years on 10 November
Spain braces itself for even greater political instability. Acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez has announced a new general election on 10 November – the fourth in four years...
Brussels backs rapper’s arguments against extradition to Spain
The European Commission agreed with the lawyers of the Spanish rapper Valtonyc in the hearing of his extradition case held in the Court of Justice of...
Iberia ground staff announce future strikes
Iberia‘s ground staff have called for 8 days of strikes at airports throughout Spain taking place every Monday between 30 September and 18 November. These...
Albert Rivera offers to enable PSOE government if pardon for Catalan leaders is ruled out
As Spain braces for another snap election after months of fruitless negotiations, the Ciudadanos (Cs) has made a surprise proposal to prevent fresh polls: enabling...
At least 6 dead as flash floods hit south-east Spain
At least six people have died and over 3,500 have been evacuated from their homes over the weekend, after flash floods struck the south-east of...
Spain moving nearer to elections again on 10 November
Despite winning the 28 April general election, acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez‘s Socialist (PSOE) party has still not found enough support in the Spanish Congress to...
Anti-corruption prosecutors question ex-mistress of former king
Spanish anti-corruption prosecutors have questioned an ex-mistress of Spain’s former king Juan Carlos, after reports that she said the monarch received part of an overall...
600,000 rally for independence on ‘La Diada’, say Barcelona police
Some 600,000 people, according to figures from Barcelona’s local police (the Guàrdia Urbana), filled central Barcelona around the Plaça d’Espanya on Wednesday evening for the...
Sánchez hopes ‘La Diada’ will be celebration of all Catalans, ‘not only some of them’
Spain’s acting Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has said that the Catalan pro-independence camp has seized the Catalan National Day (La Diada). Referring to the celebration...
