Junqueras stopped from joining EU election TV debate
Spain’s electoral authority (JEC) has stopped the jailed Catalan politician, Oriol Junqueras – who is currently on trial at the Supreme Court – from taking part...
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Spain recalls frigate from accompanying US carrier in Gulf
A Spanish frigate accompanying a US aircraft carrier to the Middle East has been recalled due to rising tensions between Washington and Tehran, the Spanish defence...
Naked man ‘performs’ on Salvador Dalí’s tomb
Given his love of the bizarre, it’s quite possible that the great surrealist artist Salvador Dalí would have been delighted by the idea of a...
Catalan Trial: Day 43 summary
Day 43 and week 14 of the Catalan Trial at Spain’s Supreme Court started with further testimonies from citizens who voted in the Catalan referendum of...
Focus: the EU elections and ‘the Catalan question’
‘It’s an internal affair.’ This has been one of the official answers over the past 18 months in Brussels when the EU institutions have been questioned...
Poll suggests ‘No’ vote now surpasses ‘Yes’ for independence
The number of people in Catalonia who would vote ‘No’ to independence appears to have surpassed the ‘Yes’ vote for first time since the failed...
Rubalcaba, former Spanish deputy PM, dies
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, the former Spanish deputy prime minster, interior minister and key figure of the Socialist (PSOE) party, died on Friday in Madrid after suffering...
Catalan Trial: Day 42 summary
Day 42 of the Catalan Trial at Spain’s Supreme Court witnessed more testimonies from a number of Catalan citizens who voted on 1 October 2017....
Campaigns for local and EU elections kick off
The campaigns for Spain’s local elections have got underway, with voters able to cast their ballots to choose who governs in city and town halls across...
Catalan Trial: Day 41 summary
Day 41 of the Catalan Trial at the Supreme Court in Madrid again witnessed a number of Catalan voters relating their experiences of 1 October 2017,...
