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Muted ‘Diada’ rallies underline loss of political strength of Catalan independence movement

News Desk12th September 202417th September 2024

12th September 202417th September 20243551

Catalan independence supporters on Wednesday marked ‘La Diada’ – the National Day of Catalonia – but with the pro-independence parties deeply divided and out of...

Guardia Civil seize over a million ecstasy pills, with nine arrests in Ibiza & Malaga

News Desk11th September 202416th September 2024

11th September 202416th September 20242257

Spain’s Guardia Civil police said on Tuesday that they had seized more than one million ecstasy pills and other narcotics worth more than €25 million....

Pedro Sánchez visits China to bolster trade and cultural ties, following tariff row

News Desk9th September 202416th September 2024

9th September 202416th September 20241561

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top officials on Monday, during his second trip to China in a...

Almodóvar’s first English-language feature wins top prize in Venice

News Desk8th September 202415th September 2024

8th September 202415th September 20244625

#UPDATED at 13h on 8 September. Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’, the Spanish director’s first film in English, has won the Golden Lion, the...

Opposition presidential candidate González flees Venezuela for asylum in Spain

News Desk8th September 202413th September 2024

8th September 202413th September 20241414

Former opposition presidential candidate in Venezuela, Edmundo González Urrutia, has fled into exile after being granted asylum in Spain, delivering a major blow to millions...

Two workers dead, four injured after cranes collapse at port in Gijón, Asturias

News Desk6th September 202412th September 2024

6th September 202412th September 20242042

Two workers died and at least four others were injured on Thursday after two cranes collapsed in the northern port of Gijón (Asturias), emergency services...

Spanish PM appoints minister as new central bank chief, causing backlash

News Desk5th September 202412th September 2024

5th September 202412th September 20242420

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has appointed his minister for digital affairs José Luis Escrivá as the Bank of Spain’s new governor, raising concerns about...

Colombian pop star Shakira compares Spanish tax office to ‘the Inquisition’

News Desk5th September 202411th September 2024

5th September 202411th September 20241766

Colombian pop star Shakira has accused Spain’s tax office of confiscating all the income she earned when she lived there, comparing the institution to ‘the...

British hiker dead after storms in Mallorca, and lightning postpones America’s Cup in Barcelona

News Desk4th September 20249th September 2024

4th September 20249th September 20241732

A British hiker has been found dead and another is missing on the island of Mallorca in the Baleares, after heavy rains swept over the...

High-speed boat chase in Andalusia leaves suspected drug trafficker dead

News Desk2nd September 20249th September 2024

2nd September 20249th September 20242014

A high-speed boat chase near the southern port city of Cádiz (Andalusia) left one alleged drug trafficker dead and four injured when their vessel crashed...

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