Spain to raise minimum wage 22% in 2019
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Wednesday his cabinet would approve next week a 22% increase in the monthly minimum wage to 1,050 euros in...
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Spanish government raises tone against Catalonia
As anger rises over Catalonia’s continued push to secede from Spain, the Socialist (PSOE) government in Madrid has dropped its conciliatory tone towards the pro-independence...
Spanish rail workers call Christmas strikes
Spanish railway workers will stage a nationwide strike on 21 December and 7 January during the busy Christmas holiday period over job cuts and working...
Madrid threatens to send national police to Catalonia
The Spanish government has warned authorities in Catalonia that it could take over responsibility for law and order in the region after radical activists blocked...
Quim Torra slammed for call to follow Slovenia
Catalan president Quim Torra has been heavily criticised for advocating following Slovenia’s example to achieve Catalan independence. Quim Torra said on Saturday that ‘Slovenians were...
Macron urged to act after ‘yellow vest’ protests
Calls mounted on Sunday for French President Emmanuel Macron to bring an end to the ‘yellow vest’ crisis gripping France as authorities counted the cost...
Quim Torra to join hunger strike for 48 hours
The Catalan president, Quim Torra, is to fast for 48 hours in support of the jailed leaders on hunger strike. Torra originally planned to go...
Spain prosecutors to file fraud complaint against Shakira
Spanish prosecutors are poised to file a court complaint against Shakira for allegedly evading 14.5m euros in taxes, which the superstar singer’s defence lawyers deny,...
Controversy over police and anti-fascist protesters
Friday morning saw government officials in Catalonia responding to the outcry over the heavy-handed tactics used by the Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, against anti-fascist...
Calls for national unity on ‘Constitution Day’
‘Our democracy is firm and consolidated,’ Spain’s King Felipe VI stated during his address on Thursday to mark the 40th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution....
