Manuel Valls to run for Barcelona mayor
France’s combative former prime minister Manuel Valls announced Tuesday that he will run for mayor of Barcelona, in what will be an unprecedented bid for...
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US man charged with murder of Spanish golfer
A homeless man who allegedly wanted to ‘rape and kill women’ has been charged with murder for stabbing to death champion Spanish college golfer Celia...
Belgium: no extradition of Spanish rapper
A Belgian court on Monday rejected an extradition request for a Spanish rapper, who has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail for allegedly praising terrorism...
Pedro Sánchez fights plagiarism allegation
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez angrily fought back Thursday against allegations that he plagiarised his doctoral thesis, in the same week his health minister resigned...
Willy Toledo released after being detained for blasphemy
Willy Toledo, the Spanish actor accused of blasphemy, was released without bail after being questioned in court on Thursday, in the latest high profile case...
U-turn: Spain to deliver bombs to Saudis
Spain will go ahead with the controversial delivery of 400 laser-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia, engaged in a bloody conflict in Yemen, Foreign Minister Josep...
Spain approves exhumation of Franco
Spanish lawmakers on Thursday approved a decree by the Socialist government authorising the exhumation of late dictator Francisco Franco from a vast mausoleum near Madrid....
La Diada begins with traditional flower tributes
La Diada, Catalonia’s National Day began this morning with the traditional floral tributes at the Rafael Casanova monument in Barcelona. The Catalan government, headed by...
Quim Torra: ‘words and votes are the only tools’
Catalan President Quim Torra said on Monday that Catalans ‘must decide’ if they are to ‘settle for injustice, threats, fear, violence, prison and exile’ or...
‘La Diada’: unionist parties accuse pro-independence
As tens of thousands of Catalans prepare to attend what has become an annual demonstration on Catalonia’s National Day (‘La Diada’) on 11 September, calling for the...
