‘Fascist’ and spitting accusations in Congress
The speaker of Spain’s Congress, Ana Pastor, expelled Catalan MP Gabriel Rufián from the chamber on Wednesday after his confrontation with the Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell....
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Between The Rock and a Hard Brexit
It has long been Northern Ireland that has bedevilled efforts to negotiate an orderly Brexit, but now another British territory has emerged to haunt the...
Spain: an independent Scotland could rejoin EU
Spain’s foreign minister said Tuesday that an independent Scotland could rejoin the European Union after Brexit – and warned of the United Kingdom’s ‘weakness’. Previously,...
Sánchez warns of election if budget blocked
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez warned Tuesday he will call an early general election unless parliament approves his minority government’s draft 2019 Budget, which is...
One dead, 49 hurt as train derails near Barcelona
One person was killed and 49 others were injured, five seriously, when a train derailed near Barcelona on Tuesday due to a landslide caused by heavy...
Spain’s chosen judiciary head backs out
Manuel Marchena, the judge chosen to preside over the Spanish judiciary following an agreement between the ruling Socialists (PSOE) and People’s Party (PP), has decided...
Spain’s Catholic Church wants to ‘eradicate’ sexual abuse
Spain’s Catholic Church wants to ‘eradicate’ cases of sexual abuse of minors within the church and not cover them up, the president of the Spanish...
Spain insists on Gibraltar veto in Brexit deal
Spain warned Monday it could yet derail the Brexit deal agreed between London and Brussels if it does not guarantee Madrid’s veto over Gibraltar’s future...
Leaked chats hint to ‘control’ of court trial
According to leaked chats from Spain’s People’s Party (PP) spokesman in the Spanish Senate, the party could ‘control from the behind the scenes’ the trial prosecuting...
EU to debate ‘painful’ Brexit divorce
European governments started to thrash out a plan for close ties with post-Brexit Britain on Monday in the last week before they gather to sign...
