A new era in Catalonia, as socialist Salvador Illa is elected president
The leader of the Catalan Socialist (PSC) party, Salvador Illa, was finally elected as Catalan president on Thursday evening, after an eventful day in and around the...
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Catalan police fail to detain Puigdemont, despite him giving public speech in Barcelona
The Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, are under the spotlight after failing to detain former Catalan president and fugitive Carles Puigdemont, who made a pre-announced return...
Spain’s Rodri and Morata banned for singing ‘Gibraltar is Spanish’ at Euro celebrations
Spanish internationals Rodri and Alvaro Morata were banned on Wednesday for Spain’s first match as the new European football champions, after singing about a sovereignty...
Puigdemont announces ‘return journey from exile’ for Catalan investiture debate
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has announced that he is taking his ‘return journey from exile’ in order to attend the investiture debate taking place...
Messi’s mansion in Ibiza targeted by climate activists
Climate activists on Tuesday spray-painted a mansion on the island of Ibiza belonging to Argentina football star Lionel Messi to highlight what they called the...
Guardia Civil investigate five youths over ‘deepfake’ pornography of underage girls
Spain’s Guardia Civil police said on Monday that they were investigating five youths suspected of using Artifical Intelligence (AI) to generate hyper-realistic nude images of 20...
Alcaraz has to settle for Olympic silver, after losing to Djokovic in epic final
Novak Djokovic, aged 37, finally won an Olympic gold medal for Serbia on Sunday, the last significant accomplishment missing from his glittering resume, after beating Spaniard Carlos...
Pro-independence ERC party backs socialists to form government in Catalonia
The Catalan pro-independence party Esquerra Republicana (ERC) agreed on Friday to support efforts by Spain’s socialists (PSOE) – and specifically the Catalan Socialists (PSC) –...
Spanish reporter freed as part of prisoner swap between Russia & western nations
A Spanish reporter of Russian origin held in Poland suspected of spying for Moscow is among 26 prisoners released on Thursday in Ankara in a...
Sánchez invokes his right not to testify in wife’s corruption probe, and files complaint against judge
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez invoked his right not to testify before a judge who went to his official residence in Madrid, Moncloa, for a scheduled...
