6,000 expected to travel to Strasbourg for EU Parliament protest
Around 6,000 people are expected to travel to Strasbourg for a protest on Tuesday 2 July, to coincide with the first plenary session of the new...
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Could Spain be heading for yet another General Election?
Spain’s Socialist (PSOE) party may have won the 28 April general election, but actually forming a viable government is proving to be very challenging – and...
Did manure pile ignite to spark Catalonia wildfire?
The spontaneous combustion of a manure pile on a farm is being reported as the likely cause of sparking a 13,000-acre wildfire that continues to burn...
Supreme Court initiates proceedings to ask EU court about Junqueras immunity
The Spanish Supreme Court has opened the door to asking the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) whether Oriol Junqueras, one of the jailed...
Resignations intensify crisis in Ciudadanos (Cs) party
Despite a number of high profile resignations in recent days, Spain’s Ciudadanos (Cs) party insists it will not change direction, while its leader Albert Rivera...
Jailed leaders to start journey back to Catalan prisons
Nine Catalan pro-independence leaders will be transferred back to Catalan prisons by Wednesday after sitting in the dock for four months for the Catalan trial...
Lawyer seeks ‘motion of censure’ against Spain at UN Human Rights Council
Ben Emmerson, the prominent international Human Rights lawyer representing jailed Catalan leaders Oriol Junqueras, Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart, has made a formal request to refer...
Supreme Court rejects release of jailed leaders
The Spanish Supreme Court has ruled that the nine imprisoned Catalan leaders will have to remain in detention until the verdict is out. It has...
‘Wolf Pack’ verdict overruled: gang receive 15-year sentences
Spain’s Supreme Court has overruled the ‘La Manada’ (wolf pack) case’s controversial verdict, charging five men with rape, not sexual abuse, and increasing their prison...
50 arrests in police raid against drug trafficking in Barcelona
Over 500 officers from the Catalan police (the Mossos d’Esquadra), the local city police, as well as Spain’s National Police took part on Thursday in...
