Quim Torra: ‘they have not committed any crimes’
A dozen Catalan pro-independence leaders will go on trial on 12 February over their bid to make the region independent from Spain, the Supreme Court
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UK outraged at EU’s Gibraltar ‘colony’ reference
Britain and Gibraltar reacted with fury to a European Council document published today that described the British overseas territory as a colony. The document, laying out
Catalan trial to start 12 February
The trial of 12 Catalan pro-independence leaders involved in a bid to secede from Spain will start on 7 or 12 February, Supreme Court president
Jailed Catalan leaders on way to Madrid prisons
The nine Catalan pro-independence jailed leaders have left the prisons in Catalonia where they had been incarcerated for the last seven months. They have started the
Uber and Cabify suspend services in Barcelona
Ridesharing companies Uber and Cabify have announced that they are suspending their services in Barcelona from Friday, when new regulations for the sector come into effect.
Spain demands ‘immediate’ release of journalists held in Venezuela
Spain has demanded the immediate release of journalists working for the Spanish news agency EFE who were arrested in Venezuela as part of a crackdown
Jailed Catalan leaders await transfer to Madrid
The jailed Catalan pro-independence leaders facing trial in the coming weeks are expected to be transferred from Catalan to Madrid prisons this Friday 1 February.
King of Spain visits Iraq, first in 40 years
Spain’s King Felipe VI has arrived in Iraq for the first visit there by a Spanish monarch in four decades. The king, whose country is
Observers seek to attend Catalan trial, ‘televised live’
International Trial Watch (ITW), a platform for human rights organisations, said on Tuesday in Madrid that at least 13 Catalan, Spanish and European groups intend
Unemployment drops in Spain, yet still at 3.3m
Spain’s unemployment rate dropped in 2018 as the country’s services sector, which includes all-important tourism, generated more jobs, official figures showed Tuesday. At the end
