Basque leader: jailed Catalan leaders ‘unfair’
The Basque leader, Íñigo Urkullu, has expressed his support for the nine Catalan leaders in pre-trial jail and has called their situation ‘unfair’. Talking to...
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Artur Mas and others fined €4.9m
The former Catalan president, Artur Mas, three of his cabinet members and six other officials have been condemned to pay 4.94m euros for organising the...
Man jailed for plotting to kill Spanish PM
The Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, arrested a man from the town of Terrassa on 21 September for plotting the assassination of Spanish Prime Minister,...
Sánchez to override court on mortgage tax
The Spanish government will put forward legislation so banks, not clients, pay the tax on new mortgages, thus overriding a widely criticised Supreme Court ruling....
EU Rights Court faults Spain on ‘biased’ ETA case
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said Tuesday that it had ruled against Spain over a 2010 trial of Basque militants who claimed they...
Grenade-shaped belt sparks train scare
A woman carrying a grenade-shaped belt buckle on a train from Barcelona to Madrid caused havoc on Wednesday, forcing a station to be partly evacuated...
Far-right Vox: 74 years for Catalan leaders
The far-right party VOX has requested prison sentences of 74 years for each former Catalan minister on trial for organising a referendum and declaring independence...
Spain busts gang led by 9/11 financier
Spanish police said Saturday they dismantled a gang that cloned credit cards led by an Algerian previously jailed for helping finance the 11 September 2001...
Torra withdraws support of government
The Catalan president Quim Torra withdrew support from the Spanish government on Friday after the public prosecutor confirmed the accusations of rebellion against pro-independence leaders...
Government defends Attorney General jail demands
The Spanish Government has defended as ‘professional, technical and juridical’ the decision of its Attorney General for asking between 7 and 12 years in jail...
