Franco exhumation: Spain passes decree
Spain’s Socialist (PSOE) government passed a decree on Friday allowing the exhumation of the remains of Franco from his vast mausoleum, a decision that divides...
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Catalonia to go ahead with offices abroad
The Catalan government is determined to reopen its offices abroad that were closed during the recent period of direct rule from Madrid, after article 155...
Madrid to challenge reopening of Catalan offices abroad
Spain’s Foreign Minister, Josep Borrell, is to launch a high court challenge against the Catalan government’s decision to reopen its offices abroad that were closed...
Migrants who stormed border sent back
Spain on Thursday sent back to Morocco the 116 migrants who had forced their way into the Spanish territory of Ceuta, in a mass expulsion condemned by...
Franco exhumation creates political row
For over 40 years the remains of dictator Francisco Franco have lain in the mausoleum outside Madrid known as the Valley of the Fallen. However,...
Spanish police smash Europe’s ‘biggest’ illegal turtle farm
Spanish police said Wednesday they had dismantled Europe’s biggest illegal turtle and tortoise farm, seizing over 1,100 of the animals, including several highly endangered species....
Rapper Valtonyc extradition decision postponed
Rapper Valtonyc will have to wait to find out whether Belgium will extradite him to Spain. A judge in Flanders decided to postpone the decision...
Spain knife attacker was ‘gay and suicidal’
A man shot dead as he tried to attack a Mossos d’Esquadra police station had come out as gay and wanted to commit suicide, a...
Anonymous hackers target Spain sites
Hackers from the collective known as ‘Anonymous‘ claimed responsibility for bringing down government websites in Spain on Monday in a protest against Madrid’s efforts to block...
Political row over yellow ribbons
A group of activists was caught this weekend removing yellow ribbons, which has become the symbol showing solidarity with the political leaders jailed around Catalonia....
