Quim Torra fined €8,500 – and says he won’t pay
Catalan President Quim Torra has said that he won’t pay the €8,500 fine imposed on him by the Spanish Electoral Authority (JEC). Torra was given
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Informants in Catalan police paid by Spain to fight independence, claim reports
The Spanish National Police made ‘systematic payments’ to some officers of the Catalan police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, to act as informants on potential links between
Strike at Barcelona airport looms, yet talks continue
Talks were underway on Friday evening to find a solution to the strike by Iberia ground staff that will see over a hundred Vueling flights
Sánchez blames Iglesias for failure in 2nd investiture vote
Pedro Sánchez has failed again in the second round of votes to be named prime minister in the Spanish Congress. The Socialists (PSOE) won only 124
EU takes Spain to court over air pollution in Madrid and Barcelona
Brussels has referred the Spanish authorities to the European Court of Justice (CJEU) for not respecting air pollution limits in Madrid and Barcelona. The EU has decided
PSOE-Podemos coalition talks have failed, claim reports
With less than three hours to go before the second vote in the Spanish Congress on acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez‘s bid to be reinstated
Sánchez’s bid to be reinstated as PM defeated in first round voting
Spanish acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez’s bid to be reinstated in the role was defeated in the first round of votes in Spain’s Congress on
Boris Johnson promises to deliver Brexit, Trump tweets: ‘He will be great!’
Boris Johnson has won the race to become the next British prime minister, but he will immediately face a confrontation over Brexit with Brussels and members
As investiture debate continues, coalition still uncertain
The main pro-independence party in the Spanish Congress, the Esquerra Republicana (ERC) party, extended its hand to Pedro Sánchez during the parliamentary debate to name him as
Sánchez accused by right-wing of alliances ‘against the state’
Pablo Casado, the leader of Spain’s right-wing People’s Party (PP), criticised acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday for saying ‘nothing’ about the situation in Catalonia
