Spain’s image campaign to counteract ‘baseless attacks’
The trial starting of 12 Catalan leaders over their role in Catalonia’s failed independence bid will be fought between Madrid and pro-independence supporters in the
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Police detain 18 guerrilla-style graffiti taggers
Spanish police have detained 18 graffiti taggers who operated in Spain and Italy, forcing trains to a standstill so they could paint them and in
Government considering elections on 14 April
The Spanish government is considering calling a snap election on 14 April, according to the EFE news agency and other media in Spain. This speculation
Trial focus: Spanish judiciary also on defensive
As 12 Catalan independence leaders prepare to go on trial in Madrid, Spain has been forced to defend the independence and impartiality of its courts.
Trial focus: ‘It’s Oriol Junqueras’s moment’
It’s been a tumultuous few years for Oriol Junqueras, the Catalan professor who became vice-president of a government that tried to break away from Spain,
Girona Circus Festival runs from 14-19 Feb
The circus is coming to town, and this year the International Girona Gold Elephant Circus Festival has some new features planned for its eighth edition.
Trial focus: ‘popular prosecution has no equivalent elsewhere in EU’
Far-right Spanish party Vox is on track to get a global soapbox as it takes part in the much-hyped trial of Catalan pro-independence leaders as
Government celebrates failure of ‘rage of the right’
The Spanish government has celebrated the ‘failure’ of Sunday’s rally against its Catalonia policy in Madrid, according to executive sources. For them, the low number of
Spain’s right and far-right unite at Madrid rally
Tens of thousands of people waving Spanish flags joined a rally today in Madrid called by right-wing and far-right parties against Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez
Ada Colau to EU: trial can affect EU ‘political stability’
The Barcelona mayor Ada Colau has warned Brussels that the trial against independence leaders can affect the European Union ‘political stability’. In a letter to Jean-Claude