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...
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Catalan Trial: Day 27 summary
Juan Carlos Molinero, the second-in-command of the Catalan police (the Mossos d’Esquadra) during the 2017 independence referendum, began his testimony in Spain’s Supreme Court on...
Felipe VI inflammable statue sparks art fair row
Want to burn a statue of Spain’s King Felipe VI? For 200,000 euros, it’s a deal – a contractual obligation, even – at Madrid’s ARCO contemporary...
Arrimadas protests outside Puigdemont’s house
Inés Arrimadas, the leader of the Ciudadanos (Cs) party in Catalonia (Ciutadans), has travelled to Waterloo, Belgium, to hold a protest in front of the...
Venezuela’s military ‘on alert’
Venezuela’s military has said it is on alert at its frontiers following threats by US President Donald Trump, and it has suspended air and sea links...
Vox: pro-independence ‘coup d’état is alive’
The head of the far-right Vox party, Santiago Abascal, says that the fact that the Catalan president, Quim Torra, is in the courtroom during the...
Goya Awards: ‘Champions’ and ‘The Realm’ big winners
The 33rd Goya Awards’ best picture went to feel-good comedy Campeones (Champions), by director Javier Fesser, Spain’s most successful film last year. The ‘Spanish oscars’ ceremony...
Pope Francis fears of Venezuela ‘bloodbath’
Venezuela’s self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido has called for two new protests, in an effort to push the military to turn against leader Nicolas Maduro as...
Spain’s Justice Minister facing calls to resign
Spain’s Justice Minister, Dolores Delgado, faced calls to resign on Tuesday after audio recordings emerged of her having lunch nearly a decade ago with a...
Pedro Sánchez fights plagiarism allegation
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez angrily fought back Thursday against allegations that he plagiarised his doctoral thesis, in the same week his health minister resigned...
