Calls for national unity on ‘Constitution Day’
‘Our democracy is firm and consolidated,’ Spain’s King Felipe VI stated during his address on Thursday to mark the 40th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution....
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Sánchez to refer budget to parliament in January
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said his minority Socialist (PSOE) government will refer its 2019 budget to parliament for approval in January, possibly triggering...
Borrell: Belgian minister’s comments ‘unacceptable’
Spain’s Foreign Minister, Josep Borrell, has stated that the comments made by Belgium’s Defence Minister regarding Catalonia are ‘unacceptable’ and that they will be answered....
Two more Catalan leaders join hunger strike
Two more former Catalan ministers, Joaquim Forn and Josep Rull, currently in pre-trial detention, have joined a hunger strike to protest against the judicial process of...
Far-right win rocks Spanish politics
The first success of a far-right party in a regional election since Spain’s return to democracy in 1975 has shaken national politics ahead a busy...
Who will govern with who in Andalusia?
A far-right party, Vox, won seats in a Spanish regional parliament for the first time since the country returned to democracy following the death of...
Two jailed Catalan leaders to go on hunger strike
Two of the Catalan pro-independence leaders in pre-trial detention have begun a hunger strike to protest against the hearings due to start in early 2019. Jordi...
Spain’s far-right Vox party set to win seats
Spain’s tiny far-right party Vox, with its tough line against immigration and Catalan independence, is starting to make waves and on Sunday could win seats in...
Amnesty to ‘monitor’ trial of jailed Catalan leaders
Amnesty International has reiterated its commitment to continue to denounce the ‘unjustifiable’ detention of the Catalan pro-independence civic leaders, Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sànchez, in what it...
Omnium HQ painted with swastikas
The headquarters of Òmnium Cultural, the Catalan pro-independence civil group, has had its façade in Barcelona defaced with various red swastikas. The vice president of the group, Marcel...
