Manuel Valls to run for Barcelona mayor
France’s combative former prime minister Manuel Valls announced Tuesday that he will run for mayor of Barcelona, in what will be an unprecedented bid for...
Ciudadanos (Cs)
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...
Spain approves exhumation of Franco
Spanish lawmakers on Thursday approved a decree by the Socialist government authorising the exhumation of late dictator Francisco Franco from a vast mausoleum near Madrid....
La Diada begins with traditional flower tributes
La Diada, Catalonia’s National Day began this morning with the traditional floral tributes at the Rafael Casanova monument in Barcelona. The Catalan government, headed by...
‘La Diada’: unionist parties accuse pro-independence
As tens of thousands of Catalans prepare to attend what has become an annual demonstration on Catalonia’s National Day (‘La Diada’) on 11 September, calling for the...
Albert Rivera clashes with TV3 journalist
During a live televised interview, Ciudadanos (Cs) leader Albert Rivera clashed with Catalan public broadcaster TV3 journalist Lídia Heredia. The head of the unionist party...
Cameraman attacked at rally against yellow ribbons
Three individuals at a protest in support of the removal of yellow ribbons attacked a cameraman for Spanish public broadcaster TeleMadrid, mistakenly identifying the channel...
Ciudadanos leaders remove yellow ribbons
The Ciudadanos (Cs) party leader, Albert Rivera, together with Inés Arrimadas, the leader of the same party (Ciutadans) in Catalonia, removed yellow ribbons in the Catalan town of Alella...
Sánchez: defence of judge is a ‘state matter’
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has come out in defence of Pablo Llarena, the Supreme Court judge summoned to appear in a Belgian court as...
Torra and Puigdemont warn of ‘fueling confrontation’
After a meeting in Belgium with Catalan president Quim Torra, the former president Carles Puigdemont warned on Monday that some Catalan political parties are ‘fueling a...
