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Around 1,400 protest in Madrid and Barcelona against US ‘imperialist aggression’ in Venezuela

News Desk5th January 20265th January 2026

5th January 20265th January 2026272

Around 1,000 people demonstrated outside the US Embassy in Madrid on Sunday to denounce what they described as ‘imperialist aggression’ following the US special forces...

Countdown begins in Catalonia for possible new elections in mid-October

News Desk26th June 20243rd July 2024

26th June 20243rd July 20244153

The speaker of the Catalan Parliament, Josep Rull, said on Wednesday that he will give the assembly two months to form a new government or...

Pro-independence parties retain speaker in new Catalan Parliament

News Desk11th June 202417th June 2024

11th June 202417th June 20241674

Catalan pro-independence parties managed to retain the role of speaker in their region’s new parliament on Monday, despite losing their absolute majority in elections last...

Spain rules Franco regime ‘illegal’ with new ‘Democratic Memory Law’

News Desk15th July 202219th July 2022

15th July 202219th July 20226794

The Spanish Congress has approved a new ‘Democratic Memory Law’ that declares illegal the regime of former dictator Francisco Franco and makes the central government...

Pere Aragonès voted in as Catalan President after ERC and JxCat reach agreement

News Desk17th May 202130th December 2021

17th May 202130th December 20212589

Pere Aragonès was voted as the 132nd president of Catalonia by the pro-independence majority in parliament on Friday 21 May, ending a three month political...

Pro-independence bloc grows majority in Catalonia, despite Socialist narrow win

News Desk14th February 202117th February 2021

14th February 202117th February 20214754

Catalan pro-independence groups have secured over 50% of the votes for the first time in the Catalan elections held on Sunday 14 February – despite the...

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Catalan election campaigns underway – as jailed leaders seek amnesty

News Desk1st February 20218th February 2021

1st February 20218th February 20212526

Campaigning is now well underway for the elections in Catalonia due to be held on 14 February, after the date was finally confirmed by Spain’s High Court in...

Health minister to head socialist party in Catalan elections – and Cs party MP moves to PP

News Desk3rd January 20216th January 2021

3rd January 20216th January 20213276

Spain’s current health minister Salvador Illa will become the socialist PSOE party’s presidential candidate in the elections to be held in Catalonia on 14 February. It comes...

Spanish government secures 2021 Budget with ample majority

News Desk3rd December 202015th March 2021

3rd December 202015th March 20213069

Spain’s left-leaning PSOE–Podemos coalition government led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez secured passing its first budget in the Spanish Congress on Thursday, with 54% of the votes...

Spanish Congress votes to extend ‘State of Alarm’ until 9 May 2021

News Desk29th October 202030th September 2022

29th October 202030th September 20229554

Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (15 Feb) Also read: Details of curfews & restrictions for all regions of Spain during ‘State of Alarm’ The Spanish...

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