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Spanish Congress votes in favour of 2023 budget, with record social spending

News Desk25th November 202230th November 2022

25th November 202230th November 20222803

The Spanish Congress on Thursday approved the coalition government’s 2023 Budget which includes record levels of welfare spending to help households grapple with soaring inflation....

JxCat party vote to quit Catalan coalition government led by ERC

News Desk8th October 202213th October 2022

8th October 202213th October 20222595

Catalonia has found itself in a situation of political uncertainty again after the Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) party decided to pull out of the pro-independence...

Catalan President, Pere Aragonès, sacks his vice-president, Jordi Puigneró

News Desk29th September 20224th October 2022

29th September 20224th October 20222618

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Amid political in-fighting, Catalan independence takes to the streets again for ‘La Diada’

News Desk12th September 202219th September 2022

12th September 202219th September 20222941

While the local police in Barcelona calculated that 150,000 people attended a mass pro-independence rally in the city on Sunday, coinciding with ‘La Diada’ (the...

UN human rights committee says Spain at fault for suspension of Catalan MPs

News Desk31st August 20227th September 2022

31st August 20227th September 20222869

Independent human rights experts working with the United Nations have said that Spain violated the political rights of members of the Catalan government and parliament by...

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

News Desk15th July 202219th July 2022

15th July 202219th July 20227077

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...

Head of Spain’s intelligence agency under spotlight over phone hacking scandal

News Desk6th May 202210th May 2022

6th May 202210th May 202210234

Paz Esteban, the head of Spain’s Intelligence Service (CNI), has appeared before a parliamentary committee for questioning over phone hacking revelations, first referred to as ‘CatalanGate’....

Spanish Congress backs move for inquiry into child abuse in Catholic Church

News Desk4th February 20227th February 2022

4th February 20227th February 20222756

The Spanish Congress agreed on Tuesday to consider opening an inquiry into child sex abuse within the Catholic Church. Up to now, there has never...

Spain passes biggest budget in its history, with help from ERC party

Steph Osborn25th November 202130th November 2021

25th November 202130th November 20213138

Spain’s 2022 Budget Bill has been approved by Congress, after a deal was struck earlier this week between the PSOE–Podemos coalition government and Catalan’s largest...

Sánchez and Aragonès resume talks, despite ‘radically different’ views

News Desk15th September 202120th September 2021

15th September 202120th September 20213942

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met with the Catalan President Pere Aragonès in Barcelona on Wednesday – at the start of resuming ‘dialogue’ between the two governments on resolving the Catalan...

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