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Mixed interpretations follow EU court’s ruling regarding extradition of Catalan politicians

News Desk31st January 20236th February 2023

31st January 20236th February 20232567

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on Tuesday that Belgium’s decision to refuse the extradition of Catalan pro-independence official Lluís Puig to Spain is...

Belgian police make EU Parliament arrests in Qatar corruption probe

News Desk12th December 202219th December 2022

12th December 202219th December 20222172

Belgian police have arrested a European Parliament vice-president and four others in connection with an investigation into corruption implicating World Cup hosts Qatar. Officers arrested...

Spain’s sex club owners and workers protest government’s prostitution bill

News Desk13th September 202220th September 2022

13th September 202220th September 202219419

Protesters including brothel owners and sex workers demonstrated on Monday in front of the Spanish Congress in Madrid, over a bill that would penalise prostitution...

EU court restores immunity for Puigdemont, Ponsatí & Comín

News Desk26th May 202230th May 2022

26th May 202230th May 20222256

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has decided to provisionally restore the parliamentary immunity of three Catalan pro-independence MEPs who fled Spain fearing arrest over...

EU president calls for ‘complete import ban on all Russian oil’ in new sanctions

News Desk4th May 20229th May 2022

4th May 20229th May 20222006

Click here for all our reports related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The European Commission’s president has called on the 27-nation bloc to ban...

Puigdemont, Comín and Ponsatí lose immunity again

News Desk30th July 20215th August 2021

30th July 20215th August 20212370

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, together with two of his former ministers, Toni Comín and Clara Ponsatí, have again lost their parliamentary immunity after the European...

Spain lifts restrictions for travellers from the UK from Monday 24 May

Steph Osborn23rd May 202116th June 2021

23rd May 202116th June 202110490

Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (16 June) The Spanish government has today announced that travellers from the UK can visit the country from Monday 24 May...

EU Parliament lifts MEP immunity of Puigdemont, Comín and Ponsatí

News Desk9th March 202130th July 2021

9th March 202130th July 20213289

The European Parliament has voted to lift the immunity from prosecution of the former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, and two of his former ministers, Toni...

EU chief admits ‘late to authorise’ and ‘too optimistic’ about Covid vaccine plans

News Desk11th February 202125th February 2021

11th February 202125th February 20212558

Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (25 Feb) The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has admitted that the EU’s Covid-19 vaccination plans were ‘too...

Spain drafts bill of ‘Democratic Memory Act’ to redress victims and legacy of Franco regime

News Desk20th September 202021st July 2021

20th September 202021st July 20215011

The Spanish cabinet has approved a draft bill of the ‘Democratic Memory Act’ to ‘comprehensively redress the victims of the Spanish Civil War and the Franco dictatorship’,...

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