Real Madrid given suspended stadium sanction and €15k fine over fan’s Nazi salute
Real Madrid have received a suspended partial stadium closure and a €15,000 fine from UEFA after a supporter was seen performing a Nazi salute prior...
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Spain joins Europe-wide Women’s Day rallies calling for equality, an end to gender violence and wars
Protesters across Europe took to the streets on Sunday to mark International Women’s Day, holding marches and rallies calling for an end to gender inequality,...
Spanish government seeks to speed up the dissolution of Franco foundation
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Friday that his left-leaning coalition government will speed up efforts to seek the dissolution of the Francisco Franco...
Spanish police clash with far-right as fascist party founder re-buried
Spanish police clashed with far-right protesters in Madrid on Monday, as the remains of José Antonio Primo de Rivera, a fascist party founder, arrived at...
Donald Trump congratulates Vox via video at far-right rally in Spain
Former US President Donald Trump showed his support for Spain’s far-right Vox party on Sunday, in a video shown at a rally in Madrid that...
Pedro Sánchez calls for ‘dialogue’ and ‘agreement’ over Catalonia
In the Spanish Congress on Wednesday, prime minister Pedro Sánchez reiterated his call for ‘dialogue’ in search of an ‘agreement’ with Catalonia, and asked opposition...
Far-right and anti-fascist demonstrators clash in Barcelona
A fourth night of protests and disturbances in Barcelona on Thursday saw riot police attempting to prevent a clash between anti-fascist and far-right extremist demonstrators....
Tweet over ‘Spain’s crucial role’ in 1944 liberation of Paris sparks controversy
A tweet from the Spanish government’s Ministry of Justice regarding Spain’s ‘crucial role’ in liberating Paris from the Nazis in 1944 caused a controversy on...
Controversy over police and anti-fascist protesters
Friday morning saw government officials in Catalonia responding to the outcry over the heavy-handed tactics used by the Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, against anti-fascist...
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...
