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Backlash over minister’s comments comparing violence in Catalonia with Basque Country

Newsdesk / ACN28th October 201931st October 2019

28th October 201931st October 20192972

Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Spain’s acting interior minister, has clarified statements on Monday that he made in an interview with a newspaper that suggested he had compared the...

Spanish PM visits Barcelona, refusing to talk or meet with Catalan president

Newsdesk / ACN21st October 201923rd October 2019

21st October 201923rd October 20192821

Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez visited Barcelona on Monday, yet refused to speak or meet with the Catalan president Quim Torra. Sánchez visited police officers...

Governments exchange criticism after week’s protests leave 579 injured

Newsdesk / ACN20th October 201922nd October 2019

20th October 201922nd October 20192623

The Catalan and Spanish governments are caught in a battle of words, after the week’s protests across Catalonia left 579 injured. The Catalan government has...

Spain now investigates ‘Tsunami Democràtic’ for terrorism

Newsdesk / ACN18th October 201921st October 2019

18th October 201921st October 20193661

Tsunami Democràtic, the Catalan pro-independence group behind Monday’s protests at Barcelona airport, is now being investigated by Spain’s National Court for alleged terrorism charges. Sources...

Madrid says protests ‘affecting Catalonia’s international reputation’

Newsdesk / ACN18th October 201920th October 2019

18th October 201920th October 20192921

Fernando Grande-Marlaska, the Spanish interior minister, has said that the recent protests in Barcelona and other Catalan cities and towns are ‘affecting Catalonia’s international reputation’. He...

Barcelona in turmoil again, Torra is criticised, and Spain to deploy more police

Newsdesk / ACN17th October 201918th October 2019

17th October 201918th October 20192858

Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez has stressed that his government ‘will not accept violence taking over’ Catalonia as the streets of Barcelona entered a...

What (or who) is the ‘Tsunami Democràtic’?

Newsdesk / ACN16th October 20196th November 2023

16th October 20196th November 20239680

Tsunami Democràtic (Democratic Tsunami) has been in the headlines a great deal in recent days, in particular surrounding the protests against the Supreme Court‘s sentencing...

Nine pro-independence activists arrested

Newsdesk / ACN23rd September 201926th September 2019

23rd September 201926th September 20192443

Nine Catalan pro-independence activists were arrested on Monday morning by Spain’s Guardia Civil. The detainees are accused of plotting violent acts and are accused of...

Spanish government raises tone against Catalonia

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies11th December 201815th December 2018

11th December 201815th December 20182627

As anger rises over Catalonia’s continued push to secede from Spain, the Socialist (PSOE) government in Madrid has dropped its conciliatory tone towards the pro-independence...

Madrid threatens to send national police to Catalonia

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies11th December 201813th December 2018

11th December 201813th December 20182318

The Spanish government has warned authorities in Catalonia that it could take over responsibility for law and order in the region after radical activists blocked...

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