Far-right Vox seeks to make independence parties illegal
Spain’s far-right Vox party has submitted a draft bill to the Spanish Congress to amend the law on political parties, with the objective of making pro-independence...
Galicia
Two arrests so far as details of ‘narco-sub’ in Galicia emerge
Further details have emerged of the ‘narco-sub’ intercepted by police off the northwestern region of Galicia in Spain – and reportedly carrying around 3,500kg of cocaine worth...
Spain gears up for Midsummer, ‘San Juan’ and the ‘Nit del Foc’
Spain celebrates its fiestas and traditions like no other country – and the Feast of San Juan, coinciding with the Summer Solstice or Midsummer Night, is...
Opinion: Brexit – what now? A letter from Scotland (and Galicia)
Between 2011 and 2014 the entire world was following the events in Scotland with full attention. For many of us it was very important to...
Wales, Galicia, Celts and the Dying Gaul
There is a word that comes up, in one form or another, over a vast area of Eurasia and that reveals, somewhat subtly, a great deal...
Hundreds injured in Spain festival promenade collapse
Panic erupted at a packed music festival in Spain when a section of a wooden promenade suddenly collapsed, injuring more than 300 people including nine...
Spain arrests Manuel Charlin, elderly drug baron
Spanish police on Wednesday arrested Manuel Charlin, a once powerful drug baron who headed up a notoriously violent family clan in the northwestern region of...
Octopus in Carballiño, with olive oil & paprika
O Carballiño is a locality in the province of Ourense, Galicia, and famous for its gourmet delights. This week the ‘pulpeiros’ (octopus cooks) have been...
