Catalan Trial: Day 10 summary
‘The force used was the minimum required,’ Spain’s former secretary of state for security said about the Spanish police operation to stop the 1 October
Guardia Civil
Catalan Trial: Day 8 summary
Witnesses began giving testimony today, on the 8th day of the trial of Catalan independence leaders in Spain’s Supreme Court, including Spain’s former prime minister,
Spain detains 66 in drug trafficking hotspot
Spain’s Guardia Civil have detained 66 people in a southern drug trafficking hotspot where authorities have launched a crackdown on narcos whose operations have become
Two Pussy Riot members kicked off plane drunk
Two members of Russian punk protest group Pussy Riot were kicked off a plane at Barcelona airport because they were drunk, a police spokesman has
Police seize over 200 stuffed endangered animals
Spain’s Guardia Civil police have seized more than 200 stuffed endangered animals, including giraffes, rhinos, lions and tigers, from an illegal taxidermy workshop that was
Italian mafia arrests on Costa del Sol
Spain’s Guardia Civil police have broken up a violent branch of Italy’s Camorra crime group, which they believe stole hashish from rival drug traffickers in
Catalan trial to start 12 February
The trial of 12 Catalan pro-independence leaders involved in a bid to secede from Spain will start on 7 or 12 February, Supreme Court president
Jailed Catalan leaders on way to Madrid prisons
The nine Catalan pro-independence jailed leaders have left the prisons in Catalonia where they had been incarcerated for the last seven months. They have started the
Spain grieves toddler found dead in well
Spain grieved on Saturday after a toddler who fell down a well was found dead in a tragic end to an intense 13-day rescue operation
Explosive experts help miners close in on toddler in well
Explosive experts have been helping miners get close to where a toddler who fell in a well on 13 January in southern Spain is trapped,
