19th March 2024

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Controversial Amnesty Law passed in Congress, will now proceed to Senate

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Spanish MPs on Thursday approved a controversial amnesty law for Catalan pro-independence figures with their figurehead Carles Puigdemont already mulling his return after years of self-imposed exile
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Catalan president dissolves parliament and calls for early election on 12 May

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The president of Catalonia, Pere Aragonès, announced on Wednesday that he had dissolved the Catalan parliament and called an early election for Sunday 12 May, after
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Spain & EU pay tribute to victims of terror on 20th anniversary of Madrid train bombings

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Spain and officials from the European Union paid tribute on Monday to the 192 victims of the 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings that marked
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Thousands protest in central Madrid over government’s Catalan amnesty bill

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Thousands of people protested in Madrid on Saturday, demanding the resignation of socialist (PSOE) Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. They were protesting a controversial amnesty bill that the
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Right-wing opposition calls for resignations in ‘Koldo scandal’

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The Spanish coalition government is under increasing pressure from the country’s right-wing opposition due to a scandal involving the purchase of face masks during the
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‘Junts per Catalunya’ vote against amnesty bill on grounds it doesn’t go far enough

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The Spanish Congress on Tuesday rejected a controversial amnesty law after the Catalan pro-independence party, Junts per Catalunya (JxCat), who had demanded it, finally voted
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‘Effeminate’ and ‘shameful’ poster of Jesus angers Spain’s ultra conservatives

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A poster of Jesus Christ to promote Holy Week in Seville has drawn fierce criticism from Spanish ultra-conservatives, who denounced it as ‘effeminate’ and ‘offensive’ to
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Fragility of Spain’s new coalition government exposed in first key vote

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday suffered a setback in the first key parliamentary vote of the new legislature, exposing the fragility of his
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Controversial Catalan amnesty bill passes first hurdle in Spanish Congress

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A controversial amnesty bill for Catalan pro-independence figures passed its first hurdle in the Spanish Congress on Tuesday, following a fierce debate. A total of 178