27th April 2024

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Possible Iran link, after Spanish right-wing politician shot in the face in Madrid

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Update: Spanish police are investigating a possible Iran link after the Spanish right-wing former politician, Alejandro Vidal-Quadras, was shot in the face on a central Madrid street
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The PSOE and Junts sign a pact that will guarantee investiture of Pedro Sánchez

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Spain’s PSOE socialist party has signed a controversial pact with the Catalan pro-independence Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) party that will enable acting Prime Minister Pedro
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Protests against amnesty turn ugly as police use tear gas and smoke canisters

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Three people were arrested late on Monday in Madrid in an on-going protest against negotiations between Spain’s acting government and Catalan pro-independence parties over a
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Spain’s opposition parties condemn amnesty plan, as protests against PSOE increase

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Spain’s right-wing and far-right opposition parties, as well as members of the country’s judiciary, have stepped up criticism of acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s plans
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Pedro Sánchez and Yolanda Díaz reach PSOE-Sumar coalition deal

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Spain’s socialist PSOE party and the left-wing alliance of Sumar said on Tuesday that they have reached an agreement to form a coalition government, a
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Right-wing and far-right politicians join thousands in anti-amnesty rally in Barcelona

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Right-wing and far-right politicians in Spain joined a mass rally in Barcelona on Sunday to protest plans to grant Catalan pro-independence activists and politicians an
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King Felipe instructs Pedro Sánchez to try and form a government

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Spain’s King Felipe VI on Tuesday instructed the current acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez with trying to form a government, and thereby seek to also
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The PP’s Alberto Núñez Feijóo loses first parliamentary vote to become PM

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Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the leader of the right-wing People’s Party (PP), saw his first bid to become Spain’s next prime minister rejected by the Spanish
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Puigdemont demands ‘amnesty’ for all independence activists as ‘precondition’ for Sánchez’s investiture

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The exiled former president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, demanded on Tuesday an amnesty for hundreds of activists facing legal action over a failed 2017 independence
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King Felipe instructs Feijóo to try and form government, yet without guaranteed support

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King Felipe VI has instructed the leader of the right-wing People’s Party (PP), Alberto Núñez Feijóo, to try and form a government, despite not having