NGO ship released for aid mission but not refugee rescue
The NGO ship Open Arms has received permission to leave Barcelona, where it had been forbidden to set sail from the port for more than
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No election rallies or debates in prison for Catalans on trial
The Spanish Government has turned down a petition from jailed Catalan pro-independence politicians currently on trial and running in Spain’s forthcoming general election, from holding
Sánchez on Catalan referendum or independence: ‘No is no’
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said that there will be no independence for Catalonia, nor a referendum on the question if his party is
Spain to reopen Consulate in Manchester due to Brexit
Spain is to re-open a consulate in Manchester that was closed during the financial crisis, in order to help Spaniards deal with Brexit, the government
Torra removes ribbons, criticises violation of civil rights
Catalan president Quim Torra has now removed banners and symbols from the government headquarters’ façade deemed as ‘partisan’ by Spain’s electoral authority. Torra took down
Franco’s remains to be exhumed in June
Spain has said that the remains of the late dictator Francisco Franco will be moved from the opulent Valley of the Fallen mausoleum to a state-run pantheon
UK welcomes Spain’s Brexit contingency measures
The UK has welcomed the Spanish government’s contingency plans to protect the rights of the British living in Spain in the event of a no-deal
Gibraltar accuses Spanish warship of ‘childish behaviour’
Gibraltar has accused Madrid of ‘childish behaviour’ after a Spanish warship ordered commercial vessels to move from British-controlled waters near the tiny territory. It is
Focus: Sánchez ‘rollercoaster’ and Spain’s ‘political instability’
Eight months after ousting his rival and taking power in Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has been forced to call early elections for 28 April, the latest
Sánchez to announce on Friday about general election
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will announce on Friday whether he calls an early general election, the government said, after right-wing and Catalan independence parties